Motivation Skills
Course Overview
Motivation is the way of making desired behaviors more rewarding than the undesired ones. Desired actions and behaviors are that result in tangible rewards, are enjoyable or help an employee feel good about his achievements.
Course Outline
- The relation between Motivation and Performance
- Motivation Theories
- Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
- McClelland’s theory of achievement, power, and affiliation needs
- Herzberg’s two-fac tor theory of motivation is explained
- Motivation and Financial incentives
- Skinner’s Reinforcement Theory
- Behavior Modification
- Laffer Curver
- Piecework system
- Group incentive plans
- Job enlargement and enrichment
- The Pygmalion Effect
Learning Objectives
Upon accomplishment, participants will be able to:
- Describe the difference between reward and recognition
- Recognize reward and recognition activities, whether formal or informal
- Motivate their teams
- Become good motivators