...BUS1001 – Introduction to Management and Organisations: Examination Guidance & How to tackle specific questions The Exam Wednesday 21st May 9.30 – 11.30. Three venues: * Sports Centre Hall * Sports Centre Multi Purpose Room Level 1 * Tyne Suite. Premier Inn * Make sure you know which venue you are in and where it is and turn up in good time * 2 hours * 3 questions from a choice of 7 * 40 minutes per question * make sure you do THREE questions 7 questions - 7 areas of management activity * Management generally * Organisation design, structures and processes * Groups and teamwork in the Organisation * Decision Making * Motivation * Leadership * Organisational Culture 2009/10 Paper 1. What are the main features of an organic organisation? In what situations might this type of organisational form NOT be appropriate? Justify your answer with reference to appropriate theory. 2. Explain why, with reference to motivation theory, Performance Related Pay may have limited impact upon an employee’s motivation at work. 3. Why is team-working considered important in modern organisations and what are the problems that may be encountered when trying to introduce such an approach? 4. (Brooks, 2006) states that “an intimate knowledge and awareness of culture should improve our ability to analyse organisational behaviour and to manage and lead” Explain why knowledge of organisational culture...
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...“MOTIVATION IS A CRITICAL FACTOR FOR THR ACHIEVEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS. HOWEVER IT IS EQUALLY CRITICAL FOR MANAGERS TO KNOW THE DIFFERENT MOTIVATIONAL THEORIES AND APPROACHES AS WELL AS HOW TO USE THEM EFFECTIVELY” Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 2.1 Background Information 3 2.2 The aim and objective 4 2.3 How to accomplish the aim 5 2.0 Discussion 3.4 Definition of Motivation 6 3.5 Importance of employee motivation 7 3.6 Basic concept of employee motivation 9 3.7 Different theories of motivation 10 3.8 Why managers should have a good understanding about motivation 16 3.0 Conclusion 17 4.0 References 18 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background information ...
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...| Motivation in Saint-Gobain | | ------------------------------------------------- L-2F.04 Léo ANIESA – Arnaud COSTARGENT – Thibaut GATELLIER – Gilles LAURET – Ludovic MANGA – Arthur MICHEL | Table of contents Introduction 1 I. Contextualization 1 A. General presentation of Saint-Gobain 1 B. What is motivation? 1 C. Problematic and hypothesis 2 II. Case study of Saint-Gobain: theories about motivation 3 A. Mc Gregor’s Theory 3 B. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs 4 C. Equity Theory 5 D. Expectancy Theory 5 * ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- * Introduction “Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.” This quote from Lee IACOCCA, the ex-President of Ford and the ex-CEO of Chrysler, shows the importance of motivation in a company. Motivation is the gasoline of the teamwork efficiency. It is what makes people follow your ideas and project. Thus, a company cannot work without motivated employees. The managers have to know how to...
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...Review: Employee Motivation - A Powerful New Model 1. Introduction How inner and outer drives make human beings keep going and aiming higher goals in our lives is always a mysterious field. In decades, scientists and psychologists have been trying their best to understand ourselves deeper and deeper. Nowadays, it is believed that how to boost employee motivation is very important to companies and organisations, and managers have to figure out good and right ways to stimulate their employees. In 2002, Lawrence PR. and Nohria N. published Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices, in that book, they referred that there are four drives, Acquire, Bond, Learn, and Defend, which drive us to complete tasks and achieve goals in everyone’s life. And then, in 2008, Nohria et al announced a further research in Harvard Business Review about a powerful new model which helps managers to boost employee motivation at workplace, and this famous theory about employee motivation mainly focuses on four drives which were developed by Lawrence and Nohria’s earlier research. 2. Summary In Employee Motivation - A Powerful New Model, authors refer the four drives which are known as: A: the drive to Acquire; B: the drive to Bond; C: the drive to Comprehend (as known as the drive to learn); and D: the drive to Defend. Managers who want to boost employee motivation have to understand about how to fulfill human basic needs, and the relevance and interaction between the four drives...
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...methods of managing human resources in the workplace. Learners will use their knowledge of relevant human resources management theory and link it with current human resource management practices in organisations. Unit introduction Human resource management is a dynamic activity in any organisation as it takes place against a changing economic, technical, legal and social background. It is important for learners to appreciate that effective human resource management means getting the best out of the people who work for an organisation in order to ensure the organisation fulfils its purposes, whether it is a football club winning the premiership, or a hospital increasing the success rates for medical operations. Many organisations say that their employees are their most valuable resource because of their skills, knowledge and attitudes. As labour is both an expensive and valuable resource, it is important to ensure it is planned and that the best value is obtained from employees contributions. Human resource managers have to plan their human resource requirements against a background of internal and external factors which are dynamic and constantly changing. The first part of this unit introduces learners to the factors that influence human resource managers when they are planning current and future human resource requirements. It is important to ensure that once staff have been recruited, their contribution to the organisation is maximised. Learners will develop their...
