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a) Overview
b) Objectives
c) Readings
d) Lecture
e) Activities/Assignments
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Overview |
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In Module 8.1 we stated that
an individual’s performance is a function of KSAs, motivation,
and external factors. Understanding how to motivate employees
is, thus, critical knowledge for every manager who is
responsible for maximizing the performance of others. |
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Objectives |
After completing this module, you should be able to:
1. describe each theory of learning and motivation
2. identify and explain the unique insights and implications
provided by each theory
3. understand how the pay-for-performance, work-life balance,
and other
managerial practices are applications of motivation and
learning theories in action
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Readings |
1. Revisit Management-by-Objectives and
Goal-Setting Theory (pp. 77-80)
2. Revisit Learning (pp. 232-235)
3. Chapter 10 |
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Lecture |
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Many of us have probably referred to a friend or a coworker as being
unmotivated, as if the individual was not motivated to perform any
tasks. However, when we think about motivation as something that varies
by task, it is much easier to notice that our friend or colleague
exhibits high levels of motivation for some tasks (e.g., getting out of
bed at 5:00am to leave for a ski trip) and low levels of motivation for
other tasks (e.g., studying for a Bus 311 exam). As a manager you must
move beyond classifying or labeling employees as unmotivated or
motivated and understand the role that you must play in order to
motivate all employees to perform organization-oriented tasks.
Over the years a considerable amount of thought and
research has been directed at developing and testing theories to explain
human learning and motivation. The learning theories described earlier
in the course and goal setting, needs, job design, and expectancy
theories provide useful insights into the factors that affect
motivation. While any specific theory is unable to explain all aspects
of human motivation, together, the theories described in this module
provide considerable advice to managers who wish to design reward
systems and to implement strategies for motivating employees and
coworkers.
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Motivation lecture (disregard the fact that the slides
are labeled "Module 4.3") |
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Notes |
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Print lecture
handouts
(disregard the fact that the slides are labeled
"Module 4.3")
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