Module 4
Work Motivation
Discover how to boost performance by harnessing the motivation process.
- Diagnose motivational symptoms in your organization.
- Articulate what you believe about the motivations driving your employees.
- Compare with what your employees themselves say motivates them.
- Reconcile beliefs with reality.
- Learn to align your management practices with the "real motivators."
This module provides experience in diagnosing motivational symptoms in an organizational setting and to afford feedback with respect
to one's preferential approach to the management of motives vis-a-vis the motives actually operating among employees.
Researchers agree that the personal motivations of employees are directly related to nearly every facet of the workplace. Therefore, it
is widely, but mistakenly, assumed that leaders/managers bear the responsibility of motivating their employees toward organizational goals.
However, our research demonstrates that, since motivation is an internal process, leaders/managers are responsible for providing the proper
work environment in order to prompt employee self-motivation. Using validated survey instruments the participant can both evaluate his/her
own personal theory of motivation, and discover what really is important to their co-workers.
This module helps to:
- Learn the impact of personal beliefs on motivation
- Discover what motivates employees
- Understand the motivation process and the role of the leader/manager in it
Specific objectives for Module 4:
- To provide diagnostic experience within the context of a case study;
- To introduce the motivational models of Abraham Maslow and Frederick Herzberg and show managers how they can manage the motivational process in a way that attends to both individuals and teams;
- To provide feedback on one's personal theory of motivation regarding direct-reports via the Management of Motives Index - MMI;
- To obtain additional data on subordinate need systems via the Work Motivation Inventory - WMI for comparison with one's own practices.
- To introduce tools and strategies that can be used with employees to ensure motivational needs are being met and help align employee goals with the goals of the organization;
- To help participants set S.M.A.R.T. goals related to improving motivational practices and form specific action plans related to these goals - turning learning into action.
- To coach participants on how they can conduct a meeting with those who gave them feedback. Participants are encouraged to get together with those co-workers who have rated them in order to share the concepts learned in the module, opening up effective discussion and creating a forum for action planning with their team concerning the subject matter of this module.
