EMPLOYEE

MOTIVATIO
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CHAPTER 5

Submitted By:
JOHN PAUL M. MIRA
Submitted To:
 Mr. Vedasto Bolongaita
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER:
1.What is motivation?
Motivation is the process of inspiring, directing, and sustaining goal-oriented
habits is known as motivation. Employees are inspired by a positive feeling that
inspires and excites them to give their best. Setting and meeting goals, having
specific priorities, getting recognition and input, and positive management all help
improve organizational morale.
2.How will you differentiate the theories under content and process
approaches of motivation?
The content approaches concentrate on the factors that rejuvenate, lead, maintain,
and stop the behavior. This approach seeks to recognize the basic needs that
motivate or empower people and how they affect management practices. Maslow's
Hierarchy of Needs, Alderfer's ERG Theory, Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory, and
McClelland's Learned Needs Theory. Process methods, on the other hand, are
concerned about "how" motivation emerges. They explain and examine how the
action is energized, directed, maintained, and terminated. To put it another way, it
defines how an employee's action is started, diverted, and stopped. Setting targets
to guide action is an integral part of a motivational technique, according to process
theories. Setting targets to guide action is an integral part of a motivational
program. According to process theories, motivational programs should be viewed
as egalitarian and produce positive results that the person expects to achieve.
3.What are the various job design practices that motivate employees?
 Job Characteristics Model- This is one of the most influential attempts to
design jobs with increased motivational properties.
 Job Rotation- involves moving employees from job to job at regular
intervals.
 Job Enlargement- refers to expanding the tasks performed by employees to
add more variety.
  Job Enrichment- is a job redesign technique that allows more control over
how they perform their tasks.
4.How can manager empower their employees?
-Change the company structure so that employees have more power in their jobs.
-Provide employees with access to information about things that affect their work.
-Make sure that employees know how to perform their jobs -Do not take away
employee power
-Instill a climate of empowerment in which managers do not routinely step in and
take over instead, believe in the power of employees to make the most accurate
decisions, as long as they are equipped with the relevant facts and resources.
5.What are the various forms of flexible working arrangements?
Flextime is a system wherein employees choose their starting and quitting times
from a range of available hours.
-Compressed Work Week- Under this arrangement, the standard workweek is
compressed into fewer than five days.
-Flexplace- This term encompasses various arrangements in which employee
works from home or some other non-office location.
-Job Sharing- two people voluntarily share the duties and responsibilities of one
full-time position, with both the salary and benefits of that position prorated
between the two individuals. -Work Sharing- These programs are increasingly used
by companies that wish to avoid layoffs.
-Expanded Laws- This option gives employees greater flexibility in terms of
requesting extended periods away from work losing their rights as employees.
-Phased Retirement- the employee and employer agree to a schedule wherein the
employee's full-time work commitments are gradually reduced over months or
years.
-Partial Retirement- These programs allow more senior employees to continue
working on a part-time basis, with no established end date.
-Work and Family Programs- These programs are still relatively rare, although
some larger companies have reported good results with pilot initiatives in this area.

WORKSHEET ACTIVITY
Case 1
Answer: C. Write a letter to Walter stressing t him the value of a college education.
Explanation: Coach Edward's most ethical and moral course of action, in this case,
would be to write a letter to Walter highlighting the importance and relevance of a
college education. ' It would not only remind Walter about the importance of a
college education in assessing an individual's performance and personality, but it
would also highlight the advantages of joining the college team. It would not only
remind Walter about the importance of a college education in assessing an
individual's performance and personality, but it would also highlight the
advantages of joining the college team, which would be advantageous to his
overall career and offer guidance to his abilities. As a result, this will ethically
serve Coach Edwards' goal of helping Walter understand the principle and
persuade him.
Case 2
Answer: D.Ask Joyce to accompany him on sales calls to several new customers.
Explanation: Joyce should be expected to accompany him on various sales calls.
This method will assist her in learning and enhancing her results. He may become
more motivated, which will help him generate higher sales and benefit from the
company's generous incentive bonus package.
Case 3
Answer: A Meet with the Kobutson head of State, stressing the potential benefits
of being a transportation link for Motumba ore. Then would the US Department of
State be worried about Motumba, a neighboring country of Kobutso with rich
deposits of many rare metals and easy access for shipping out the ore? This is the
best course of action. Kobutso and Motumba should hammer out a trade deal or
partner with one another. In a company, partnership or good relationships can lead
to success.