Motivation is the set of forces that creates a situation in which people are able to persist in their efforts over time to accomplish a goal. Managers often confuse motivation and performance, but job performance is a multiplicative function of motivation times ability times situational constraints.
Please respond to all of the following prompts in the class discussion section of your online course:
•Identify the elements of motivation. What is the relationship between job performance, motivation, ability, and situational constraints?
- How can managers use the basic principles of needs and rewards to motivate employees?
•What should managers be concerned about with regard to perceptions of fairness among employees?