Organisational Behavour

1. Zaman University
Motivation Theory and Motivation in the Workplace
Individual Assessment I: Annotation
Phanara Mao
Instructor: Neil Walsh
Organizational Behaviors - BUS 211
November 04th
, 2013

2. Organizational Behavior - BUS 211 Section 1Take-home Annotation Assessment I
Title: Employees Motivation in Organization
Devadass, R. (2011). Employees Motivation in Organization. The International Conference
on Sociality and Economic Development, 10, 1-5.
The authors deliberate the motive effects on employees in the workplaces rely on three main
evidential experiences as; job features, performances of each employee, and management
procedures. Additionally, they claim that the managers should take a really care of work
motivation and trying to prevent it as well for purpose of boosting productiveness and
profitability. Also, the employees' behaviors point the motivation ability in form of being
motivated or daunted by the managers or the leaders in organization. Specially, the authors
discuss the potential methods to develop work motivation and distribute it according to four
elements which there are; sources of data, inclusion and exclusion, demo and screening, and
analyzing the information and the data collected.
Although, the work motivation theories still a most-often-researched topic, which is
discussed as a dynamic and complex process of human behaviors, but the academic
researchers and authors continue to develop and find the most suitable alternatives for
academic users in a well-timed fitness along the dynamic world of today human being.
Finally, the authors conclude that all-inclusive manners of employees are motive views of the
workers. Likewise, they added that motivation of employees in the workplaces also accustom
to the promotion of the workers in order to improve their performances. Briefly, the
employees are naturally initiated by incentive traits bases on degree of diversity and diversity
of management in the workplaces.
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3. Organizational Behavior - BUS 211 Section 1Take-home Annotation Assessment I
Title: Motivating Employees
Nickels, W. G., McHugh, J. M., & McHugh, S. M. (2008). Motivating Employees.
Understanding Business (8th ed., pp. 258-286). Boston: McGraw-Hill Irwin.
In this chapter, the authors emphasize many motivation theories and specify these theories
clearly by giving the description of scientific management theory of Taylor, Hawthorne
studies, understanding the Maslow’s motivation theory of needs, differentiate between theory
X, theory Y, and theory Z of Douglas McGregor, clarify the theory of expectancy, goal-
setting, equity and reinforcement, and how the manager apply these motivation theories to the
workplaces. Strategically, the managers take action of motivation through creating
organizational culture, promoting better performances, providing financial benefits,
rewarding, creating better working environment, open communication, training, job
enlargement, job rotation, and using effective questioning techniques. These potential
techniques and theories are compulsory for leaders and managers who wish to inspire their
subordinates or employees to work more effective, and productive for their prospective
outcomes.
Although, there are many different theorist and mangers propose different or similar theories
and studies, but there is only one aim to provide encouragement to the employees for purpose
of boosting productions or outcomes for prosperity and future growth of all workplaces.
Interestingly, some traditional or classical theories are developed to be ongoing generation
and efficient globally in dynamic world.
Briefly, motivation is a powerful catalyst in all workplaces for inducing human capital
movement in return of reaching organizational goal and objective with potential performance.
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4. Organizational Behavior - BUS 211 Section 1Take-home Annotation Assessment I
Title: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations
Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (n.d.). Contemporary Educational Psychology. Idealibrary.
Retrieved October 29, 2013, from http://www.idealibrary.com
The author try to clarify the classic theory of motivation, which include intrinsic motivation
and extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation is defined as a type of motivation existed
people willing to work emotionally due to their enjoyable inspiration and their interest in
order to take potential and productive activities. Meanwhile, extrinsic motivation is defined
as a type of motivation existed when people are encouraged to work economically bases on
future growth and outcome that can actually induce them to take intensive and productive
activities. Strategically, motivation is an art of effective and efficient encouragement to other
people to take intensive, and productive action in the workplaces economically. They also
add that motivation is very vital for both educational and developmental practice, and it is the
potential human desire for their satisfaction. Specifically, human need to be supported,
related, delegated, and inspired in order to achieve higher productive tasks assigned.
Although, motivation is a magic tool in the workplaces, but this sensational uniqueness
doesn’t fit everybody for any situations in any workplaces because it has different kinds,
different levels, and different amount of people to be motivated.
The authors conclude by reviewing that the social and psychological needs of being
motivated and energized is feeling included, autonomic, powered, competitive, and supported
as one well. Furthermore, they add that the appropriate condition of society comfort intrinsic
motivation and assist insources to settle better motivation extrinsically.
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5. Organizational Behavior - BUS 211 Section 1Take-home Annotation Assessment I
Title: The Future Work of Motivation Theory
Steers, R. M., & Mowday, R. T. (2004). The Future of Work Motivation Theory. The
Academy of Management Review, 29(4), 379-389.
The authors point the differences of motivation theories bases on many psychologists' points
of view and the potential roles of motivation theory in field of management by doing
academic research accurately. They discuss about the complex theory, opportunities, and
benefits of motivation theories that are essential to survive the organization in the
workplaces. Additionally, they also claim that the most important people's inspiration to work
intensively and economically is motivation including empowerment, job training, job
enrichment, job enlargement, and pay-the-job incentive for the workers.
However, this research is the main points of common motivation theories, it is changed
alternatively bases on globalization and the dynamic world of human being, and development
of technological innovations, it is likely opening a new window for academics researchers,
managers, and the workers to be motivated and obtained a higher knowledge of management
and inspiration for practicing in the workplaces. Furthermore, they also mention that
sometimes self-set goal setting maybe insufficient for motivating people in the organization.
Finally, the authors briefly conclude that motivation can be understood and implicated on
workplaces by using life-span and adult development theories to facilitate of understandable
motivation in organization. At the end, they add that effective effects on motivation could be
identified by participation of workers in group works as a level influences individually.
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6. Organizational Behavior - BUS 211 Section 1Take-home Annotation Assessment I
Title: Employee’s Motivation
Yudhvir, M., & Sunita, M. (2012). Employee's Motivation. Asian Journal of
Multidimensional Research, 1(2), 2278-4853.
The authors argue that motivation is the process of providing employees with motive as a
catalyst to complete the tasks and achieving targets negatively or positively. They also take
some concepts of famous psychologist and successful managers such as; Maslow, Vroom,
Herzberg and Taylor, to be discussed concerning to motivation in form of job satisfaction to
understand, analyze, and learn organizational behaviors and human behaviors in the
workplaces. Additionally, they also claim the two types of motivation, which are intrinsic and
extrinsic motivation in this research. Furthermore, motivation is a crucial tool, it is not only
managers or human resource department for businesses, but it is for everyone to create a
better work environment in every workplaces.
On the other hand, motivation is not only financial benefit; it sometimes can be non-monetary
incentive (training, flexible work hours, and so on), or monetary incentive (sharing profits,
bonuses, and so on) or other options such as; competition, recognition, and promotion. Also,
there are five different needs of human such as; psychological needs, safety needs, social
needs, esteem needs, and self-actualization, Maslow agued. Theory X and Y of Mcgregor and
Vroom ’theory also apply to similar principle of motivation theory.
They brief that the most efficient components to motivate employee are related intrinsic
motivation include; empowerment, growth, inclusion, objective, and trustworthy. Finally,
they conclude that motivation is the important asset to boost the performance of employees
and receiving better outcome in the workplaces effectively, and economically.
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