Work Motivation

Work Motivation

2005

Work Motivation

It is very important for the manager to choose the members of his team efficiently , so that they contribute to the development of the company Of course , the technical equipment of the company is also very important for the functioning of the firm , but without the personal factor machines will never work . It has been discovered long ago that different people can increase their performance due to the impact of different motivation tools . Owing to the fact that all of the people have some characteristic

features , they recognize different incentives in their work in different ways . In to learn the most important aspects of the employees ' motivation and the role of motivation factors in the employees ' performance , many motivation theories have been introduced The first motivation theories which were described by researchers in the 1960s included drive theory , reinforcement theory , theory of subconscious motives . Maslow 's hierarchy of needs was also considered one of the greatest achievements of the world scientific thought

The analysis of motivation tools connected with the theory of goal-setting started in the middle of 1960s and was introduced as the alternative to the theories mentioned above . The goal-setting motivation theory is very different from other motivation theories due to the specific object of its research- aims and objectives of employees as the driving force of their performance . Goal setting theory was based on the premise that much human action is purposeful , in that it is directed by conscious goals (Lens , Nuttin , 1985 ,

.15 . The effectiveness of the goal-setting motivation theory versus other theories of motivation can be explained through the change of the new object of studies- goals and objectives . These aspects were not touched as much in previous theories and thus did not reflect all of the major aspects of human motivation

The representatives of the goal-setting motivation theory argued that human beings were the only creatures in the world who were guided by different goals and aims in their activity . Even though animals are also able to set some schedule for their activities , those are only humans who are able to plan for a long-term period , determine the most important goals for them and perform all of the actions in to achieve their goals . The theory of goal-setting motivation is thus based on the opinion that all of the actions of people are purposeful and driven by people 's consciousness . Goal-setting theory was developed by starting with the situationally specific , conscious motivational factors closest to action : goals and intentions (Hartmut et al , 1990 ,

.6 On the contrary , other motivation theories argued that people 's motivation was more influenced by subconscious factors of which people were not aware : In contrast , need and motive theories started with more remote and general (often subconscious ) regulators and tried to work forward to action , usually ignoring situationally specific and conscious factors (Hartmut et al , 1990 ,

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The goal-setting theory of motivation gives a full analysis to the goals which...