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Noel Muzondo
BS105 Business Administration
Department of Business Studies, Faculty of Commerce
University of Zimbabwe
Introduction to Motivation
Motivation is one of the concepts that are critical to management
and managers.
Without organisational managers motivating their subordinates to
perform, organisations too cannot perform and be profitable.
In this presentation we zero in on the concept of motivation, theories
of motivation, job design for motivation, and innovative ideas for
motivating.
FEEDBACK
Reward informs a person whether behaviour was
suitable and should be used again
Freedom from war, pollution, Safety Needs Safe work, fringe benefits, job
violence security
Food, water, oxygen Heat, air, base salary
Physiological Needs
P = O expectancy
Probability that performance
will produce desired outcomes
Source: Adapted from Daft and Marcic (2011:425) and Goodman et al. (2007:332) Reinforcement Tools
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Job Design and Employee Motivation
Having concluded our discussion on motivational theories, we now
move on to job design and motivation.
A job is an organisation of a component of work that one employee
does.
In the context of a university, a job may include teaching for
academic staff or registering students at the beginning of a semester,
printing certificates and transcripts for graduating students, for non-
academic staff.