...Motivational Methods Paper This paper will provide information about three motivational methods I as a manager will apply to my organizational department which must be downsized. This information will include motivational techniques used to implement the change within my department. It will also include theoretical concepts from the textbook, Health Care Management and outside resources to support the theories used. Last the paper will conclude with highlights of the information provided to introduce the change within the organization. I just got an e-mail from my supervisor explaining that my department must be downsized and my job as the manager is to prepare my team for the changes. One of the changes I must address is the motivational techniques which will be used. Human Resources are my department and my goal is to research multiple motivational methods to understand how to lead and implement the changes. After spending many hours searching motivational methods I finally narrowed it down to three. Motivational techniques are used to achieve many goals within the workplace. One of the goals it can achieve is providing opportunities. This technique will provide employee’s with the opportunity to learn and further his or her education while working. If the company decides to downsize the employee will have more qualifications and have an easier time finding future employment. This will help reduce an issue with low self-esteem which is a problem in most health care...
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...Motivational Methods Managers are responsible for a variety of tasks within their organization. One of the most important roles of a manager/leader is to encourage and motivate their employees to perform to the best of their ability for the success of the organization especially when changes occur. The upper management within our organization has decided that the department must be downsized; therefore we will need to begin preparing our teams for the changes that will be happening. As managers, it is important to understand various motivational methods to lead and implement changes that may occur within the organization. Creating a positive work environment, offering better health benefits, and providing our staff with the education they need are a few methods we believe will help motivate the employees in the organization. Creating a Positive Work Environment One of the most beneficial ways of motivating employees is by creating a positive work environment. When creating these desired surroundings, there is a greater likelihood for employees to look forward to coming into work. This particular atmosphere also makes them feel more valued and can have a huge impact on their personal morale within the establishment. Managers must help the employee build confidence, establish routines, and set realistic, challenging goals. They need to remind employees of past successes, not past failures (FOX Business: Small Business Center, 2015). There are many factors that a manager can...
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...| | |Health Care Management | Copyright © 2012, 2010 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description The course explores fundamental concepts of management theory as applied to health care. Students will examine the organizational structure of the health care delivery system and administrative processes such as planning, problem solving, decision making, and quality productivity improvement. Emphasis will also be placed on the major issues and problem areas confronting health service administrators. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Lombardi, D. N., & Schermerhorn, J. R. (2007). Health care management: Tools and techniques for managing in a health care environment. Hoboken,...
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... | | |College of Natural Sciences | | |HCS/325 Version 1 | | |Health Care Management | | |April 10, 2012 – May 14, 2012 | Copyright © 2010 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description The course explores fundamental concepts of management theory as applied to health care. Students will examine the organizational structure of the health care delivery system and administrative processes such as planning, problem solving, decision making, and quality productivity improvement. Emphasis will also be placed on the major issues and problem areas confronting health service administrators. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to...
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...Motivational Methods Jessica Evans HCS 325 January 13, 2014 Michelle Crumby Motivational Methods In this paper I will be discussing the different types of motivational methods that managers could use when an organization is downsizing. Aside from downsizing another change to be addressed involves motivational techniques. As manager, I must research and understand various motivational methods to lead and implement change within my area. As a manager I believe the key process to motivating my area would be effective communication. As a health care manager, the strength of your communication skills directly connects to your overall performance effectiveness. Managers can improve communications by focusing on shared benefit, modifying their messages, actively listening, and using effective communication techniques (Cheeseboro & Rios, 2010). Managers have a variety of techniques and tools to motivate others. The term motivation is used in management theory to describe forces within individuals that account for the level, direction, and persistence of effort they expend at work (Lombardi & Schermerhorn, 2007). Managers can utilize external factors, like positive reinforcement and punishment to affect how staff works. Health care managers who lead teams and staff with motivation create conditions where their employees feel inspired to work hard and perform to the best of their abilities. Workplace conflict may be inevitable, but proactive managers can respond...
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...Motivational Methods Paper HCS 325 - Health Care Management Monday, September 19, 2011 Motivational Methods Paper Motivation has been defined as the "willingness to exert effort to achieve the organization's goals, conditioned by this effort's ability to satisfy individual needs" (Kamery, 2004, pp. 91-92). Motivation in a true sense is an art work in that it is a process of being able to change one's willingness to exert effort. This willingness sets the foundation of motivation. Over the course of this paper I will discuss three motivational methods job design, human needs, and based on process; a goal-setting theory in which managers can apply to create an environment for employees to exert their efforts in the workplace. I will also discuss how implementing such motivational methods can affect the organization. The first motivational method I will discuss is motivating through job design. Although monetary compensation often accounts for the motivation behind some individuals work efforts, it is not the sole motivator, but it may be because of self-satisfaction which motivates an individual. Motivating through job design permits creating or defining specific jobs or duties tailored to an individual or group of individuals. Managers often design jobs that encourage employees to become skilled, accurate, and efficient at their assigned task. This in itself is motivation. A sense of accomplishment leads to feeling satisfied. It is through this satisfaction...
