2. Unit-II
Motivation:
“A motive is an inner state that energizes,
activates or moves and directs or channels
behaviour goals.”
“Motivation refers to degree of readiness
of an individual to pursue some designated
goal and implies the determination of the
nature and locus of the forces, including
the degree of readiness.”
3. Importance of Motivation:
1. High Performance
2. Low employee turnover and
Absenteeism
3. Better Organizational image
4. Better Industrial relations
5. Acceptability to change
4. Theories of Motivation
1. Maslow’s Need Hierarchy theory:
Given by Abraham Maslow, a clinical Psychologist in U.S.A.
Physiological Needs
Safety Needs
Social Needs
Esteem Needs
Self Actualization Needs
5. 2. Alderfer’s ERG Theory:
1. Existence Needs
2. Relatedness Needs
3. Growth Needs
This theory assumes that more than one need
may be operative at the same time.
This theory also says that when a higher level
need is frustrated, the individual ‘s desire to increase
a lower level need takes place.
6. 3. Herzberg Motivation-Hygiene theory:
Fredrick Herzberg and his associates
developed Motivation-Hygiene theory, also
known as Two-Factor theory, after conducting
research based on the interviews of 200
Engineers and Accountants who works in 11
different firms. He categorized all the factors
into two, 1. Hygiene factors
2. Motivational factors
7. 1. Hygiene Factors:
1 Company Policy & Administration
2 Technical Supervision
3 Inter-Personal relations with supervisor
4 Inter-personal relations with peers
5 Inter-personal relations with subordinates
6 Salary
7 Job security
8 Personal life
9 Working conditions
10 Status
8. 2. Motivational Factors:
1 Achievement
2 Advancement
3 Possibility of Growth
4 Recognition
5 Work itself
6 Responsibility
9. 4. McGregor’s Theory-X-Theory-Y:
Douglas McGregor introduced two theories ,Theory-X
and Theory-Y , based on two distinct views of human
beings.
Theory-X Assumptions:
The average human being dislike work and will try
to avoid it.
As the employees are lazy, they must be
controlled, coerced, threatened with punishment to
achieve goals.
Average employees will try to avoid responsibility
and seek formal directions.
Most employees place security above all other
factors associated with work.
10. Theory-Y Assumptions:
Average employee likes work. Employee
enjoys the work.
Employees will exercise self direction and
self control.
Given normal working conditions, employee
can learn to accept the responsibility.
Commitment to objectives.
Employees are capable of making
innovative and creative decisions.
11. 5. Theory-Z:
William Ouchi, proposed Theory-Z in !980’s.
Theory-Y denotes state of affairs in organization and
human behaviour.
It is an integral model, containing the best of both
American and Japanese practices.
Features of Theory-Z:
Trust
Organization-employee relations
Employee participation
Structure less Organization
Holistic concern for Employees
12. 6.Vroom’s Expectancy Theory:
Victor Vroom made an important contribution to the
understanding of the concept of motivation and
decision processes that people use to determine
how much effort they will expend on their jobs.
Vroom said a person’s motivation towards an action
at any time would be determined by an individual’s
perception that a certain type of action would led to a
specific outcome and his personal preference for this
outcome.
Vroom’s model is given in the form of equation,
MOTIVATION=VALENCE X EXPECTANCY X
INSTRUMENTALITY
13. 1. Valence:
The attraction (or repulsion) of an outcome to the
individual.
Whenever an individual has preference for a reward,
valence is the strength of that preference.
2. Expectancy:
It is also referred to as the Effort-Performance
probability.
The extent to which the person believes his efforts will
lead to the first level outcome i.ie., completion of the
task.
If the individual feels that the probability of achieving
an outcome is zero, he/she will not even try. On the other
hand, if the probability is higher, he/she will put more
efforts to achieve the desired outcome.
14. 3. Instrumentality (Performance-Reward Probability):
It refers to the belief and expectation of a person that
his/her performance will lead to a particular desired
reward.
Motivational force will be the highest when all the three
factors are high and the force will be reduced when any
one or more of valence, expectancy of instrumentality
approaches zero.
15. 7. Porter’s and Lawler model of Motivation:
This is a multi variate model which explains the
relationship that exists between job attitudes and job
performance.
This model is based on four basic assumptions about
human behaviour:
Individual behaviour is determined by a combination
of factors in the individual and in the environment.
Individuals are assumed to be rational human beings
who make conscious decisions about their behaviour in
the organizations.
Individuals have different needs, desires and goals.
On the basis of their expectations, individuals decide
between alternate behaviours and such decided
behaviour will lead to a desired outcome.
16. The various elements of this model are:
Effort: Refers to the amount of energy which a person
exerts on a job.
Value for Reward: People try out whether rewards
that are likely be received from a job will be attractive to
them.
Perceived Effort-Reward probability: People try to
assess the probability of a certain level of effort leading
to a desired level of performance and the possibility of
that performance leading to certain kinds of rewards.
Performance: The expected level of performance will
depend upon the amount of effort, the abilities and traits
of the individual and his/her role perceptions.
Rewards: Performance leads to certain outcomes in
the shapes of two types of rewards, Extrinsic rewards
and Intrinsic rewards.
17. -- Extrinsic Rewards: The external rewards given
by others in the organization in the form of money,
recognition or praise.
-- Intrinsic Rewards: The internal feelings of job,
self esteem and sense of competence that individuals
feel when they do a job.
Satisfaction: Satisfaction will result from both
extrinsic and intrinsic rewards. Individual will compare
actual rewards with perceived rewards.
18. Managerial Grid
Blake and Moton –
A graphical representation of a 2 dimensional view of
leadership style.
Based on :-
1. ‘concern for people’
2. ‘concern for production’
Grid identifies 5 basic styles of leadership.