Taylor
Maslow
Herzberg / McClelland
Vroom / Adams
Deci & Ryan
100

This word describes Taylor's primary focus on streamlining workflows, eliminating waste and maximizing factory output

what is efficiency

100

This tier sits at the bottom of the pyramid

What are Physiological needs


100

Definition of competence

What are the feeling of being accomplished (good at something), provide opportunities are there to learn and train

100

In Vroom's equation (M = E x I x V), what does I stand for

What is Instrumentality

100

This type of motivation stems directly from inside a person, driven by a genuine passion or inherent enjoyment of the task itself.

What is intrinsic motivation

200

Taylor is widely recognized by historians as the father of this specific management style

What is Scientific Management

200

What are all of the layers of the pyramid named

What are 1. Physiological 2. Safety 3. Love/belonging 4. Esteem 5. Self-actualization

200

McClelland's Acquired Needs Theory states that people are driven by three core needs

What are Achievement, Affiliation, and Power

200

Vroom's Expectancy Theory relies on three variables: Expectancy, Instrumentality, and this term for the personal value assigned to a reward.

What is Valence

200

Self-Determination Theory highlights three basic psychological requirements

What is Autonomy, Relatedness, and Competence

300

To find the "one best way" to perform a manual task, Taylor famously conducted these 2-part studies using a stopwatch

What are Time and Motion Studies
300

Maslow divided his hierarchy into growth needs, and these types are needs that emerge cause of deprivation

What are D-Needs (deficiency needs)

300

This specific acronym represents McClelland's concept of an individual's intense drive to excel, overcome hurdles, and master complex tasks.

What is n-Ach

300

According to Adams's theory, employees experience this uncomfortable psychological state when they perceive their input-to-outcome ratio is unfair compared to their peers.

What is Inequity/ equity distress

300

Unlike intrinsic motivation, this type of motivation drives behavior through external rewards, praise, or the avoidance of punishment.

What is Extrinsic motivation

400

Published in 1911, this highly influential monograph by Frederick Winslow Taylor laid out the foundational principles of workflow automation and task specialization.

What is the principles of scientific management

400

itting just beneath self-actualization, this tier of the hierarchy involves the human need for respect, status, recognition, and self-worth.

What are esteem needs

400

Challenging conventional wisdom, Herzberg claimed that the true opposite of "Job Satisfaction" is not dissatisfaction, but rather this state.

What is No Satisfaction

400

Adams's Equity Theory states that employees stay motivated when they feel their internal inputs are equal to these external rewards

What are outputs

400

Self-Determination Theory sits on a continuum of this concept, which refers to the capacity of an individual to make choices and resolve their own path.

What is Autonomy

500

Taylor described his famous pig-iron worker Schmidt as being "the type of the __ "

What is Ox🐂

500

In his early career, he spent years studying social hierarchies, dominance traits and sexual behavior of what animal

what is Monkey 🐒

500

Before becoming famous for the two-factor theory, Herzberg trained and worked as a clinician in which professional field?

What is clinical psychology

500

Rather than listing what specific items people need, both Vroom and Adams developed theories classified into this category, focusing on how behavioral motivation happens.

What are process theories


500

Which person is still alive

Who is Ryan


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