THE EFFECT OF MOTIVATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF EMPLOYEES AT GT BANK GHANA by Nduro, Millicent (PG, 4128310) A Thesis submitted to the Institute Of Distance Learning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, in Partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of COMMONWEALTH EXECUTIVE MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SEPTEMBER 2012 DECLARATION I, hereby declare that this submission is my own work towards the Executive Masters of Business Administration, and to the best of
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Work and Motivation, Leadership and Decision Making and The New Leadership. Vroom has also been a consultant to a number of corporations such as GE and American Express. The expectancy theory of Victor Vroom deals with motivation and management. Vroom´s theory assumes that behavior results from conscious choices among alternatives whose purpose it is to maximize pleasure and minimize pain. Vroom suggested that the relationship between people's behavior at work and their goals was not as simple as was
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Maslow’s Hierarchy Theory Humans are driven based on our motivation needs by nature and what we are looking to obtain through our desire of want. It can be a basic need that we are all programmed to strive for; like food and water, or maybe something we have to work a little harder at like our overall self-esteem and personal goals. In order to become the best versions of ourselves and to gain a state of self-fulfillment we must look at all of our desires and the steps to making this a reality
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resources management, instructional systems design, total quality management, behavioral psychology, process improvement and organizational development (Piersol & Paris, n.d). HPT is a maturing discipline and its development can be traced to the early 1900’s. The pursuit of accomplishing organization success dates back to when civilization began. All through history, leaders have had to improve their strategies in order to ensure organizational survival to the political and socioeconomic forces of their
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According to personality-development.org (n.d. ), “Sigmund Freud developed some of the most influential theories in modern psychology and psychoanalysis. His division of the mind into the conscious and unconscious components have driven research on the brain into very specific directions, and his contributions extend into the field of neuroscience, as well. By exploring the underlying motivations of our behaviors, Freud pioneered new levels of abstraction in human thought. For Freud
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motivation creates job satisfaction. It will then be possible to evaluate the relevance of Herzberg’s and how relevant it is to all individuals. Herzberg carried out a survey interviewing 200 Engineers and Accountants from Pittsburgh in the 1950’s. From his findings he came up with the two-factor motivation theory which consisted of motivational factors and hygiene factors. Both factors affect motivation in the workplace, but are very different and are completely unrelated. “Motivators refer to
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Thomas Hobbes, in “Leviathan,” asserts that human beings are not naturally drawn towards forming and residing in communities, due to the fact that men have clashing interests and therefore cannot cooperate easily. One cannot help but disagree with this claim when simply looking at one’s self, a human. Just from observing his own situation, he would clearly see that humans are by nature social beings and have an innate desire to belong in groups. Given mankind’s sheer history of having lived in communities
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business. This report provides an in depth explanation of how employees can be motivated and the reason as to why it is so important to have motivated employees in an organization with relation to two very important motivation theories, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and the goal setting theory. The part of motivation in a modern day company cannot be overemphasized. In fact, motivation now works as an important device to get aims, goals and objectives of a company obtained. Most employees are no longer
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Theories Management Theories Industrial Revolution (1700’s – 1800’s) - Moved from Agrarian to Manufacturing Society - Adam Smith – The Wealth of Nations - Division of labor (pin factory example) Scientific Management (1890’s – 1930’s) - Frederick Taylor - Time & Motion Studies - “Fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work” Management Theories Bureaucracy – Max Weber (1930’s – 1950’s) - All activities follow the organizational hierarchy - Strong lines of authority & control - Formal selection
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Biological and Humanistic Approaches to Personality Cecil A. Shelton Psy/250 3/20/14 Nicole Jack Biological and Humanistic Approaches to Personality Our environment defines the needs and the order that we require those necessities to be met. Dr. James D. Watson “claims that who we are is there in our genes.” –unless you were African whom Watson felt had an inferior genetic code (the latter remark resulted in dismissal from a prestigious research laboratory) (Friedman & Schustack
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