The Effectiveness Of Management: The Importance Of Motivation

“Motivation refers to forces that energize, direct, and sustain a person’s efforts” (Bateman & Snell, 2013). Managers need to use motivation tactics everyday in order to achieve performance goals. Associates want to feel like they have a purpose at the company they are working for. If managers motivate everyday and focus on the positives more than the negatives a better work environment will be formed. This student has recently been feeling unmotivated at work. A new assistant manager has been brought into the department that this student works in and so far the attitude of that manager has not been positive. Although this manager is very knowledgeable and has been in his position for 8 years, he talks low of management in the company. He is …show more content…
The assistant manager at times tries to talk this student out of moving up and becoming a manager. If the assistant manager would put aside his own beliefs that are negative and focus on the tasks at hand and the goals that need to be set, then it would allow for an easier work environment. Focusing too much on the negative can cause a person to feel hatred for something, which then is passed onto other associates. As discussed in class, it does make a difference in the work culture and atmosphere the way a manager walks into work. If this assistant manager walked in every morning with a positive attitude and a sincere smile then the other associates would feel more energetic. This student does not allow the assistant manager to maker her unmotivated because she feels it is up to her to get to where she wants to be in her career. If she listens to the negativity from the manager then she will be missing out on what she wants. She has learned that not everyone is going to be a motivator, even managers, but that cannot stop a person from reaching the goals they have set for …show more content…
This student would like more responsibility on a regular basis from her assistant manager. She feels that she needs to be led by him and shown the vision so that she can implement it in her everyday work. To become a manager at this student’s job, one must past a management test. This student is studying and training everyday for the test so that she will score high. Even though the assistant manager does not expect much out of her, she expects more from herself. Setting high goals and expecting to achieve them makes this student feel more excited and energetic at working. This student does feel that through instrumentality she could be more motivated as well. She wants to increase her performance and work harder. If she knew that by doing her job well and exceling at everything she does in her department that her performance will be noticed and talked about to the upper level management. The student’s outcome does have an associated valence. This student values the outcome tremendously because it is the start of her career so to be motivated by management is something that is very important to her. She would like the outcome for the short term to be a manager of her department, but when