A Comprehensive Study on Motivation and Its Application in the Organisational Context

ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON
MOTIVATION AND ITS APPLICATION IN
THE ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXT

Kumaran S

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C ontent

Introduction

2

Definition of Motivation

2

Meaning

2

Nature

3

Features

3

Types

3-5

Process

5

Benefits/ Importance

5-6

Theories of Motivation

6-8

Practical application of Motivation in

8-10

Organizational context
Real time analysis- Case Studies

10-19

Conclusion
Bibliography

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Introduction:
From the smallest nonprofit to the largest multinational conglomerate, firms and organizations all have to deal with the concept of organizational behavior.Late in the
19thcenturyFrederick Taylor developed one of the earliest conceptions of managementand the management role which included a set of assumptions about motivation. Taylor drew upon the wider authority and methodology of scienceto offer version of what the manager should do. The division of labor between worker and manager was seen in terms of a separation of theplanning function from that of execution. It is attempt to relate reward to theefficiency of effort and output that has led many to insist that Taylor placed aprimary motivational value upon money. Motivation is one of the most important parts of organizationbehavior when we do some research of human resource management.Because motivation is the fuel that drives a person to fulfill their goals, wants, and needs. The key to leadership success is motivating others to do their best. Motivation plays a very important role in workplace for both manager and employee to achieve their personal goal and company’s target.

Definition of Motivation:
1. According to Stephen P. Robbins- motivation is the processes that accounts for an individual’s intensity, direction, and persistence of efforts towards attaining a goal.” 2. According to Dubin motivation could be defined as-

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