Content theories looks at the
need an individual requires
Malsows heirachy of
needs of safety,
economic, political and
legal, psycholigcal and
self accuraltion
clayton broke
the 5 needs into
3. existence,
relantance and
growth
2 factor theory -
hygiene- the actual
environment and
satisfying the indivdual
needs
3 needs power, growth and
the need for relationship and
expectance
process theories look at the step involved in an indivdual to
make a decision about the behaviour they choose
Vroom theory
expectancy (can i do it)
X the outcome x the
value of the task. all
these are required to
ensure one is kept
motivated in
perfroming there tasks
Adam equity thory - the social
comparision in the
organisation play a role in the
indivdual motivation
Lewins theory look at goal
setting and the need for the
goal to be a challenge to
ensure the individual is
getting the most out of the
goal and stasfied with
completing the task
expectancy
theory - the
manager needs
to ensure that
the rewards is
valued and of
purpose to the
indivdual.
manager can motivate an
individual by
empowerment and
encouragement.
job rotation - keep the job interest
giving employee different things to
do
job enlargement -
giving the employee
new tasks
job enrichement - giving the
employee a promotion or more
responsbility
guide, encourage
employee to perform to
the best of there abilities
and in line of the
organisation strategic
objective.
Instrintic rewards - given by the individual
extrinstic rewards - given by
someone else such as employee of
the month
reinforcement theory -
behaviour of an indivdual
is determined by the
consquence of the
behaviour .