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Analyze the role of sustained employee motivation, and distinguish it from other significant factors that affect organizational performance.
Recommend the most effective process for determining the right rewards for employees in support of better performance.
Support your response with at least one example of the benefits or consequences of the recommended process.
You are a new graduate RN on a medical-surgical unit. During the past three months several changes regarding compensation and staff schedules have occurred. Night shift differential has been reduced and nurses are being asked to work predetermined schedules that reflect the census and acuity of the unit. Many of the nurses on the unit have been verbal about their dissatisfaction with these changes and are talking about transferring to another hospital in the area. You notice the staff is lacking the energy and motivation previously characteristic of the unit and you are wondering if this is the right place for you.
Our book provides a number of suggestions as to how managers and leaders can “create a motivating climate.” (Pages 478-485)
Which of these strategies do you believe has the greatest impact on the behavior of nurses?
Which strategy do you think would be most effective in the situation described above?
What behaviors would you exhibit as a new RN on the unit to promote a “motivating climate?”
You are a new graduate RN on a medical-surgical unit. During the past three months several changes regarding compensation and staff schedules have occurred. Night shift differential has been reduced and nurses are being asked to work predetermined schedules that reflect the census and acuity of the unit. Many of the nurses on the unit have been verbal about their dissatisfaction with these changes and are talking about transferring to another hospital in the area. You notice the staff is lacking the energy and motivation previously characteristic of the unit and you are wondering if this is the right place for you.
Our book provides a number of suggestions as to how managers and leaders can “create a motivating climate.” (Pages 478-485)
Which of these strategies do you believe has the greatest impact on the behavior of nurses?
Which strategy do you think would be most effective in the situation described above?
What behaviors would you exhibit as a new RN on the unit to promote a “motivating climate?”
Organization, Motivation, and Accountability are a few of the things necessary to move an organization forward. What do you think human resource managers can do to ensure these aspects are a part of the organizational fabric, and what other things do you feel are necessary toward positive movement within an organization?
What have you learned about motivation from participating and engaging in class? How are you applying what you have learned about motivation in your life? Please explain your answer and provide personal examples of how you are applying the course concepts.
Explain the following and how they have increased our understanding of motivation:-
1.Abraham
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
2.Herzberg’s Motivator-Hygiene Theory
3.McCelelland’s Learned Needs Theory
Compare and contrast the three theories influences of human motivation in the contemporary work setting.
Choose one theory that best applies to your own personal and developmental journey.
Motivation is the psychological process that arouses and directs behavior. There are three theories that will help us understand the motivation of employees in the workplace:
Goal-setting theory suggests behavior can be motivated with specific, challenging goals that are obtainable. The key to goal-setting theory is ensuring employees understand what is expected and accept the goals.
Self-efficacy is the belief in one’s personal ability to do a task. There is a lot to be said to scoring high in this trait. People who are confident about their ability tend to succeed, whereas those who doubt their ability tend to fail.
Reinforcement theory explains how behavior can be altered by administering positive or negative consequences to actions of employees. Behavior with positive consequences tends to be repeated, and behavior with negative consequences tends not to be repeated.
Who in your organization is a good motivator? Does motivation have to come from a person, or can an organization in itself be a motivating factor? Explain with reasoning.
1. With regard to Social Motivation, discuss Social Facilitation, Social Inhibition, Coaction, and Audience Effects.
2. Describe Milgram’s experiment on Obedience.
3. What factors affect Helping Behavior?
4. Briefly define Attribution Theory
5. Discuss the role of Positive Regard in Carl Roger’s Theory.
Organization, Motivation, and Accountability are a few of the things necessary to move an organization forward. What do you think human resource managers can do to ensure these aspects are a part of the organizational fabric, and what other things do you feel are necessary toward positive movement within an organization?
Your initial response to the discussion question should be 250-300 words.