27/09/2012
NBS-MC01
Managing People and Organisations
Work Motivation
Dr Annilee Game NBS TPSC 1.28 a.game@
Reading
Essential
Custom text book: Managing People and Organisations, Motivation (Chapter 2, Content and Process Theories) Additional
Critical incident approach
Strength is focus on job design Influential on reward systems
Case Study
A loan company, Purple Loans, invested in Special Air Service (SAS) military style training to improve the motivation of staff. The company hoped, in particular, to improve team-working and communication, and that this would, in turn, result in increased sales. At the end of the training, one of the staff members said she felt that, if she were to set her mind to any task, she would be able to do it. The training made her feel more confident and motivated to achieve. Question: Using the previous content theories how can this increased motivation be explained?