MOTIVATION - MEANING, DEFINITION AND NATURE

A presentation made for micro teaching at UGC - ASC, University of Madras on 18-11-2014.

1. MOTIVATION Definition, Concept & Nature MOHAMMED NASEERUDDEEN. S Assistant Professor of Commerce, Islamiah College (Autonomous), Vaniyambadi . Cell: 9578693175 Email id: [email protected]

2. Learning Objectives By the end of this class you will be able to: Know the concept of Motivation. Understand the meaning of Motivation and define it. Know the characteristics of Motivation.

3. BACKGROUND

4. Important Resources to be managed in a Business Money Men Material

5. Human Resource Humans cannot be managed in a way as other resources can be, because they are sentient beings and hence the need arises to study as to what actually excites them. And here is where the concept of Motivation comes into place.

6. MOTIVATION

7. Motivation - Meaning Motivation is a transitive form of the noun, motive . Motive is derived from the Latin word, move’re , meaning, to move . Motivation is the act or process by which the needs and desires of a person move him towards some action .

8. Motivation - Traditional Approach Motivation is not a new concept. It has been practiced from time immemorial albeit, in a different manner. The traditional approach to Motivation is called, ” Carrot and Stick ” approach, where an employee is offered with reward (Salary) for his performance and punished for non-performance.

9. Motivation – Modern Approach Modern Approach to motivation is based on identifying the various needs and wants of an employee and subsequently using them as a means of the driving force behind an employee’s actions that will in turn have a bearing on the O rganisation’s goals as a whole.

10. Motivation - Definition Motivation is defined as the “processes that account for an individual’s intensity , direction and persistence of efforts towards attaining a goal ”. Stephen P. Robbins

11. Motivation - Definition Motivation is a general term applying to entire class of desires, needs, wishes and similar forces … …to say that managers motivate their subordinates is to say that they do those things which they hope will satisfy these drives and desires and induce them so as to act in a desired manner.” - Koontz & O’ Donnell

12. Performance = Ability x Motivation

13. Nature of Motivation A Psychological concept. It is total and not piece-meal. It may be financial or non–financial. It may be positive or negative. It is a continuous process. It is need based. It differs from one person to another. It is a complex process.

14. References Tripathi , Personnel Management & Industrial Relations , Sultan Chand & Sons, New Delhi. Subba Rao , Personnel and Human Resource Management – Texts and Cases , Himalaya Publishing House, Pvt. Ltd. Govindarajan and Natarajan , Principles of Management , PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

15. Further reading Maslow A.H., Motivation and Personality , Harper, 1954. Ivan Robertson, Motivating the workforce, Harper Personnel Management Handbook , Gowar Publishing Company Ltd. Robertson I.J., and Smith M., Motivation and Job Design: Theory, Research and practice , IPM, 1985. Steers R.M., and Porter L.W., Motivation and Work Behavior , McGraw Hill, 1979.

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