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...In health care management, those in management positions are responsible for ensuring that the department operates professionally and effectively. The healthcare manager does not solely run the department alone. The manager’s subordinates are the backbone of any organization. The managers are responsible for motivating staff to perform job duties with minimum dysfunctions. Motivating staff is an important factor in improving job performance, keeping employee morale high, and maintaining an effective working environment. Management should adopt motivational methods that will encourage the staff to perform duties at the highest of expectations. The healthcare field is an extremely stressful and highly demanding field. Management should implement motivational methods, including incentive programs, alternative working arrangements, and clear polices regarding to rules and regulations. In an organization, employees share a common working environment; however, the goals, personal responsibilities, and lifestyles, of each employee differ from one to the next. Health care managers should communicate with employees individually and as a group in an attempt to understand the importance of working at their maximum potential. Communication is also important for the manager to understand what issues are preventing employees from performing duties at a maximum potential. “Active support from the management in such activities via resources, time, recognition, a clear vision and guidelines...
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...Motivation Methods Paper Motivational Methods Paper Motivation has been defined as the "willingness to exert effort to achieve the organization's goals, conditioned by this effort's ability to satisfy individual needs" (Kamery, 2004, pp. 91-92). Motivation in a true sense is an art work in that it is a process of being able to change one's willingness to exert effort. This willingness sets the foundation of motivation. Over the course of this paper I will discuss three motivational methods job design, human needs, and based on process; a goal-setting theory in which managers can apply to create an environment for employees to exert their efforts in the workplace. I will also discuss how implementing such motivational methods can affect the organization. The first motivational method I will discuss is motivating through job design. Although monetary compensation often accounts for the motivation behind some individuals work efforts, it is not the sole motivator, but it may be because of self-satisfaction which motivates an individual. Motivating through job design permits creating or defining specific jobs or duties tailored to an individual or group of individuals. Managers often design jobs that encourage employees to become skilled, accurate, and efficient at their assigned task. This in itself is motivation. A sense of accomplishment leads to feeling satisfied. It is through this satisfaction that encourages individuals to continue working or perhaps striving for more. According...
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...Motivational Methods Motivation is the impact or drive that causes us to behave in a specific manner and has been described as consisting of energy, direction, and sustainability (Gilley & McMillian, 2008). In an organization, a manager needs to have the ability to persuade and influence others to work in a common direction that reflects their talent to motivate (Gilley & McMillian, 2008). As manager of the Emergency department, upper management at Sutter Health has informed me that our Emergency unit will need to downsize, and in order to prepare for this downsize, I will address the three motivational methods that managers use to motivate their employee and how this change can affect Sutter Health In any organization, making changes within the workplace can be challenging. Finding ways to motivate employees can be hard and some motivation methods can work for some people and others, it might not work at all. Mangers need to find different methods that would work will for their staff in assisting them in adapting to different changes. It is important for managers to really understand what type of motivational technique they should use for each staff members (Kamery, 2004). As the manager for the emergency department, the three motivational methods that should be used for the emergency department are to provide advancement opportunities, recognition, and a sense of achievement (Lombardi & Schermerhorn, 2007). Because of the downsizing of the department, providing...
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...examine the issues being experienced by Delmar General Hospital with their nursing staff. The report begins with a discussion of nursing, moves on to an overview of motivational theories, as well as stress and its effects on motivation. The issues occurring within this hospital with their nursing staff will be reviewed and interpreted by the private consultant. The private consultant will then conclude with a discussion of her final recommendations in terms of what can be done by Delmar General and their management staff to increase motivation and decrease stress levels, with examples from supporting research. No matter what ones goal may be, motivation always plays a big role in achievement. In the workplace, individuals must be motivated to perform their best however, frequent conflicts can often hinder ones motivation levels by causing stress. Managers within the workplace can attempt to achieve maximum productivity while maintaining a positive employee affect through the use of various kinds of motivational plans. The nursing profession is one of many within healthcare that deal with a lot of stress and motivational issues. Currently nursing is facing a series of issues that makes understanding stress and motivation very important for healthcare managers. It was estimated by the US Department of Health Human Services in 2004 that by the year 2020 there would be a shortage of between 400,000 and 1,000,000 registered nurses (Badgett, 2011). Nursing is in great need...
