UNIVERSITY OF CEBU (UC)

GRADUATE SCHOOL
Sanciangko St., Cebu City

REACTION PAPER IN
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR and DEVELOPMENT (BM216A)
Academic Term: First Semester SY 2019-2020

STUDENT’S NAME: KRISTOFFER T. PANGUE SIGNATURE: ____________________

REPORTER’S NAME: Crystal B Danlog DATE REPORTED: JULY 21, 2019
TOPIC/S DISCUSSED: Motivation Theories

This discussion is all about motivational theories and how it applies to the workplace and its
effects in organizational behavior in general. Motivation means a process of stimulating people to action
to accomplished desired goals. And it is an important aspect for the business because its effect can help
is satisfying the need of employees (thus, less turnover), can change a negative attitude to positive,
improve performance such as efficiency and attendance, and creating a friendly and supportive
relationship across management and the workforce itself. There are several motivational theories
introduced in this topic, divided into two-sub general group: Traditional Theories (Fear and Punishment
Theory, Reward Theory, Carrot and Stick Theory) and Modern Theories (Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs,
Herzberg Hygiene Theory, MC. Gregors Theory X and Y, ‘Z’ Theory, Vroom Expectancy Theory, Three
Need Theory).

The way I perceive and based on my very own experience as an employee, the performance is
often defined as the sum of one’s ability, the motivation and drive and the environment or culture of the
organization. To fully explore what role motivation plays in a certain professional’s performance, it is
necessary to understand where motivation comes from in the workplace and how to use these working
theories to help employees become more engaged in the organization. And with all the theories
discussed in this topic, the big question I can think of is how to convert each of this into action and use it
as an advantage for the management of the organization? One answer I can think of is good leadership,
probable the most difficult job of a leader is to persuade others to follow and the ability to stay calm
under pressure and keep the motivation level up and this involves making sure the organizational
directions are clear and align with the company’s goals while using them to cultivate an environment in
which the group has sufficient motivation to complete their tasks to the best of their ability.

To end, for an organization to continue existing and retaining its workforce, they must keep on
working on strategies that can help motivating its employees. Motivated employees tend to have a
sense of belonging and loyalty to the organization and will always work hard to be associated with the
results of their efforts. I believe that motivation affects employees as individuals to achieve and as well
as the ability to be innovative because they believe in themselves which will benefit the organization to
succeed. And lastly, I think that organization who are results-oriented will surely go all the way to
motivating their employees for them to reach their goal.