Enterprise Rent-a-Car stimulates its employees by providing: - ANSWER internal
promotion, financial incentives and Philanthropic activities and initiatives.
Good management may lead to: - ANSWER highly motivated employees who perform
and assist an organization to reach its goals.
Motivation: - ANSWER may be defined as pychologizal forces that determine the
direction of a person's behavior in an organizaiton, a person's level of effort, and a
person's level of persistence in the face of obstacles.
The direction of a person's behavior may refer to: - ANSWER the many possible
behaviors a person can engage in.
Effort - ANSWER Refers to how hard people work
Persistence - ANSWER Refers to whether, when confronted with roadblocks and
obstacles, people will either continue to try or quit.
Why should managers be interested in motivation? - ANSWER Because it explains WHY
people behave the way they do in an organization.
Motivation comes from either _________ or __________ sources. - ANSWER Intrinsic;
extrinsic
Intrinsically motivated behavior is: - ANSWER behavior that is performed for its own
sake such as: having a sense of accomplishment and achievement.
, Jobs that are interesting and challenging are more likely to lead to _______ motivation
than are jobs that are boring or jobs that that do not utilize a person's skills and abilities.
- ANSWER Intrinsic
Characteristics of an intrinsically motivated person might be: - ANSWER A person who
is motivated by goals and accomplishments.
A person attracted to a job that in interesting and challenging.
A teach, computer programmer, a commercial photographer.
Extrinsically motivated behavior is: - ANSWER Behavior that is performed to acquire
material or social rewards or to avoid punishment.
The source of motivation is the consequence of behavior, not the behavior itself.
Characteristics of an extrinsically motivated person might be: -
ANSWER A sales person motivated by earning commission.
An attorney who's motivated by salary and prestige.
A factory worker motivated by the opportunity to ear a secure income and benefits.
A top manager who derives a sense of accomplishment from managing a large
corporation AND strives to earn year-end bonuses is said to be: -
ANSWER Both Intrinsically and Extrinsically motivated.
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