Three Major Motivational Theories

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Three Major Motivational Theories Stephanie Allen Colorado Technical University Organizational Behavior Principles Professor Victor Villarreal Phase 2 Individual Project January 21, 2013 Three Major Motivational Theories Motivational theories are good ways to urge and inspire motivation. We will review three theories and figure out how these theories play a part in motivation of employees. It is imperative to understand that our emotions, as well as needs and our behaviors are major factors when it comes to motivation. Today we will review Maslow’s Theory, Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory of Motivation and Expectancy Theory of Motivation and we will discuss the strengths and weakness of each of these theories. We will then discuss how management could possibly change things to apply the three theories that we earlier discussed, to finish this review, I will select one of these above theories to implement and talk about how I will change such things as the work environment, job duties and even the environment in the workplace. First developed in 1943 by Abraham Maslow, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs was a theory stating that every person has basic needs, five needs to be exact and each needs varies from person to person. (Robbins & Judge, 2012) The bottom of the pyramid is the Physiological need and this is our most basic need of breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, homeostasis and excretion, it’s basically anything needed to survive and this need will always be important because we always have the need to survive, exist and live. (Robbins & Judge, 2012) The next level up is Safety; this consists of security of body, of employment, of resources, of morality, of the family, of health and our property. (Robbins & Judge, 2012) The next level up is the need for Love and Belonging, we as human beings often have a strong need for relationships, love,

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