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Module 4
Discover how to boost performance by harnessing the motivation process.
- Diagnose motivational symptoms in your organization.
- Articulate what you believe about the motivations driving your employees.
- Compare with what your employees themselves say motivates them.
- Reconcile beliefs with reality.
- Learn to align your management practices with the "real motivators."
This module provides experience in diagnosing motivational symptoms in
an organizational setting and to afford feedback with respect to one's
preferential approach to the management of motives vis-a-vis the
motives actually operating among employees.
Researchers agree that the personal motivations of employees are
directly related to nearly every facet of the workplace. Therefore, it
is widely, but mistakenly, assumed that leaders/managers bear the
responsibility of motivating their employees toward organizational
goals. However, our research demonstrates that, since motivation is an
internal process, leaders/managers are responsible for providing the
proper work environment in order to prompt employee self-motivation.
Using validated survey instruments the participant can both evaluate
his/her own personal theory of motivation, and discover what really is
important to their co-workers.
This module helps to:
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Learn the impact of personal beliefs on motivation
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Discover what motivates employees
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Understand the motivation process and the role of the leader/manager in it
Specific objectives for Module 4:
- To provide diagnostic experience within the context of a case study;
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To introduce the motivational models of Abraham Maslow and Frederick
Herzberg and show managers how they can manage the motivational process
in a way that attends to both individuals and teams;
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To provide feedback on one's personal theory of motivation regarding direct-reports via the Management of Motives Index - MMI;
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To obtain additional data on subordinate need systems via the Work
Motivation Inventory - WMI for comparison with one's own practices.
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To introduce tools and strategies that can be used with employees to
ensure motivational needs are being met and help align employee goals
with the goals of the organization;
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To help participants set S.M.A.R.T. goals related to improving
motivational practices and form specific action plans related to these
goals - turning learning into action.
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To coach participants on how they can conduct a meeting with those who
gave them feedback. Participants are encouraged to get together with
those co-workers who have rated them in order to share the concepts
learned in the module, opening up effective discussion and creating a
forum for action planning with their team concerning the subject matter
of this module.
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