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Principles of Management

Reference: MGT490-Book-Chapter No-12 (Motivating Employees)

Assignment Question(s): Part-1 1.Define motivation and explain three motivational theory from the chapter. What kinds of needs motivate employees? Is a good reward good enough? How do other factors affect motivation? 2.What are the types of incentives I might use to influence employee behaviour? How can I use compensation and other rewards to motivate people? Use at least 3 scientific references to support your answers. Follow APA-style when referencing. Part-2

Students sometime report negative experiences when working with teams, particularly if they have experienced a social-loafer in the group. Some argue that social loafing is less prevalent in the workplace because the rewards and sanctions are more closely aligned to individual performance. An interesting argument for individuals’ willingness to work and contribute in a group has been posed by Fishbach and colleagues. They argue that identification with others in the group and the group goal is fundamental to an individual’s choice to opt into and participate effectively within the group.

3.How important do you think group identification really is to an individual’s motivation to work on a task? Do you think this could differ between individuals? What other factors would be relevant?

4.Can you identify an alignment between the argument posed by Fishbach and colleagues to other models or theories of motivation posed throughout this chapter?

5.What strategies could you use to improve group identification, goal commitment and member motivation when working in a group?

Question 1

1.     

The informal organizational network through which unofficial information flows is called __________.

 

the grapevine

 

the all-channel network

 

the wheel network

 

the circle network

 

the chain network

Question 2

1.     

Which of the following is true of impersonal written communication?

 

It is highest in information richness.

 

It is addressed to particular receivers.

 

It does not allow documentation of the messages exchanged.

 

It generally does not result in feedback.

 

It cannot be retrieved electronically.

20 points  

Question 3

1.     

Which of the following statements is true with respect to groups and teams?

 

All groups are considered as teams.

 

Teams have no restrictions on the number of members in them, unlike groups.

 

The intensity with which members work together is always higher in a team than in a group.

 

All groups are informal and all teams are formal.

 

There is a specific, overriding common goal or objective for groups but not for teams.

20 points  

Question 4

1.     

Which of the following cases would most likely result in a team member engaging in social loafing?

 

When the group is excessively large

 

When individual contributions to a group are identifiable

 

When valuable contributions of individual members are emphasized

 

When rewards are linked to individual performance

 

When the group size is at an appropriate level

20 points  

Question 5

1.     

Managers can __________ by updating the production process to take advantage of new and more efficient technologies.

 

increase responsiveness to customers

 

increase efficiency

 

establish an electronic trail

 

cause information overload

 

lower information richness

6.

Discuss the advantages of using teams for innovation. What is the role of managers in promoting innovation? Provide an example where you worked in a team that was innovative, or provide an example you have read about.

Please include the name of the person or question to which you are replying in the subject line

7.

Discuss an industrial hygiene hazard in your workplace or research one that you had not thought about before this class. Discuss with you fellow students what you have learned from this class about that hazard. What actions would you like to take now that you have learned more about the hazard? 6 AND 7 ARE LESS THAN 200 WORDS

Question 1

1.     

The informal organizational network through which unofficial information flows is called __________.

 

the grapevine

 

the all-channel network

 

the wheel network

 

the circle network

 

the chain network

Question 2

1.     

Which of the following is true of impersonal written communication?

 

It is highest in information richness.

 

It is addressed to particular receivers.

 

It does not allow documentation of the messages exchanged.

 

It generally does not result in feedback.

 

It cannot be retrieved electronically.

20 points  

Question 3

1.     

Which of the following statements is true with respect to groups and teams?

 

All groups are considered as teams.

 

Teams have no restrictions on the number of members in them, unlike groups.

 

The intensity with which members work together is always higher in a team than in a group.

 

All groups are informal and all teams are formal.

 

There is a specific, overriding common goal or objective for groups but not for teams.

20 points  

Question 4

1.     

Which of the following cases would most likely result in a team member engaging in social loafing?

 

When the group is excessively large

 

When individual contributions to a group are identifiable

 

When valuable contributions of individual members are emphasized

 

When rewards are linked to individual performance

 

When the group size is at an appropriate level

20 points  

Question 5

1.     

Managers can __________ by updating the production process to take advantage of new and more efficient technologies.

 

increase responsiveness to customers

 

increase efficiency

 

establish an electronic trail

 

cause information overload

 

lower information richness

6.

Discuss the advantages of using teams for innovation. What is the role of managers in promoting innovation? Provide an example where you worked in a team that was innovative, or provide an example you have read about.

Please include the name of the person or question to which you are replying in the subject line

7.

Discuss an industrial hygiene hazard in your workplace or research one that you had not thought about before this class. Discuss with you fellow students what you have learned from this class about that hazard. What actions would you like to take now that you have learned more about the hazard? 6 AND 7 ARE LESS THAN 200 WORDS