Motivation theories! what makes people work
- Taylor
- Maslow
- Herzberg
- make people want to work demotivation ⇒ absenteeism, and staff leaving the organization
Taylor’s scientific management theory of motivation
- entrepreneurs do not want any initiative from workers but want them to obey the orders they give. Managers and business owners should only seek out obedience
- people work for money. higher financial reward for harder working and productive employees ⇒ differentiated piece rate
limitations
- authoritarian, less suitable today
- not everything is about money
- qualitative factors that affect employee motivation are ignored
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
needs are filled by unfilled physiological desires
- got to meet one level of needs before the next one is possible
- lower order needs: at bottom, i.e. social belonging
- higher order needs: self esteem, meeting these needs make a person feel complete, content, overjoyed
- Safety needs: make you feel safe. job security, employment, health
- Social needs: wanting to be accepted by others
- esteem needs: wanting to feel respected. comes from trust and respect and recognition for your actions yippie
- self actualization ⇒ UNLOCK YOUR TRUE POTENTIAL. UNLOCK YOUR FULL POTENTIAL
Herzberg two factor theory
- in order to create motivation you got to REMOVE dissatisfaction
- hygiene factors ⇒ job dissatisfaction.
- improve hygiene factors prevents dissatisfaction but does not boost morale
- work environment is hygiene
- motivators: factors that define job context. motivation is will to work, due to the enjoyment of the work itself
