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    may hit a star" W. Clement Stone Motivation is an important thing in our life. without motivation no one can live because it helps anyone to achieve his goals for example if a person in the school or college study to get a good mark in the exam so if his parent motivates him he will spend more hours to study to the exam and he will not only get a good mark but he will get a full mark. So motivation help everyone to study or work hard to achieve his goal. Motivation is the characteristic that helps

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    Motivation and Learning Dillan Watts Chapman University Motivation and Learning In 1874, Charles Darwin first stated human beings principal motives were based upon survival and reproduction. Emotions are often interrelated fluctuating human behavior, confirming motives are more than just biological responses (Yake and Patry, 2014). A broad way to classify motives is in two categories: deficiency and learned motives. Some psychologists distinguish this through motivated reasoning and rationality.

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    Motivation is a topic that is highly popular in modern media. Many medias such as television commercials use motivation as a selling point to most company’s. Human motivation is a strong topic used to sell products such as workout and dietary supplements.The concept of human motivation is the thought of how one can be motivated to do a specific task. People are motivated in many different ways, motivation can come from a drive to want to do something with a tenacious ideal. Motivation is not something

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    3.2 Theories Victor H. Vroom’s Theory (1964) developed the Expectancy Theory of Motivation. This theory is a behavioral theory that one behavior of an individual will be chosen over another type of behavior when positive performance will lead to desirable rewards. Figure 3.3 will illustrate the three components to this theory: expectancy, instrumentality, and valance, and show how the variables of Vroom’s theory is designed. Expectancy is the expectations how people perceive to meet the performance

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    Motivation is defined as “the desire to achieve a goal or a certain performance level” (Bauer & Erdogen, 2009, p.97). Motivation theories are useful tools that organizations can use to energize employees and foster a stimulating work environment. These theories are categorized as either content or process theories. Today, Bauer and Erdogen (2009) state that many organizations have applied motivation theories ,such as the goal setting theory and reinforcement theory, in order to modify their employees’

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    MOTIVATION. There are various theories of motivation that have been developed over the years. Based on the analysis and description of these theories, it can be concluded that my organization adopts the Locke’s goal-setting Theory and Vroom’s Expectancy theory to motivate its employees, while I am motivated by the combination of Herzberg’s theory and Locke’s theory of motivation. Personal Motivation Herzberg’s theory of motivation best describes what motivates me and why I work the way I do.The

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    SECTION A A1 Motivation is simply defined as the desire to do things. In business, Motivation is giving a reason to an employee to boost their productivity. It is in human nature to work harder and more efficiently towards something that has higher output reward. (Motivation) There are numerous theories about motivation, some of which are: 1. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs The Hierarchy of Needs Theory was coined by psychologist Abraham Maslow in his 1943 paper “A Theory of Human Motivation”, which states

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    Company has used McClelland theory that examined three learned needs to motivation employee. The McClelland theory used includes two part of need, first is need for achievement by the employees to establish challenging goals to improve employees skills and techniques and to take responsibility. Second is need for affiliation which is the desire to seek approval, conform to others wishes and avoid conflict to maintain relationship (McClelland's Human Motivation Theory, n.d.). Over the years, Nestlé

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    A Theory of Human Motivation Maslow (1943) sets out to provide a theory as to why we as individuals become motivated to satisfy our basic needs and seek to fulfill other needs once the previous ones have been satisfied. He developed a concept called the hierarchy of needs, which he uses to interpret the different levels of needs individuals acquire. This theory is of importance as it provides reasoning and structure for the fulfillment of our everyday needs. After describing the five needs, the

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    In today’s workforce there are many reasons why individuals get up every day and go to work. For most it is because they have bills to pay and this leads to their motivation to work is for the outcome of a paycheck. That is true for most, but how does motivation apply to an individual once they are at work and must perform their daily duties? No matter that is painting houses or a high level CIO building the backbone of a fortune 500 company, these individuals’ performances are based on their expectations

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