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Name That Theory
There are many theories of motivation. Some are interested in why people are motivated, others in the process of motivation, and yet others in the practical application of our knowledge about motivation. The hows and whys of motivation are important in a theoretical sense. A manager's ability to apply this knowledge is critical in a practical sense. You can have the best product, an appropriate structure, and a great strategy, but if you cannot motivate your workers to perform at a high level, you still will not succeed.
This exercise will help you differentiate among the various motivational theories. You will be asked to match an individual's actions, attitudes, or beliefs to a given theory.
Roll over each name to read a description. Using the information provided about their actions, attitudes, or beliefs, match each individual to a given theory. Then, place the name in the correct column in the chart.
Expectancy Theory
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory
Herzberg’s Motivator-Hygiene Theory
Equity Theory
McClelland’s Needs Theory
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Scott he is providing training on the new machinary to his worker so that they will believe that they can perform to standards.
Caroline she isn't motivated because she doesn't care at all about the rewards being offered for outstanding performance.
Tony he has a good home, great friends and a safe job. The promise of a promotion is what is currently motivating him to perfomr at a high level.
Elise she was planning to motivate her top worker for offering support for getting at MBA. But that worker's home just burned down, so instead elise is giving her an early bonus and an advance on pay to help rebuild.
Nicholas he has been working hard to ensure his subordinates have good working conditions, adequate pay and excellent supervision.
Janelle she has increase autonomy of her workers and offered them challenging projects.
Brandon he is really upset. he feels he puts in more time and energy than his coworkers but they are paid more than he is.
Mira she believes she is being paid more than her cowrokers for doing the same work. She plans to work harder to derserve the additional pay.
Curtis he always givegood performance reviews to his workers. he doesn't want to risk bad feelings withing the group or toward him.
Aileen she always volunteers for the most challengin tasks and works very hard to be as close to perfect as possible in all her assigned tasks.
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Explanation / Answer
Scott - Herzberg’s Motivator-Hygiene Theory - He provides training to his workers on new machinary so that their job satisfaction could be improved by providing hygiene factors in the work-place.
Caroline - Expectancy Theory - She is not motivated as the organization does not ensure that the rewards being offered are deserved by her for her outstanding performance.
Tony - Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory - His 'physiological' (good home), 'safety' (safe job) and 'social belonging' (great friends) stages of needs are already achieved. He is motivated to achieve the other two stages 'self-esteem' and 'self-actualization' through a promise of promotion by his manager.
Elise - Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory - She motivates her top worker to achieve the most important 'physiological' stage of her basic needs (good home/shelter) by giving early bonus and an advance payment.
Nicholas - Herzberg’s Motivator-Hygiene Theory - Good working conditions, adequate pay and excellent supervision has been ensured by him to his subordinates as 'high hygiene and high motivation' creates greater performance to the company.
Janelle - McClelland’s Needs Theory - 'Need for power' is being motivated to influence other team members and offer them challenging projects.
Brandon - Adam's Equity Theory - He is demotivated as he feels that his inputs (more time and energy) are not fairly rewarded by outputs (pay).
Mira - McClelland’s Needs Theory - She believes in 'Need for Achievement' factor under this theory which states results (here, additional pay) are produced on the basis of their effort than any other factors.
Curtis - Equity Theory - He gives equal importance to the inputs as well as outputs (good performance reviews) to motivate his co-workers.
Aileen - Herzberg’s Motivator-Hygiene Theory - She voluntarily takes up responsibility which gives her a positive satisfaction to her job and thus,improve her achievements.
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