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Motivating the Work Force
Ferrell Hirt Text chapter 10
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Management
Undergraduate 1
10/23/2009

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morale
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an employee's attitude toward his or her job, employer, and colleagues
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motivation
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an inner drive that directs a person's behavior toward goals
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human relations
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the study of behavior of individuals and groups in organizational settings
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intrinsic rewards
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the personal satisfaction and enjoyment feel after attaining a goal
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extrinsic rewards
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benefits and/or recognition received from someone else
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classical theory of motivation
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theory suggesting that money is the sole motivator for workers
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Maslow's hiearchy
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a theory that arranges the five basic needs of people -- psychological, security, social, esteem, and self-actualization -- into the order in which people strive to satisfy them
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hygiene factors
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aspects of Herzberg's theory of motivation that focus on the work setting and not the content of the work; these aspects need include adequate wages, comfortable and safe working conditions, fair company policies, and job security
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motivational factors
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aspects of Herzberg's theory of motivation that focus on the content of the work itself; these aspects include achievement, recognition, involvement, responsibility, and advancement
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Theory X
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McGregor's traditional view of management whereby it is assumed that workers generally dislike work and must be forced to do their jobs (larger org.s gossipier)
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Theory Y
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McGregor's humanisitic view of management whereby it is assume that workers like to work and that under proper conditions employees will seek out responsibility to satisfy their social, esteem, and self-actualization needs (smaller org.s more team work)
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Theory Z
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a management philosophy described by William Ouchi that stresses employee participation in all aspects of company decision making
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equity theory
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an assumption that how much people are willing to contribute to an org depends on their assessment of the fairness, or equity, of the rewards they will receive in exchange
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expectancy theory
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assumption that motivation depends not only on how much a person wants something but also on how likely he or she is to get it
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job design
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strategies managers use to help improve employee motivation: job rotation, job enlargement, job enrichment, flexible scheduling
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job rotation
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movement of employees from one job to another in a effort to relieve the boredom often associated with job specialization
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job enlargment
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the addition of more tasks to a job instead of treating each task as separate
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job enrichment
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the incorporation of motivational factors, such as opportunity for achievement, recognition, responsibility, and advancement, into a job
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job enrichment
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the incorporation of motivational factors, such as opportunity for achievement, recognition, responsibility, and advancement, into a job
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behavior modification
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changing behavior and encouraging appropriate actions by relating the consequences of behavior to the behavior itself
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flextime
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a program that allows employees to choose their starting and ending times, provided that they are at work during a specified core period
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