MGSC30H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Motivation, Merit Pay, Flextime
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Motivation is the extent to which persistent effort is directed toward a goal. Maslow five levels of human needs including physiological, safety, social, self-esteem, self-actualization (refer to pyramid). First three are deficiency needs, last two are growth needs, i. o. w. , people are motivated when the first three are absent and also to achieve the last two after the first three are present. Pre-potency principle states that people will be motivated to satisfy a need, once it is satisfied, people move onto satisfying the next level motivation. Once satisfied a person cannot go back to satisfy a lower level need. Aldefer"s erg three level of human needs including existence, growth and. This theory states that the satisfaction of motivation needs can occurs in any order or sequence. Mcclelland states that humans have three needs, namely a need to affiliation (naff), power (npow) and achievement (nach). People will be motivated as long as their job fits their motivation need.
