Common Themes of Motivational Theories
MGT 105 – Module 5 Homework Assignment
This assignment requires that you submit a Turnitin Originality Report with your assignment. Please refer to the homework assignment instructions found in your iBoard course. Your assignment may be returned without a passing grade if you do not include the Turnitin Originality Report along with your assignment submission. APA format, Times New Roman, 12pt., 1’margin.
NOTE: There are two (2) parts to this assignment.
PART I: SHORT RESPONSE
Directions: Submit your responses to the questions below. Responses to the Short response submissions may not be copied from the text book, the Lecture Notes, or the internet. The responses need to be in your own words. Each response should be at least 100 words.
Please watch the following videos on YouTube video and then respond to the corresponding questions.
- Want to Motivate People? Get Them Out of Maslow’s Basement (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjArLRXMH58&feature=related)
- Hertzberg’s Theory of Motivation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ub8R5c6tkE&feature=related)
- Ken Thomas – Expectancy Theory (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85u1zY8rDfc&feature=related)
- Employee Motivation: Goal-Setting Theory (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yj2wsPJEWs&feature=related)
- Dan Pink: The puzzle of motivation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y&feature=BFa&list=SP70DEC2B0568B5469)
NOTE: If you have limited access to YouTube, you may read the following article in LIRN:
Rapidly changing world puts greater emphasis on creative skills says Daniel Pink. (2007, Nov 22). Al Bawaba. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/194852458?accountid=141600
In Chapter 10, you learned about a number of motivational theories including: the Needs Hierarchy Approach, the Two-Factor Theory, Expectancy Theory, Goal-Setting Theory, and Reinforcement. You also learned about the management strategies that are used to apply those theories to motivate employees, such as Empowerment and Participation, Alternative Forms of Work Arrangements, and Reward Systems (including Executive compensation).
- Discuss some of the common themes of these theories. Focus on two of the theories and compare them to each other and also discuss what is different about them.
- Then, discuss some of the new scientific thoughts reviewed by Daniel Pink on these theories? Incorporate intrinsic motivation, autonomy, mastery and purpose (as shown in the video) into your discussion. How do you think leaders in business should respond to this? Find a sentence in the textbook that supports your thoughts and cite it appropriately.
Be sure to include a Reference section at the end of your paper that includes the videos and the textbook.
PART II: SHORT ESSAY
Directions: In PART II, you will have two (2) tasks. You will write 1-2 paragraphs for each task. Please provide detailed and elaborate responses to the following questions. Your responses should include examples from the reading assignments.
Task #1:
Describe a job with which you are familiar. Name the type of reward system used (fixed-rate, merit, incentive, or some combination). Tell whether this was the most effective system for that particular job or not.
Task #2:
Think of a leader that you know from any organization (church, school, work, etc) and name the related approach to leadership that this individual uses (charismatic, transformational, strategic, cross-cultural, or ethical). Explain why that leadership style was effective in the work situation.
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