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How do you motivate people? Ways to motivate people. - ANSWER make your place a
pleasant place to be, be a respectful, honest, and supportive manager, offer employee
rewards, give them room to grow, share positive feedback, be transparent, offer flexible
scheduling, offer food in the workplace, recognize their achievements, ask what they want
Motivation - ANSWER the set of forces that prompt a person to release energy in a
certain direction
Need - ANSWER the gap between what is and what is required
Want - ANSWER the gap between what is and what is desired
Job enlargement - ANSWER the horizontal expansion of a job, increasing the number
and variety of tasks that a person performs. Increasing task diversity can enhance job
satisfaction, particularly when the job is mundane and repetitive in nature.
Job enrichment - ANSWER the vertical expansion of an employee's job. Whereas job
enlargement addresses the breadth or scope of a job, enrichment attempts to increase job
depth by providing the employee with more autonomy, responsibility, and decision-making
authority
Job rotation - ANSWER the shifting of workers from one job to another. This may be
done to broaden the employee's skill base or because an employee has ceased to be
interested in or challenged by a particular job. The organization may benefit from job
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, rotation because it increases flexibility in scheduling and production and because employees
can be shifted to cover for absent workers or changes in production or operations.
Job scheduling - ANSWER scheduling option that allows two individuals to split the
tasks, responsibilities, and work hours of one-40-hour-per-week job. The primary benefit to
the company Is that it gets "two for the price of one" the company can draw on two sets of
skills and abilities to accomplish one set of job objectives
Types of Rewards (Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic) - ANSWER Intrinsic rewards come from within
the individual-things like satisfaction, contentment, sense of accomplishment, confidence,
and pride. Extrinsic rewards come from outside the individual and include things like pay
raises, promotions, bonuses, prestigious assignments and so forth
Four basic principles of scientific management - ANSWER 1. Develop a scientific
approach for each element of a person's job.
2. Scientifically select, train, teach and develop workers.
3. Encourage cooperation between workers and managers so that each job cab be
accomplished in a standard, scientifically determined way.
4. Divide work and responsibility between management and workers according to who is
better suited to each task.
The Hawthorne Studies - ANSWER The studies began when the electric company had
commissioned research to determine if there was a relationship between productivity and
work environments. The findings gave rise to what is now known as the Hawthorne Effect,
which suggest that employees will perform better when they feel singled out for special
attention or feel that management is concerned about employee welfare.
Maslow's Theory of Motivation - ANSWER contends that people act to satisfy their
unmet needs. When you are hungry, for instance, you look for an eat food, thus satisfying a
basic physiological need. Once a need is satisfied, its importance to the individual
diminishes, and a higher-level need is more likely.
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How do you motivate people? Ways to motivate people. - ANSWER make your place a
pleasant place to be, be a respectful, honest, and supportive manager, offer employee
rewards, give them room to grow, share positive feedback, be transparent, offer flexible
scheduling, offer food in the workplace, recognize their achievements, ask what they want
Motivation - ANSWER the set of forces that prompt a person to release energy in a
certain direction
Need - ANSWER the gap between what is and what is required
Want - ANSWER the gap between what is and what is desired
Job enlargement - ANSWER the horizontal expansion of a job, increasing the number
and variety of tasks that a person performs. Increasing task diversity can enhance job
satisfaction, particularly when the job is mundane and repetitive in nature.
Job enrichment - ANSWER the vertical expansion of an employee's job. Whereas job
enlargement addresses the breadth or scope of a job, enrichment attempts to increase job
depth by providing the employee with more autonomy, responsibility, and decision-making
authority
Job rotation - ANSWER the shifting of workers from one job to another. This may be
done to broaden the employee's skill base or because an employee has ceased to be
interested in or challenged by a particular job. The organization may benefit from job
1
, rotation because it increases flexibility in scheduling and production and because employees
can be shifted to cover for absent workers or changes in production or operations.
Job scheduling - ANSWER scheduling option that allows two individuals to split the
tasks, responsibilities, and work hours of one-40-hour-per-week job. The primary benefit to
the company Is that it gets "two for the price of one" the company can draw on two sets of
skills and abilities to accomplish one set of job objectives
Types of Rewards (Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic) - ANSWER Intrinsic rewards come from within
the individual-things like satisfaction, contentment, sense of accomplishment, confidence,
and pride. Extrinsic rewards come from outside the individual and include things like pay
raises, promotions, bonuses, prestigious assignments and so forth
Four basic principles of scientific management - ANSWER 1. Develop a scientific
approach for each element of a person's job.
2. Scientifically select, train, teach and develop workers.
3. Encourage cooperation between workers and managers so that each job cab be
accomplished in a standard, scientifically determined way.
4. Divide work and responsibility between management and workers according to who is
better suited to each task.
The Hawthorne Studies - ANSWER The studies began when the electric company had
commissioned research to determine if there was a relationship between productivity and
work environments. The findings gave rise to what is now known as the Hawthorne Effect,
which suggest that employees will perform better when they feel singled out for special
attention or feel that management is concerned about employee welfare.
Maslow's Theory of Motivation - ANSWER contends that people act to satisfy their
unmet needs. When you are hungry, for instance, you look for an eat food, thus satisfying a
basic physiological need. Once a need is satisfied, its importance to the individual
diminishes, and a higher-level need is more likely.
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