What is motivation? Motivation can be described as "the intention of achieving a goal, leading to goal-directed behavior."
The motivation theory that I find to be most useful in explaining why people behave in certain way is, Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. According the the text found in chapter 11; Maslow's theory is described as, human needs into physiological, safety, social, esteem and self-actualization. The way peoples behavior coincide with this theory comes naturally by human nature. We each have a desire to feel needed and wanted by nature but we all aren't born with social skills or self esteem. I believe those characteristics come with experience as life's teacher. So I do agree with Maslow's theory because we all are human and have those needs of safety, social, and self-actualization when it comes to working on a job, or in life.
Hi Lori. Maslow's theory as you have described depicts what people face on a daily basis. Whether it be socially, economically, safety, or acceptability. We do all have a tendency to be accepted and acknowledged for what we are doing or have been doing. A person self-esteem can be crushed by a manager that does not know or want to convey the emotions or compliments needed to make that individual productive in the way they feel they should. Human nature is that the more we do for someone we want to feel appreciated whether it be openly or privately. I believe as a manager you should be well aware of what is going on with your team individually that way communication and work can be handled in a more productive manner.
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