Motivation is the word derived from the word ’motive’ which means needs, desires, wants or drives within the individuals. It is the process of stimulating people to actions to accomplish the goals. In the work goal context the psychological factors stimulating the people’s behaviour can be -
•desire for money
•success
•recognition
•job-satisfaction
•team work, etc
Motivation is a key to any successful people management role. If you can encourage, persuade or develop your people in such ways as to improve their effectiveness, then the role of manager is seen as successful. Increasingly, as managers have to be super professionals in addition to their managerial responsibilities, it is even more important that motivation is achieved.
This course is valuable for supervisory staff and above especially those with responsibility for managing the performance of others. Understand the Role of Employee Motivation Within The Organization:
What is Motivation
Benefits to the Manager
Benefits to the Organization
Learn About Needs Theories of Motivation
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory
Herzberg’s Two factor theory
Theory X and Theory Y
ERG Theory
Two Factor Theory
McClelland’s Theory of Needs
Goal Setting Theory
Reinforcement Theory
Equity Theory of Motivation