Motivational theorists

What is the 'hygiene' in Herzberg's 2 factor theory

• Demotivates the employee if the workplace is clean and tidy

• Demotivates the employee if the workplace is unsafe or unattractive to work in.

• Motivates the employee if the workplace is clean

• Demotivates the employee if they have to work long hours

What would a business need to do to meet physiological needs (Maslow)

• Pay a fair wage and allow appropriate breaks

• Humans need self esteem

• Allow social interaction with others

What were Drucker's key beliefs?

• Goal setting

• Decentralise and delayer the business as much as possible to allow organisational freedom for managers

• It's extremely important to make employees a lot of money

• The most important asset of any organisation is its employees

What has Peters been accused of?

• Not encouraging cautious executives to change

• Being consistent (constantly telling stories)

• Inconsistency (changing his views as time's gone on)

A conclusion that Mayo made

• Employees do respond to changes in the working environment

• A sense of recognition and consultation is important to employees

• Communication with managers does not affect productivity

Name a limitation of Taylor's theory

• Employees might not have wanted more than just a day's work

• Employees might have wanted more than just a day's work

Name a variable in Victor Vroom's theory

• Expectancy is the idea that increasing the amount of effort will not increase performance

• Instrumentality is the idea that if you perform better, then the outcome will be achieved

• Employees like violence

What are some individual factors that an employee's performance is based on?

• personality

• brain size

• giving opinions

• typing speed

What is the name of David McClelland's theory?

• Theory of power

• Theory of need

• Theory x and y

• Theory of organisation

Locke believed that individuals who set specific, difficult goals performed better than others?

• True

• False