business management discussion

Running head : INTRINSIC MOTIVATION AND TEAM COMMUNICATION : TWO TOOLS TO BEAT RECESSION

Intrinsic Motivation and Team Communication : Two Tools to Beat Recession

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The Problem

The greatest concern of the companies after recession is how to bring out the best in the employees with less funds and poor market response Since the market is demanding more for less , companies are now forced to sell products at reduced margins . This state of affairs shows that the proverbial employee engagement policy through extrinsic rewards cannot be

implemented under such situation . Moreover , the sales graph is getting down on one hand , while the competition is getting stiffer Therefore , the best (and perhaps only ) option lying before the companies is to adopt the intrinsic motivation policy , which does not involve monetary reward

However , it is always tough to break away from the convention , since the application of extrinsic rewards to engage the employees has become commonplace . Yet there is hope , if the findings of the researchers regarding the mechanism of motivation have anything to go by

The Guiding Light

Even in 1985 , researchers like Deci and Ryan (1985 ) used attribution theory and suggested that humans constantly reassess the reasons for their behavior besides others . Before that , Lepper et al (1973 ) had observed that extrinsic reward (money ) acts as a tool for reinforcement which actually generates two effects for the management , like gaining control over activity or fastening the process , and two , the backlash effect in absence of reinforcement . The example below...