We all know that motivation drives a person to achieve beyond normal. As such, it is a state that originates within an individual though organisational structure, culture and environment can also make individuals think: What motivates people? How can I motivate others? By asking about the source of motivation, one is looking for an understanding or explanation of what is known psychologically about the tendency of people to expand their energies. By asking how to motivate others, a manager is assuming (a) that s/he can affect the behaviour of others, and (b) that his/her effect can override the other’s behaviour.
Motivation as a factor influencing human behaviour became an area of increasing importance after the Second World War to fulfill the imperative need of increased production. Motivation, concerned with all important human inputs, assumes crucial importance when a system is confronted with challenges of development or a crisis situation.
What is motivation? Who is responsible for motivation: individual or management?The answers to these questions are not simple. While some see motivation as being contained within an individual, others view it as arising from sources outside the individual. As such, these views cannot be considered independent of each other especially in the organisational context. Motivation in an organisation encompasses forces both within and external to the individual member. Let us now learn how the concept of motivation evolved.
Motivation as a factor influencing human behaviour became an area of increasing importance after the Second World War to fulfill the imperative need of increased production. Motivation, concerned with all important human inputs, assumes crucial importance when a system is confronted with challenges of development or a crisis situation.
What is motivation? Who is responsible for motivation: individual or management?The answers to these questions are not simple. While some see motivation as being contained within an individual, others view it as arising from sources outside the individual. As such, these views cannot be considered independent of each other especially in the organisational context. Motivation in an organisation encompasses forces both within and external to the individual member. Let us now learn how the concept of motivation evolved.
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