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...Content A. Preface 2 B. Motivation i. Introduction 2 ii. Understanding Motivation - Herzberg Theory 3 iii. Applying Motivation - Personal Life and Work Condition 4 - Participative Management 4 - 5 - Rewarding Employee 5 C. Communication i. Introduction 6 ii. Function of Communication 6 - 7 iii. Organization Communication 7 - 8 - Physical Group Networking 8 - 9 - Perception 9 - Language 9 - 10 - Filtering 10 - Modern Technologies Communication 10 - 11 D. Organization Change i. Introduction 11 - 12 ii. Process of change - Unfreezing 12 - Minimizing resistance in unfreezing 12 - 13 - Change 13 - Minimizing resistance in change 13 - 14 - Refreezing 14 - Minimizing resistance in refreezing 15 E. Conclusion 15 F. References 16 - 17 A. Preface In the following study, we were asked to choose three topics from which that is being applied to our own workplace. I have picked “Motivation”, “Communication” and “Organization Change”. In reading and understanding more about management during the past few modules, I have learnt how can organization uses several key points to drive employees to work harder...
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...A Study of Motivation: How to Get Your Employees Moving SPEA Honors Thesis Spring 2012 Indiana University Kelli Burton Management May 2012 Faculty Advisor: Cheryl Hughes May 2012 Page | 1 Table of Contents Abstract 3 Personal Introduction 4 Topic Introduction 4 Research Methods 5 Definition of Motivation 6 Theories of Motivation 7 Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs 7 Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory 9 The Four Motivations 11 PERMA Model 14 Example of Motivation 15 Financial 16 Non-Financial 19 Implications for Managers 25 Conclusion 30 Resources 32 Abstract Most employers today would like to have their employee’s motivated and ready to work, but do not understand what truly motivates a person. Companies could be more efficient if the employees had an invested interest in the future of the company. There are essential needs to be met for a person, specifically an employee, to succeed in the workplace. I will examine different theories of motivations, how they are relevant to the workplace, and how employers can implement the theories to ensure happy and motivated employees. The most important theories include: Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, Herzberg’s two-factor theory, Aristotle’s seven causes, and the different types of motivation. Each theory is related in the fact that there are needs for all people to meet. Every employee is at a different stage in their lives, which requires different management techniques...
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...A Study of Motivation: How to Get Your Employees Moving SPEA Honors Thesis Spring 2012 Indiana University Kelli Burton Management May 2012 Faculty Advisor: Cheryl Hughes May 2012 Page | 1 Table of Contents Abstract ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Personal Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 4 Topic Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 4 Research Methods ........................................................................................................................... 5 Definition of Motivation ................................................................................................................. 6 Theories of Motivation ................................................................................................................... 7 Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs .................................................................................................... 7 Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory .................................................................................................. 9 The Four Motivations ............................................................................................................... 11 PERMA Model .............
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...Question 1: Motivation Table of Contents Introduction 3 What is Motivation 3 Why is understanding motivation important for mangers 4 Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs 4 Expectancy theory 5 Reinforcement theory 6 In relation to employee performance which theory should a Manager adopt 8 Conclusion 10 References 11 Introduction Motivation is a broad topic and is at times not clearly understood and often poorly practiced. There are many major factors that mangers conveniently use to escape majority or all the blame of their organisational problems. One would be that whenever things go wrong some managers tend to point out that the problem(s) have occurred due to lack of motivation from employees (“Employee-motivation strategies,” 1999). Theodore Roosevelt once said, "the best …[manger] is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it" (“Employee-motivation strategies,” 1999). Essentially the manager's obligation is to develop employee’s skill and harness their capabilities as much as possible for the development of the organisations they belong to (“Employee-motivation strategies,” 1999). The paper aims to provide an understanding in regards to the importance of human motivation. It will outline and discuss three motivational theories and how mangers may apply these theories to improve employee performance (Halepota, 2005). Having knowledge about motivation theories can help...
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...Motivation Paper September 22, 2014 Juan Alves HCS/325 Eleanor Milo It is a challenge to motivate individuals when times are good, but it much more difficult to motivate when times are tough. When a company or organization is going through a restructuring process such as downsizing, a manager must employ a combination of motivational methods to maintain performance. During difficult times human behavior may change to reflect the surrounding environment. In an organization where people fear the loss of their job or the closing of the company fear is the focus and performance may suffer. It is therefore a manager’s job to motivate his people or team so that the change is met well and head on. In order to motivate people during a downsizing or any difficult time a manager has to first understand the principles of human behavior. Another thing a manager must be familiar with is the many theories of motivation, because a manager will need to call on these theories to find methods that can be used in motivating the personnel. Zonig (2006) introduces the Temporal Motivational Theory (TMT), which is built on the focus of the fundamental features of picoenconomics, expectancy theory, the cumulative prospect theory, and the need theory. Since people are unique and when working together very complex, the need for the use of several theories and the knowledge for understanding human behavior is very important in order to apply motivational techniques that will get people to work together...
