Module: Motivating Employees

Module: Motivating Employees

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Why It Matters: Motivating Employees

Why does Motivating Employees matter?

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Scientific Management

Explain the theory of scientific management

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The Hawthorne Effect

Describe the “Hawthorne Effect” and its significance in managing employees

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Need-Based Theories

Explain need-based theories of worker motivation, including Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and Herzberg’s two-factor theory

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Process-Based Theories

Explain process-based theories of motivation, including expectancy and equity theories

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Theory X vs Theory Y

Compare and contrast Theory X and Theory Y managers

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Strategies for Motivating Employees

Identify ways in which managers can use the varying motivation theories to motivate individual employees in an increasingly diverse workplace

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Putting It Together: Motivating Employees

Motivating Employees

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