The theory of workplace motivation that will be the focus of this assignment is culminating a positive, motivational work environment to increase the productivity and success of team members. The work environment must provide these team members with adequate motivators, as this will result in the best outcome for both the employees involved as well as the employers.
Foss, N. & Lindenberg, S. (2012). Teams, team motivation, and the theory of the firm. Managerial and Decision Economics, 33, 369-383.
This article focuses on the importance of both team production and management in the work environment. It is incredibly necessary for the team and management to be able to work together in a positive, productive manner; when collaboration is …show more content…
The reader was provided with a plethora of hypotheses regarding the impact that performance pressure. When the author culminated this particular study, he concluded that the pressure unwittingly placed upon the team members (by the management or employers) would result in a decrease of productivity and success. The author believes that too much pressure causes the team members to become flustered; this can cause the team members to fail to contribute to the best of their abilities or to take risks in order to do the job successfully. This was an interesting article because it provided the idea of teamwork failing, even if all of the team members were competent, intelligent, and successful individuals. It taught me that a team must be provided with the motivation to achieve success; without that, the team members will not take risks (because there is no point in doing so) and the outcome will be …show more content…
It presented factual information from knowledgeable sources and gave the reader plenty of examples of research and studies done focusing on this particular topic. It included many real-life examples of the concepts discussed, helping the readers to better understand the information being presented. The information included in this piece aligned itself with much of the research done on this particular topic. It enforced the ideals of the importance of workplace motivation, how the environment can be altered to achieve the highest level of motivation from the employees, and why employers must provide the employees with the intrinsic/extrinsic motivators that they feel is most important. This article definitely increased my knowledge on the topic of manipulating one’s work environment to increase motivation. I feel that the paper will help me in my journey to better understand how to ensure that all employees are motivated to be productive and
Foss, N. & Lindenberg, S. (2012). Teams, team motivation, and the theory of the firm. Managerial and Decision Economics, 33, 369-383.
This article focuses on the importance of both team production and management in the work environment. It is incredibly necessary for the team and management to be able to work together in a positive, productive manner; when collaboration is …show more content…
The reader was provided with a plethora of hypotheses regarding the impact that performance pressure. When the author culminated this particular study, he concluded that the pressure unwittingly placed upon the team members (by the management or employers) would result in a decrease of productivity and success. The author believes that too much pressure causes the team members to become flustered; this can cause the team members to fail to contribute to the best of their abilities or to take risks in order to do the job successfully. This was an interesting article because it provided the idea of teamwork failing, even if all of the team members were competent, intelligent, and successful individuals. It taught me that a team must be provided with the motivation to achieve success; without that, the team members will not take risks (because there is no point in doing so) and the outcome will be …show more content…
It presented factual information from knowledgeable sources and gave the reader plenty of examples of research and studies done focusing on this particular topic. It included many real-life examples of the concepts discussed, helping the readers to better understand the information being presented. The information included in this piece aligned itself with much of the research done on this particular topic. It enforced the ideals of the importance of workplace motivation, how the environment can be altered to achieve the highest level of motivation from the employees, and why employers must provide the employees with the intrinsic/extrinsic motivators that they feel is most important. This article definitely increased my knowledge on the topic of manipulating one’s work environment to increase motivation. I feel that the paper will help me in my journey to better understand how to ensure that all employees are motivated to be productive and