General Information
How does a manager encourage employees?
Offering good pay and benefits
How many levels are in the hierarchy-of-needs theory?
5
Yes or No.
If you were a manager, wouldn’t you like to know how your employees decide to work hard or goof off?
Yes
(If no, explain)
What are hygiene factors?
The factors that are not strong contributors to satisfaction but that must be present to meet a worker’s expectations and prevent job dissatisfaction
Define a manager
a person responsible for controlling or administering all or part of a company or similar organization.
Who's job is it to motivate employees?
The manager
What is the first level of the hierarchy-of-needs pyramid?
physiological needs
What will an employee do if he or she perceives an inequity?
The individual might try to bring the ratio into balance, either by decreasing inputs (working fewer hours, refusing to take on additional tasks) or by increasing outputs (asking for a raise)
How many influential theories of motivation are there?
4
Your employees gave you a really good review! You earn 100 more points!
WHOOP WHOOP!!
Oh no! You failed to motivate your employee!! Loose 200 points:(
Try again a little later:)
Give an example of safety needs?
Financial stability, freedom from physical harm, etc.
True or False.
Motivation will decrease because the link between performance and reward has been weakened
True
Employees
What is this defining?
an internally generated drive that propels people to achieve goals or pursue particular courses of action.
Motivation
Highly motivated employees focus their efforts on achieving _______ _____?
Specific goals
What does self-actualization mean?
The need to reach one's full potential or achieve some creative success
(2/2)What implications does Maslow's theory have for business managers?
(2/2) The needs that motivate individuals can change over time.
What is the message for expectancy theory?
managers should offer rewards that employees value, set performance levels that they can reach, and ensure a strong link between performance and reward.
Define two-factor theory
divides work factors into motivation factors and hygiene factors.
Give an example of a good way to motivate employees
(we will decide if the answer is good or not)
True or False.
Once you satisfy a need, it no longer motivates you.
True
(1/2)What implications does Maslow's theory have for business managers?
(1/2)Not all employees are driven by the same needs
What is the equity theory?
focuses on our perceptions of how fairly we’re treated relative to others.
Define what it means to reach one's full potential.
to become the best one can be