BUSINESS ASSIGNMENT on Motivation
Introduction
The word motivation came from Latin word “movere” which means push to action, (Source). Motivation is giving people the desire and energy to make an effort to reach their goal such as a job. There are a numbers of motivational theories and this assignment will look at how intrinsic and extrinsic motivators can affect employee’s motivation. Business will motivate their staff to achieve objectives in order for the company to reach their aims. However workers are motivated by different things, therefore this assignment will start with explaining and discussing motivational basic psychological triggers and the main initial theorists: F.W. Taylor (1856-1917), Elton Mayo (1880-1949), Maslow (1908-1970), Herzberg (1923-2000).

Motivation
We learn not only because we want to learn for satisfaction of learning but also because we are rewarded for learning and it enables us to achieve other things that we want, starting with food, a home and to some extent safety as well as status and self-esteem. Psychologists have come to separate between two main categories of motivation, intrinsic and extrinsic:
Intrinsic motivation takes place when someone gets satisfaction from an activity itself without threats or rewards from external factors or influences. Intrinsic motivation is only due to the person’s desire or will to participate in a task without any promise of a reward. A good example will be “A student's intrinsic interest in schooling, and intrinsic desire to achieve competence in his or her studies.” (ref. 2).Another good example is that an employee is more likely to be “intrinsically motivated”, if they can see their success is the result of something they have done; if they put more work into their task and achieve more positive outcomes. They will get motivated if they are given a degree of freedom and feel they have