How to Find Out what motivates

A survey conducted among the membership of the Chartered Management Institute (Management Today, 2004) shows that 82 percent of them still depend on the annual assessment for knowledge about their individuals and their accomplishments, despite the fact that they also make it clear that they feel that the annual assessment gives them little value and is too often considered...

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How to manage the significant difference between coercion and volunteerism - Part 2

 In addition to the points used in Part I in managing the significant difference between coercion and volunteerism, the following methods can be outlined.PersuadeThis is especially useful when both parties have equal power and there is a need to preserve long-term working relationships. The results can be short-term and long-term, altering attitudes that influence actions....

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How to manage the significant difference between coercion and volunteerism - Part 1

 Many companies find it difficult to build work that is actually liberating, but when they make their job choices, it is what many people look for. There is a major gap between conscripts and volunteers as well as, indeed, in How managed they are. The strategies that can be used by managers for this are as follows.Compulsion vs persuasionPushPullPersuadePreventativePreparatoryCompulsion...

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What does and does not motivate people ?

The management literature is full of real case histories on what motivates and does not motivate people. A preliminary initial broad range of the different approaches that have been tried to draw lessons for the future is presented here. The traditional Victorian style of strict discipline and punishment not only failed to deliver the goods, but it also left a mood of...

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Empowerment and motivation

 Is the motivation of empowerment? Henry Ford points out that with workers, every pair of hands gives you a free brain. Managers have long recognized that they were not having their workers to perform to their capacity. But how can they improve the efficiency of employees? The mantra has been 'empowering' to execute them. The philosophy behind self-managed teams is to...

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How does this definition apply to that of managers of human capital ?

Today, the term 'a good manager' should be reaffirmed, politically correct, as a good manager of people'. How does this definition, however, apply to that of the management of human capital and the motivation of that 'capital'?A mixture of both technical experience and personal traits is involved in management itself. For example, technical expertise may come in the form of...

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Theories of Motivation m - Part 2

 5.The Equity TheoryAs compared to 'what' induces motivation, process theories explain 'how' happiness comes about. The theory of equity postulates that workers weigh their input into a job against the performance they obtain from it. The more incentives they receive, the greater their satisfaction. This resonates with the concept of work satisfaction by Naveed et al....

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Theories of Motivation - Part 1

 We can identify several main Theories of Motivation.Maslow’s Hierarchy of NeedsHerzberg’s Two-Factor Theory/Motivator-HygienMcGregor’s X and Y TheoriesMcClelland’s Need Achievement TheoryThe Equity TheoryValue – Percept TheoryVroom’s Expectancy TheoryPorter-Lawler Mode1.Maslow’s Hierarchy of NeedsThe way Maslow's theory is explained, according to Smith & Cronje (1992),...

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A Definition of Motivation

 Motivate - v. 1 Supply a motive to; be the motive 05 2 Cause (a person) to act in a particular way. 3 Stimulate the interest (of a person in an activity).The Oxford Dictionary of Current EnglishLocke (as cited by Saari and Judge, 2004, p396) defined motivation as "a pleasant or positive emotional state that results from the evaluation of one's work experiences"This...

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Main Models of Motivation

 Three main models of motivation can be categorized, roughly according to their historical appearance. These are the following:The rational-economic model - This view of motivation is similar to the conventional view of leadership, which shows that individuals are mainly motivated by their own financial and material benefits.The social model -The Public Relations...

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