Motivation in management

• Dr. Arpita Sharma• Assistant Professor,

• GBPUA&T, Pantnagar

MOTIVATION Motivation is to inspire people to work,

individually or in groups in the ways such as to produce best results. It is the will to act. It is the willingness to exert high levels of effort towards organizational goals, conditioned by the efforts and ability to satisfy some individual need.

Management

Management in business and human organization activity is simply the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals. Management comprises planning, organizing, staffing, leading or directing, and controlling, an organization a group of one or more people or entities or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal.

Motivation in management

Michael Porter and Henry Mintzberg are convinced that motivation is only a secondary link in the chain represented by management. According to them, both motivation and market evolution are evolving in a linked relationship. This is called the Contingency Theory.

TYPES OF MOTIVATION

• Achievement Motivation • Affiliation Motivation • Competence Motivation • Power Motivation • Attitude Motivation • Incentive Motivation • Fear Motivation

Factors That Influence Team Motivation

• Purpose • Challenge • Camaraderie • Responsibility • Growth • Leadership

Streetwise Tips on Motivation

• Motivation comes from caring not scaring. • Walk your talk• Make work fun!• The Law of Attraction • Ongoing Commitment

Theories of Motivation

• Jeremy Bentham’s “The Carrot and the Stick Approach”

• “Theory X and Theory Y” of Douglas McGregor

Abraham Maslow’s “Need Hierarchy Theory

Frederick Herzberg’s motivation-hygiene theory

• The Porter and Lawler Model • Sheila Ritchie and Peter Martin

A Look at a More Recent Theory

Comparison Between the Two Generations

• Out With the Old, In With the New• Motivation Theories are Like Wine;

They Get Better With Age  

BEING A MOTIVATING MANAGER

• Treat staff well • Think like a winner• Recognize the differences • Set realistic goals • Prevent Demotivation • Job-financial enrichment and small job

changes are handy • Non-financial rewards

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MOTIVATION,

SATISFACTION, INSPIRATION AND MANIPULATION

Methods for Managers to Gauge Motivation Probability

  • Employee Selection • High Organizational Expectations

Motivation Management - How We Create Our Reality

• Motivation and Drive• Motivation and Peak Performers• Motivation and Stress