Monday‚ August 25‚ 2008 Effect of Motivation on Workers Productivity CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Motivation is concerned with why people do what they do. It answers such questions as why do managers or workers got o work and do a good job. This tries to explain what motivates people to act the way they do‚ with primary focus on the work place. It is the primary task of the manager to create and maintain an environment in which employees can work efficiently to realize
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The level of motivation varies on how far individuals are able to push themselves in order to achieve a task. Number of factors could motivate people: The job could be challenging and interesting even though there isn’t enough pay‚ individuals can still be motivated. This essay will argue whether “money is the only motivation for all employees as believed by managers”. We have different sorts of theories; scientific Management claims that in order to motivate individuals money has
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My motivation to become a social worker came after being exposed to two different cultures and realizing that poverty and scarcity are not choices but social problems. As a Mexican-American I had the advantage to grow up in two countries that in addition to their differences in language and culture‚ I learned that poverty affects anyone anywhere. Growing up in a low income family has been the most rewarding experience. Not only did I learn to always make the most out of everything‚ but I also developed
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Herzberg’s Motivation-Hygiene Theory (Two Factor Theory) To better understand employee attitudes and motivation‚ Frederick Herzberg performed studies to determine which factors in an employee’s work environment caused satisfaction or dissatisfaction. He published his findings in the 1959 book The Motivation to Work. The studies included interviews in which employees where asked what pleased and displeased them about their work. Herzberg found that the factors causing job satisfaction (and presumably
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Abraham Maslow (1954) attempted to synthesize a large body of research related to human motivation. Prior to Maslow‚ researchers generally focused separately on such factors as biology‚ achievement‚ or power to explain what energizes‚ directs‚ and sustains human behavior. Maslow posited a hierarchy of human needs based on two groupings: deficiency needs and growth needs. Within the deficiency needs‚ each lower need must be met before moving to the next higher level. Once each of these needs has been
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CHAPTER 5 MOTIVATION Maslow’s Need Hierarchy The crux of Maslow’s theory is that needs are arranged in a hierarchy. The lowest-level needs are the physiological needs‚ and the highest-level needs are the self-actualization needs. These needs are defined to mean the following: 1. Physiological. The need for food‚ drink‚ shelter‚ and relief from pain. 2. Safety and security. The need for freedom from threat‚ that is‚ security from threatening events or surroundings. 3. Belongingness‚ social
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PSY/211 Maslow ’s hierarchy of needs is often portrayed in the shape of a pyramid with the largest‚ most fundamental levels of needs at the bottom and the need for self-actualization at the top (Maslow and Lowery‚1998[p4] . Self-actualization is the inner fulfillment of talent and creativity; then there’s self-esteem‚ which is the need for recognition and respect. The most desired to some is belonging‚ the need for family and friends. Safety is very important. This the need for stability‚
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HUMAN PERFORMANCE 15‚ 212-240 (1976) Maslow Reconsidered: A Review of Research on the Need Hierarchy Theory MAHMOUD A . WAHBA AND LAWRENCE G. BRIDWELL Baruch College‚ The City University of New York The uncritical acceptance of Maslow ’s need hierarchy theory despite the lack of empirical evidence is discussed and the need for a review of recent empirical evidence is emphasized. A review of ten factor-analytic and three ranking studies testing Maslow ’s theory showed only partial support for
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Principles of Health Science Rationale In order to have an understanding of human behavior it is important to realize that each person is motivated by needs. Unit VIII Human Growth and Development Objectives Upon completion of this lesson‚ the student will be able to: Understand Maslow’s Hierarchy of human needs Identify human needs according to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs Recognize that all human beings have basic needs Identify personal needs‚ especially aesthetic and
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Albert Maslow always wondered what motivated people‚ he wanted to how or what motivated a person. He believe people were not just motivated by reward‚ but believed it was a motivation system. Maslow has mentioned that people were motivated to reach a need‚ when they reached that need they would start on reaching the next and then the next. Albert Maslow was a humanistic psychologist in 1943 wrote his paper titled “A THEORY OF HUMAN MOTIVATION” (Maslow A. H.‚ 2010). His theory of human behavior is
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