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WorksheetsMotivational theorists
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
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
Mayo concluded: Employees respond to changes in the working environment, A sense of recognition and consultation is important to employees and The workplace is a social system. Employees like to work in groups.
False
True
I don't know
Which one of these is not one of Locke's Goal setting theory?
Clarity: goals need to be clear and understandable
Challenge: goals need to be challenging and 'do your best' goals were not effective
Interest: take an interest in employees
Feedback: is essential so that progress can be gauged and if necessary the goal can be altered. Encouragement, praise, constructive criticism and guidance are very important.
Is the following phrase related to Taylor or Mayo? "The concept of money as the principle motivator for employees is still referred to as a '?' approach.'
Tayloristic
Mayoristic
Victor Vroom split his theory into 2 parts Expectancy and Valence. Expectancy means 'does the employee think that he or she is going to be able to complete a task?' Valence means ' does the task lead to a highly valued outcome?'
True
False
Not sure
Which 2 theorists does T Peters refer to?
Taylor and McGregor
MacGregor and Maslow
Taylor and McClelland
McClelland and May
Which is not one of Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Physiological
Safety
Motivation
Social
Which theorist stated that 'humans have a need for friendship and positive relationships with others?
Peters
Drucker
McClelland
Maslow
