Applying theory from People, Work and Organization to practise
The People, Work and Organization module covers a wide ranging spectrum of psychological and sociological aspects which relate to an individual’s behaviour in a workplace environment. This essay will explore three critical components of organizational behaviour and organizational psychology: Motivation and job satisfaction, Perception and Recruitment and Selection. These three components of organization behaviour and organizational psychology exploit an in depth understanding on how employees and employers interact, and additionally all three components give an insight on the workings of organizations. Through-out this essay, a theory will be stated with professional criticism – both of which would be correlated to a real life example of an organization, for this instance, it will be Samsung.
Motivation: the forces within a person that affects his or her direction, intensity and persistence of voluntary behaviour. (Spicer and Lee, 2014). There are two different types of motivators, intrinsic motivators and extrinsic motivators. Intrinsic motivators stem internally from an individual’s desire to achieve something and it is usually self-applied. In the workplace, untainted interest in a project or positive recognition from a manager are examples of intrinsic motivators. In contrast to this, extrinsic motivators stem externally from an individual’s desire to achieve something and is generally applied by someone higher up in the organizations hierarchy. Examples of extrinsic motivators are tangible rewards such as pay, bonus and promotion. (Spicer and Lee, 2014).
Ryan and Deci state, ‘no single phenomenon reflects the positive potential of human nature as much as intrinsic motivations’. (Ryan and Deci, 2000, American Psychologist, Pg. 55)
Maslow proposed that people have a natural set of five basic needs