This is an extract from the article of
“Employee Motivation, the Organisational Environment and Productivity’. It
discusses the importance of understanding and appreciating human nature first
before trying to motivate employees.
http://www.accel-team.com/motivation/
Four Essentials for
Motivating Employees in a Changing
Environment
By Joseph H. Boyett, Ph.D. and Jimmie
T. Boyett
Here are four practices most management
experts feel are essential for getting the best performance from
employees.
http://www.winstonbrill.com/bril001/html/article_index/articles/401-450/article427_body.html
By
Claire Belilos
This
article discusses how to understand employee drives and motivations by applying
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory. It then goes on to provide an excellent list
of employee needs and motivating influences.
http://www.easytraining.com/motivation.htm
Individual and Group
Motivation in the Workplace
Clearly,
a major motivation for working is money for both team and individual, but money
in and of itself is not important, it acquires importance as a means of
fulfilling needs. Social interaction is an important factor in motivating
individuals and teams that has been largely overlooked.
http://www.workteams.unt.edu/reports/garza.html
As we attempt to
understand motivation, we need to appreciate the subtleties that exist in human
behavior, and focus our attention on general principles of motivation that have
wider application. At least if we can understand some of these principles, we
might be better prepared to lead or facilitate a long-term, highly motivating
team experience. This article talks about 6 factors that influence team
motivation.
http://www.teambuildinginc.com/article_teammotivation.htm
This is a good summary of various
motivation theories, making them really simple to understand. It also has some
excellent references on the topic
http://www.solbaram.org/articles/motvtnsu.html
By Small, Ruth
V.
Learning-motivation researchers are
applying some of the same theories and concepts found to be effective in
industry to the development of motivational models that enhance the
teaching-learning environment.
http://www.ericdigests.org/1998-1/motivation.htm
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