How can a manager combine the powers of goal setting and positive
reinforcement to create a highly motivational work environment for
workers with high needs for achievement?
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Motivation | Describe McClelland's theory of needs
Describe McClelland's theory of needs.
Answer:
McClelland's theory of needs states that workers are
motivated by three needs: need for achievement, need for power, and need for
affiliation.
Individuals differ in the degree to which a particular need motivates them. Individuals with a high need for achievement have a drive to excel, to achieve in relation to a set of standards.
Individuals with a high need for power need to make others behave in a way that they would not have otherwise behaved, while individuals with a high need for affiliation have the desire for friendly and close interpersonal relationships.
The most successful managers will have an appropriate fit between their job and their dominant need.
Individuals differ in the degree to which a particular need motivates them. Individuals with a high need for achievement have a drive to excel, to achieve in relation to a set of standards.
Individuals with a high need for power need to make others behave in a way that they would not have otherwise behaved, while individuals with a high need for affiliation have the desire for friendly and close interpersonal relationships.
The most successful managers will have an appropriate fit between their job and their dominant need.
Organizational Behavior / Robbins & Judge - 14th edition
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