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Back in 1908, psychologists Robert Yerkes and John Dodson developed a theory about stress and performance. They proposed an “inverted-U” relationship between arousal and performance, crediting heightened states of arousal with optimum performance. At a certain...

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Human motivation can be defined as the fulfillment of various needs. These needs can encompass a range of human desires, from basic, tangible needs of survival to complex, emotional needs surrounding an individual’s psychological w...

As organizations move to more team-based structures, the control shifts from management to employees. Upper management still sets the general direction, vision, mission, goals and objectives. But then employees, with that understanding, make decisions and cont...

Optimal trust and teamwork: from groupthink to teamthink by Ferda Erdem The success of modern organizations is closely related to their ability to promote and manage effective teamworking. When organizations downsize and de-layer they often rely on their hope...

Innovatank Case - Chapter 2 - HRM- Motivation and Performance

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Motivation is a highly individual process, and motivating all the employees within a company can be a significant (if not nearly impossible) task. Yet, we’ve proven time and time again that employees who are engaged with their work and with the organization dr...

  A warning for managers everywhere—motivation theories are culture-bound. The theories you’ve read about have been developed by American psychologists and scientists for the American workplace, and the behaviors suggested are dictated by the American cult...

Managerial Responses to Motivation Now that we understand a bit more about what motivation is and the theories behind its origins and development, we can put them to work in a managerial setting. Let’s take a look at some managerial responses to motivation. ...

The Hawthorne Effect During the 1920s, a series of studies that marked a change in the direction of motivational and managerial theory was conducted by Elton Mayo on workers at the Hawthorne plant of the Western Electric Company in Illinois. Previous studies,...

In addition to careful job design and managing stifling company cultures, organizations are taking steps to help employees battle stress by offering programs, benefits and office “perks” that allow workers to make choices about managing stress as it best suits...

Organizational Culture and Politics A good organizational culture might, in itself, not be a primary motivator, but an organization that fosters teamwork and encourages team members to mind their own well-being is certainly planting the seeds for individual...

Work Conditions and Motivation  The work an individual does holds tremendous motivational power. But, as we discussed, no two individuals are alike, and no two individuals are motivated by the same things. A manager’s challenge, when it comes to manipulatin...

LEARNING OUTCOME Discuss the individual components of motivation Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivators Figure 1. Intrinsic motivation comes from within the individual, while extrinsic motivation comes from outside the individual.           For an...

What is Motivation? People often equate unmotivated people with being lazy. Do you think this is really true? For instance, consider Danny, a student that gets poor grades in history. He’s not interested in his textbooks, doesn’t want to read. He’s intelligen...

Innovatank Case- Chapter 1- Personality and Stress

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Stress. It happens when an individual is confronted with an opportunity, constraint or demand related to what he or she desires, and for which the outcome is perceived to be both uncertain and important. Stress at a certain level is good and motivates producti...

When we talked about individuals exercising time management techniques as a way of achieving a better work-life balance, we mentioned flexibility and the ability to allocate 50% of their day to the unpredictable, unplanned part of their days. Could managers be...

  Once you have a group of people (or a team of people), they will need to achieve goals and objectives. We know how the group came together, how they will function effectively and how they will become a team. So let’s talk now about how the group will be man...