Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Presented by
Irshad
Sunil
Contents
• Meaning of Motivation
• Concept of Motivation
• Motivation Theories
• Employees Motivation
• Dist b/w Morale & motivation
• Conclusion
Motivation
• Motivation is derived from the Latin word
movere, “to move.” The Merriam-Webster
dictionary defines motivation (root motive) as
“something (as a need or desire) that causes a
person to act” while motivate is defined as
“the object influencing a choice or prompting
an action.”
Motivation
• Motivation refers to a set of forces that
energise people to behave in certain ways
• Motivation is necessary to accomplish tasks
to produce quality goods and for other related
purposes
Definition of Motivation
Needs
Goals
Drives
Motivation Theories
Self-
Actualization
Esteem
Belongingness, Social,
and Love
Physiological
Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs
• This theory points out that the people are motivated
by unfulfilled needs. It also states that once a
particular need is satisfied, it ceases to be a
motivating factor.
• Maslow pointed out that as lower level needs are
satisfied, upper level needs replace them and become
important.
Mc Gregor’s Theory
• Theory X
• This theory is also referred as “the
authoritarian management style”,
• There are good times and bad times, happy times and
sad times, they go together.
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