Neville is a new manager at the Coffee Buns coffee shop. After his first week on the job, he found that sales and productivity were both down from the month before. He has been trying to think of ways to motivate his employees, so he did the following: 1) set up a new employee recognition system to identify good performers—their names will be put on a plaque that is placed in the break room, and 2) developed new productivity goals. Using the text as your guide, list and describe in your own words all seven motivational theories he is demonstrating for each of his actions.

Neville is a new manager at the Coffee Buns coffee shop. After his first week on the job, he found that sales and productivity were both down from the month before. He has been trying to think of ways to motivate his employees, so he did the following: 1) set up a new employee recognition system to identify good performers—their names will be put on a plaque that is placed in the break room, and 2) developed new productivity goals. Using the text as your guide, list and describe in your own words all seven motivational theories he is demonstrating for each of his actions.

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