November 03, 2008

Nervous Monday

Start to feel the nervousness today. I woke up early this morning and start to head for my final revision for the afternoon paper. Kind of nervous coz I am afraid I am not able to do well. Confident level is there but will naturally feel nervous.

Today paper is OB, when people hear of it might think it is easy but it isn't as there is alot of contracting and linkage behind each chapters of it.

For example: Use theories and explain how workers are motivated.

Answer that I have done:

Motivation is something that initiates, energises and directs a behaviour.

Using Herzberg's 2 factor theory, there are 2 factors - motivator and hygiene factors.
Motivator factors consist of:

Recognition
Responsibility
Advancement
Achievement
Work itself.

Hygiene factors consist of:

Salary
Supervision
Working conditions
Interpersonal R/S
Company policy

There must be a job satisfaction and no job dissatisfaction in this theory. Workers will feel job satisfaction if the motivator factors are present and will have no job dissatisfaction if the hygiene factors are present. Thus, workers will feel motivated in their work when they are satisfy in their job.

Using Vroom's expectancy theory, shows the force of motivation in the workers results from the expectancy with the attractiveness.

Efforts -> Performance -> Outcome => Rewards

Efforts Performance linkage to rewards.
Performance Outcome linkage to rewards.

Rewards can be intrinsic or extrinsic thus able to change employee's behaviour in their work and enable them to feel more motivated in their job.

In a individual behaviour of a person, it is also the values, needs and ethics that causes a person to feel satisfy thus motivated or feel dis-satisfy to be not motivated. A person with a needs of rewards, can feel motivated if there is rewards awarded to him as a result of the positive outcome of the work done and feel motivated by rewards awarded to him base on excellent performance.

Hopefully in the way I answer the questions, I am able to score well. Hmmm... Jia you!

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