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...Introduction to business and management J. Timms MN1107, 996D107, 2790107 2011 Undergraduate study in Economics, Management, Finance and the Social Sciences This is an extract from a subject guide for an undergraduate course offered as part of the University of London International Programmes in Economics, Management, Finance and the Social Sciences. Materials for these programmes are developed by academics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). For more information, see: www.londoninternational.ac.uk This guide was prepared for the University of London International Programmes by: J.N. Timms, BA, MSocSci, Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of Economics and Political Science. The 2006 and 2009 editions of this guide were amended and updated by A.E. Benjamin, BSc, MA, Dip Stats, previously at Imperial College Business School. This is one of a series of subject guides published by the University. We regret that due to pressure of work the author is unable to enter into any correspondence relating to, or arising from, the guide. If you have any comments on this subject guide, favourable or unfavourable, please use the form at the back of this guide. University of London International Programmes Publications Office Stewart House 32 Russell Square London WC1B 5DN United Kingdom Website: www.londoninternational.ac.uk Published by: University of London © University of London 2002, reprinted...
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...Executive summary Understanding, predicting or trying to inspire employees require that leaders and managers understand what motivates their employees. When we observe the way people work we will find that there is some factor which motivates them. This paper first defines what motivation is and also the definition of a workgroup. It then aims to highlight some of the motivational strategies which can be used in my workgroup to assist the group in attaining their goals and also, how those strategies can be maintained from the start to the end. The paper will continue to show how effective the motivational strategies work within my workgroup by making reference to the achievement motivation theory and the self-efficacy theory models and conclude to show that by using the right model, managers can get the most out of their employees, reduce employee turnover and limit employee dishonesty. 1. Introduction Motivating a work group to achieve a common goal can present a unique challenge, even for the most experienced leaders. That is due specifically to the fact that every individual respond to different motivation factors and hence, leaders will be faced with a group of people who all have varying needs and will need to be motivated in different ways. To get the work group to work on achieving their goals, special care should be taken when deciding on the motivational techniques used and the individual needs of the people who need to be motivated. This paper aims to discuss...
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...December 2006 Motivation to work - differences between managers and workers -Bachelor Thesis- Tutor: Pernilla Nilsson Examiner: Pernilla Nilsson Authors: Elna Hägglund 840912 Sofie Palmqvist 830905 Abstract While studying management we realised that most of the already existing theories discuss motivation to work from a general perspective. Therefore we found it interesting to investigate motivation on a deeper level. “Motivation to work – differences between managers and workers” The research questions for our thesis are, is there a difference in motivation between managers and workers? If so, what is the difference between the two? The purpose is to examine if a manager and a worker have shared understandings and common factors of what motivates them, or if certain characteristics can be distinguished. For our research we have chosen to use three companies operating within the financial sector in Sweden. Moreover, the chosen companies are located nearby which gives us the opportunity to visit them and to accomplish face to face conversations. We have interviewed two persons at each company, whereby one has the position of a manager and the other has the position of a worker. Moreover, the method of our interviews are qualitative, mostly due to the fact that we wanted create a comfortable feeling for the interviewee and to so that we could get deep insight of what motivates that person. We have studied old famous theories regarding motivation to work, we...
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...Introduction Syngenta is a giant company in UK and as well as in other 90 countries for their leading plant science business and success in this sector. This makes them a profitable company. They also give a lot to the customers by their effective plantation of the zoology (Buenstorf, 2012). Here the organization, Syngenta and this company’s behaviour is important to understand because the culture, structure, leadership, management and team work of Syngenta is related here. In task 1 the relation among the culture and structure is important for building a strong structure of work and for reaching goal. Task 2 and 3 indicate about the leadership management and the motivation, Leadership is important for stick with the effective plan. Team work and organization’s work is necessary so do the motivation to accomplish it. Lastly task 4 says about the effective team work to complete every task in Syngenta to reach its goal. 1.0 Task 1 This task contains a great relationship among the structure and culture of the organization. Through this relationship an organization can make them a perfect one for earning profit and to satisfy the employees and customers also. 1.1 Comparing and contrasting different organizational structures and culture for Syngenta. There are different types of organizational structure and culture. Among them 4 points description is given below: Functional structure In this structure Syngenta will choose specific employees for specific people for...
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... TP024887 Lecturer Name: Han Kok Siew Table of Contents: 1.0 Introduction ………………………………………………………………….……… 3 2.0 Definition …………………………………………………………………….……... 4 3.1 Types of Motivation …………………………………………………………. 4 3.2 Maslow’s Need Hierarchy Theory …………………………………………... 5 3.3 Herzberg’s Motivational Theory …………………………………………….. 7 3.4 McClelland’s Need Theory ………………………………………………….. 8 3.0 Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………….. 9 4.0 References …………………………………………………………………………. 10 1.0 Introduction In the past decades, there has been a very high growth of employment in every sector and industry. Employees, workers and staff usually carry out their specified task on regular basis to meet certain goals and targets the company is aiming at. They are known to be an essential part of the organization as they play a key role in determining the organization objectives. As the employees play an important part in the company, the employers, supervisors and administrators must ensure that the employees are productive and efficient when it comes to fulfilling their duties. The question that arises from this topic is how to make these employees productive and effective towards carrying out their daily tasks and why is it that important? The answer is Motivation and this will be the topic of this assignment. 2.0 Definition Motivation is the state of willingness which mainly acts as a driving force for an individual to put better...
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