MGCR 222 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Cognitive Evaluation Theory, Skill, Procedural Justice

• School: McGill University
• Department: Management Core
• Course: MGCR 222
• Professor: Alfred Jaeger

Document Summary

Identify early theories of motivation and evaluate their applicability today. Describe the three key elements of motivation. Contrast goal-setting theory and management by objectives. Demonstrate how organizational justice is a refinement of equity theory. Apply key tenets of expectancy theory to motivating employees. Motivation is: the processes that account for an individual"s intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal. Direction: where the effort needs to go toward; not just everywhere. Persistence: how long an individual can last doing this thing. Motivation is based on: maslow"s hierarchy of needs. Often different for asian or some european cultures. \ Theory x: managers believe employees inherently dislike work, so they must be directed/coerced into it. An average person can learn to accept or seek responsibility. Hertzberg"s two-factor theory(motivation-hygiene theory): he asked people how they felt their job was good, or bad. Good: job security, organization"s financial stability, achievement, recognition, work itself, responsibility, advancement, growth. (motivation factors)