Group Motivation Inventory

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Group Motivation Inventory Robert Ruhland PSY/430 24 February 2014 Group Motivation Inventory As an introduction to this paper I will cover what I have learned and how this exercise in group motivation inventory has made a difference in how I will handle group interaction in the future. First, I will describe what I have learned about myself. Then proceed with how the knowledge will affect the way you interact in groups. Continuing, with what I do differently in with future groups. Next, based on results what I will do to be more motivated. Followed with what incentives will motivate me more when working in groups. Lastly, what considerations would I have to make for incentives given group members’ motivations are different. Afterwards you should have a clear picture on how this exercise has made a difference in how I will deal with groups and motivating them. Let’s start things by describing what I learned about yourself in this exercise. I have learn numerous things about myself from who I am and personality wise to what makes me tic and how I am motivated. These will help me interact better within a group atmosphere. I have also learned about incentives and how to use extrinsic verses intrinsic types of rewards to motivate your group. The most interesting item to me was learning about “Locus of Control” and whether you or the members of your group possess a strong internal or external control. This can really help when determining what type of reward to use in order to motivate members or the group as a whole. How does this knowledge affect the way you interact in groups? It effects my interactions with groups in that I will be more cognizant of the members and group when dealing with incentives to motivate. As stated in our text book Engleberg and Wynn (2010), “Rewards should be associated with worthy behavior and should be
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