The Theory Of Human Motivation

Throughout my 5 years of college and high school in the U.S, this is the first psychology class that I have taken. This class has helped me understand concepts of the human mind, such as intelligence, problem solving, and differing personalities. These lectures are supported by various scientists and psychologists, and are relevant to real life circumstances. However, the most valuable lesson I have learned in this class is motivation.

Psychologist Abraham Maslow established a theory of motivation to justify how people in diverse organizations behave. His human requirements theory states that humans are never completely satisfied; that they crave satisfaction and those requirements can be classified into a hierarchy based upon importance. The lowest level of importance includes peoples’ desire to satisfy their physical needs, such as hunger and thirst. Following the lowest level, individuals need basic security and stability. After physical and safety needs are satisfied, individuals have the desire to gain acceptance into a group and to establish meaningful relationships. Once this need is somewhat fulfilled, one will strive for self-confidence and personal achievement. Lastly, an individual must realize their potential or they will become dissatisfied and discontent. This theory assists managers to motivate subordinates in a diverse workplace by ensuring low-level needs are met first. Then, management will be able to pursue supervising employees as they complete more multifaceted tasks. An effective manager influences employees positively by creating a safe work environment, providing the necessary tools and resources and involving employees in decision-making processes (Maslow, 1943, 1954).

Human Resources is dependent on the success, happiness, and contentment of employees that keep the business on course. Motivation is one of the best ways to push employees forward while making sure everyone is in a comfortable position in their job. Motivational theories just attempt to explain what motivates or makes people act the way that they do. The goal of understanding these theories and their outcomes is to ensure a better performance from each employee, and to give each of those employees the best situation they can have in the workplace. Visionaries such as Abraham Maslow, Frederick Herzberg, and Henry A. Landsberger also brought forward new ways of management and ways to handle internal situations that changed the landscape of human resources as a whole. Motivational theories instituted in the workplace have a commonly positive effect on both employees and management, showing that it is important to strive for proven motivational practices.

Motivation is one of the most important tools in today’s workplace. Managers use motivation to inspire and influence people to work, both independently and team-wise, to produce the most efficient and effective results and productivity. They want to inspire employees to work toward organization’s goals. Moreover, in order to have an impact on employees, managers need to identify and understand what factors drive their employees. Some questions that manager should ask include: What kind of work environment will motivate people? What are the necessary rewards, both intrinsic and extrinsic, to encourage high performance and help maintain motivated performance? In management and organizational behavior, there are numerous theories of motivation, this paper will look specifically at Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and its claim on what motivates people.

It is suggested by psychologists that motivation can be understood as a technique that works as a model that starts and maintains behaviours. The reason we all act or do something is caused by motivation; it is related to the emotions, biology and the social factors that influence behaviour. It is usually a term used to explain why an individual will do something, the reasons behind that action. Moreover, "The term motivation refers to factors that activate, direct, and sustain goal-directed behaviour motives are the "whys" of behaviour’’ (Nevid, 2013).

Over the past years different theories on motivation have been developed. These theories reach different conclusions on what motivate employees in their workplace. Job satisfaction, motivation, and reward systems are included in one area of organizational theory. A review of the classical literature on motivation reveals four major theory areas:

Motivation as a term has been derived from the Latin word “movere”, meaning to move. Motivation aims to those psychological processes that can cause the arousal, direction, and persistence of voluntary actions that are oriented towards a common goal. Motivation is the “willingness to exercise higher levels of effort toward organizational goals, backed by the effort’s ability to satisfy most of the individual needs”. Needs here are internal states that makes some outcomes attractive. Unsatisfied needs create anxiety that stimulates drives within the individual. These drives then triggers search behaviour to look for particular goals that, if accomplished, will satisfy the needs and lead to the reduction in anxiety. This concludes

This essay will discuss about what is motivation? what motivate people toward satisfy needs. The paper will includes three main artical theory by Abraham Maslow ( Maslow's Hierarchy of needs ), Clayton Alderfer ( Alderfer's ERC Theory ) and Psychologist David Mcclelland ( McClelland's Theory of needs ). The author will explain why motivation is important in an organization and how it will impact the organization. The three motivation theories will also be used together in order to enhance the staff’s motivation level to work and help the organization towards success. In the end will be the conclusion and opinions with my own expreriences.

Now when we mention the importance of motivation it could be different for every environment. In this paper we will talk about the importance of motivation in an organization.

Today there are many different motivational theories that have shaped the organizational perspective on how to manage and motivate employees. These theories offer explanations of employee behaviors and present strategies that focus on aiding employees in achieving their potential. Due to the variety of factors that play into motivation and the complexity of the task itself, organizations will find achieving ideal performance to be a difficult task. Determining what motivates each individual is not a simple question to answer. According to Schermerhorn, motivation constitutes the internal forces of an individual that reason direction and persistence of work effort (Schermerhorn, 1985).

For centuries, behavioral and social scientists have studied the concept of motivation in hopes of finding a right formula for success. Years of research poured into understanding motivation have come up with numerous theories, both favorable and unfavorable. Hence, advice on how it’s applied in today’s workforce and organizations are abundant.

Motivation is considered to be one of the most powerful tools that enhances the behavior of the employees and allows them to continue in their job, it is an internal force that companies can use to satisfy certain needs to reach certain target. It is based on psychological needs that inspires a performance set by an objective. A motivated employee set his/her goals aligned with those of the company’s and does his/her best to achieve that.

Motivation of employees plays a crucial factor in determining their performance with regard to productivity and engagement in their respective duties. Actually, employees who are adequately motivated tend to enhance their performance, be more productive, feel more satisfied, and be more engaged in their work. Managers should take responsibility to enhance their employees in order to enhance their contributions to the organization or company resulting in increased productivity. The significance of employee motivation to organizational productivity is linked to the widely accepted belief that motivation is the basic driver of human behavior. The significance of motivation in driving human behavior has contributed to the development of various theories of motivation, which are mostly applied in real life organizations or businesses. The application of these theories has considerable effects on organizational productivity, employee turnover, and employee satisfaction.

Motivation is one of the most discussed topics in the present era’s organisations, especially since renowned psychologists like Maslow and Herzberg are dedicating their efforts to understanding it. Companies are investing a significant amount of resources in improving productivity in order to maximise profits. One of these important resources is of human nature. In order to get the very best out of employees, some motivational approaches need to be used. But what is motivation and how do I successfully motivate? I will try to relate one of my personal experiences with a friend to some of the most influential motivational theories. After introducing my story and making a definition of motivation I will address the ideas of Taylor,

This essay provides a literature review of motivation theories. The motivation theories are included Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. As motivation important to managers and company to manage the staffs, and motivation is about everyone. In two motivation theories, I found that the difference between Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs are that, Two-Factor Theory identified the fives levels of needs that satisfied in motivating employees. In Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, it divided into two side of factors, which are hygiene factors and motivator factors.