Improving Organizational Performance Simulation Summary



Improving Organizational Performance

What theory/theories of employee motivation could be used to increase productivity?

Johns (2004, p.160) employee motivation can be defined as employees' willingness to increase productivity. According to Maslow, all people are motivated by one of these needs, and when a need is satisfied, the individual progresses to the next level and would subsequently feel motivated by the fulfillment of the new need level. Psychological/biological needs consist of the basic needs of life such as sleep, food, air, clothing, shelter, homeostasis, sex and others. When an individual is motivated by the deprivation of these needs, ...