Psychology of Motivation, The: Abraham Maslow and Frederick Winslow Taylor
In the late 19th and early 20th century, attitudes towards workers and how they could be motivated focused on what psychologist Abraham Maslow would later call lower level needs in his hierarchy of needs theory. Frederick Winslow Taylor, known as th...
Organizational Structure
Organizing, as the word suggests, is the phase of management that defines the structure of an organization. It lays out a set of parts and coordinates efforts to achieve goals developed in the planning phase. In practice, however, many organizations...
Positive Motivation: Hawthorne Experiments and B.F. Skinner, The
Experiments on the effects of lighting at the Hawthorne Division of the Western Electric Company in Chicago in the 1920's led to startling and unexpected results concerning motivation. Researchers found that workers can be motivated by being cared a...
Reactions to Change
Whether change is driven by outside forces or by decisions made within an organization, the initial reaction of most employees is frequently negative.
Motivational Strategies
Although material rewards can motivate people, such rewards don't usually represent the strongest motivational force. Many companies have redesigned jobs to challenge their employees. A number of companies have also tapped new sources of employee mo...