MBAM-101: Management Principles and Organization Behaviour – Unit 17
Objectives: explain the concept of motivation and the process of motivation; describe the significance of motivation in present day organisation; compare Maslow’s Need Hierarchy Theory with Herzberg’s Motivation Hygiene Theory; classify different types of motivations -positive and negative, extrinsic and intrinsic and financial and non-financial.
Materials:
The relevant material is available here.
Questions:
- Define motivation. Explain its importance to a modem enterprise.
- What do you understand by the tern ‘motivation’? Point out the difference between positive and negative motivation.
- Explain Herzberg’s two-factor theory and differentiate it from Maslow’s theory of Need Hierarchy.
- Enumerateihe assumptions of McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y. Which one is applicable in India?
- “Money holds the key to work motivation in>modem business organisations.” Discuss.