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...Summarize early studies that laid the groundwork for understanding employee motivation. 3. Compare and contrast the human-relations theories of Abraham Maslow and Frederick Herzberg. 4. Investigate various theories of motivation, including Theories X, Y, and Z; equity theory; and expectancy theory. 5. Describe some of the strategies that managers use to motivate employees. 6. Critique a business’s program for motivating its sales force. Key Terms and Definitions |behavior modification |Changing behavior and encouraging appropriate actions by relating the consequences of behavior to | | |behavior itself. | |classical theory of motivation |A theory that suggests that money is the sole motivator for workers. | |compressed workweek |A four-day (or shorter) period in which an employee works 40 hours. | |equity theory |An assumption that how much people are willing to contribute to an organization depends on their | | |assessment of the fairness, or equity, of the rewards they will receive in exchange. | |esteem needs |The need for respect—both self-respect and respect from others. | |expectancy theory ...
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...Motivational Methods HCS 325 December 9, 2013 The motivation an employee has can sometimes be the difference between company success and failure. As a manager in the healthcare field one of the keys to motivating employees starts with motivating oneself. Emotions can be contagious if you hate your job other will pick up on that and may hate their jobs as well. Even if a manger is too stressed out others around him might become that way too. As good motivation for employees enthusiasm is a good quality to have and a trait that is healthy to pass along. If as a manager you show your employees that you really have a motivating sprit to take care of your company’s image they will adopt this feeling and it can go a long way in improving the company. So what are good ways to try and motivate employees? Well, a manger has to think about his/her own motivations and most likely the employees will have similar feelings. For example: what is important to people? Family? Recognition? On the job training? Compensation? One of the motivational methods that can be installed is for each manager to personally get to know each of his/her employees to see what their goals are. Where do they want to be in a year? What do they hope to accomplish? Is there anything the organization can do to support this individual in their goals? When employees see that there is a personal interest taken in them it helps the employee feel like this just isn’t an 8 hour job to them and they are actually...
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...Motivational Methods HCS 325 Motivational Methods Motivation, as explained, is "those factors that cause, channel, and sustain people's behavior" (Stoner & Freeman, p. 425). The job of a manager in a workplace is to get the things that need to be done done through their employees. Managers must motivate employees in order to do this. The needs of the employees must be fulfilled in order for them to accurately and effective do their work. Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs shows that people are motivated to fulfill basic needs such as food and water before moving onto other more complex needs such as personal esteem and feelings of accomplishment. With that being said, if a manager wants to motivate his employee, they will need to know where on Maslow’s pyramid the employee is. Edgar Huse & James Bowditch (1983, p 95) elaborated that an individual is most likely to be motivated when he or she has an opportunity to perform moderately challenging tasks in competitive situations in which performance depends on an important skill and feedback is given regarding performance. In this paper I will discuss three motivational methods and how they can affect an organization. The first motivational method that I will be discussing is goal-setting. It is pertinent that individuals and businesses have a set of goals that they want to accomplish, whether it is short-term or long-term goals. No matter what type of goal it is, it should be clear and precise. The acronym SMART should...
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...Motivational Methods HCS/325 Health Care Management Hanna Matayaho August 22, 201 Motivation is a key element in the workplace and it is very important to know the basic theories methods and application because it is something that unavoidable all for us will come up within our working environment. It is necessary skill for a future. The main question facing managers in a organization is motivation, how does it work, when to apply and to whom they should apply on. Motivation reflects how innovative and productive things get done within work organizations. Since motivation influences productivity supervisors need to understand what motivates employees to reach peak performance. Managers need know how to motivate other people in order to work more efficient. There are numerous ways to motivate a team of employees and there are certain parameters that are needed to implement these techniques. In this paper I will be describing three techniques used in today’s growing economy and how they are used: the two-factor theory, the equity theory and the goal setting theory. There are several ways to motivate employees but these are my top three choices. The two-factor theory is widely used in today’s business’. This theory is based on the likes and dislikes of the employees. The first being satisfier factors, which what the employee like about his job. Tthe second being hygiene factor, which the employee doesn’t like about their job. With both of these theories an employer...
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...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 toward a common goal. Zonig adds that, because any particular theory necessarily deals with a subset of motivational factors, therefore it will have trouble in realistic...
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