Essays Tagged: "Frederick Herzberg"

Essence of Empowerment. Human Relations.

preciation for work done,' and 'feeling 'in' on things' to be what they most wanted from their jobs.Frederick Herzberg, from his research, identified money as a 'maintenance' factor, or a necessity to ...

(6 pages) 540 1 4.9 Dec/1996

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Essay on theories behind and Motivation techniques, including the Herzberg Theory, etc as applied to an organization. Word count: 1805

ribe how our chosen organization, Xxx, modeled its people's strategy around the basic principles of Frederick Herzberg's Theory.The Acquired-needs TheoryIn his acquired-needs theory, David McClelland ... mple, a person does not feel the second need until the demands of the first have been satisfied.The Frederick Herzberg Theory (Hygiene factors and Motivators)In the late 1950s, Frederick Herzberg, con ...

(7 pages) 1262 4 4.7 Jan/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

With more than 4,000 of its 27,000 employees already millionaires, Microsoft faces the challenge of figuring out how to motivating its employees though means other than pay raises.

motivator, especially in the world of the 'professional' worker. In the work of management theorist Frederick Herzberg, a fair salary is considered a "hygiene" factor - something people need as an inc ...

(3 pages) 118 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Does Job enrichment work?

is given an identifiable unit of work and granted with more authority and control over his/her job (Herzberg, 1968). For many years job enrichment has concerned people inside and outside academic circ ... contribution to personnel management are expressed.THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONJob enrichment is based on Herzberg's dual-factor theory of job satisfaction and motivation (Kreitner, Kinicki, 2001). Herzberg ...

(15 pages) 447 2 4.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Leaders are made or born? it is a look at how leadership qualities come to be if they are acquired in life through learned behavior or if they are born into a person's personality

nstruction, while the followers provide support to the ideas of the leader. The motivation theorist Frederick Herzberg realized this scenario and outlined opportunities that provide motivation on the ... have your followers do what you want them to do.The scientific or classical theory was theorized by Frederick Winslow in the early 1900s. The theory focuses on the task rather than the worker. Winslow ...

(10 pages) 701 1 4.6 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Employee Motivation Methods

vival: People need food, water, shelter, clothing and warmth. These should be met by the basic wage.HERZBERG'S HYGINE FACTORSHerzberg believes that all needs of workers can be put into two groups:Hygi ... e workers to do their best. Like praise from people, promotions and being given more responsibility.Herzberg believes that if the hygiene factors are poor in a business then the motivating factors wil ...

(1 pages) 300 0 3.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Job enrichment: Managerial Tool in the 21st century

AbstractJob enrichment has evolved immensely since its beginnings as part of Frederick Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory. It is now a catch-all for various managerial tools. Some of ... ontemporary Job Enrichment as a Managerial Tool in the 21st Century: How does it work?In the 1950's Frederick Herzberg, following the work of A. H. Maslow's hierarchy of needs, established his Two-Fac ... rocess for implementing a large-scale job redesign program.Dowling, W. F. (1971). An interview with Frederick Herzberg: Managers of Animal Trainers. Management Review, 60(7), 2-15. Retrieved June 3, 2 ...

(13 pages) 244 0 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Motivation

needs that are driving forces that help motivate the employees.A few years after McGregor's theory, Frederick Herzberg (1966; 1968) later developed a 'two-factor theory of motivation' or the 'Motivati ... pproach to work while feeling respected and vital parts of the business.ReferencesAccel-Team, 2001, Frederick Herzberg - 2 factor Hygiene and Motivation Theory, (accessed on-line @ http://www.accel-te ...

(9 pages) 338 0 2.6 Aug/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Motivating Emloyees

a time and will not effectively motivate employees. This brings us to Herzberg's Two Factor Theory.Frederick Herzberg's Two Factor theory analyses the job attitudes of workers who were asked if they ...

(11 pages) 260 0 3.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

How might motivational theories help you, as a Managing Director of a supermarket chain?

chain, I would utilize the articles and research undertaken by Douglas McGregor's Theory Y (1960), Frederick Herzberg (1959), Abraham Maslow (1942), Elton Mayo, Chris Argyris, Rensis Likert and David ...

(5 pages) 148 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

What best explains people's willingness to work hard?

needs vary over time and as a result of their life history. The theory was derived in the 1950s by Frederick Herzberg and his theory was termed the Motivation-Hygiene Theory. It states that incidents ...

(10 pages) 271 1 5.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Differences between "intrinsic" and "extrinsic" rewards in relation to employment

n motivation and namely the needs for esteem and self fulfillment and is also often seen as akin to Herzberg's motivators ('growth factors'or 'satisfiers'); that is those factors directly concerned wi ... s' superior but more often the organization itself. Extrinsic rewards can be 'seen' and are akin to Herzberg's hygiene (or maintenance) factors as salary, perks and benefits, job security, working con ...

(8 pages) 227 0 0.0 May/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Examine two content theories of motivation that you are familiar with and explain how these theories might help managers motivate employees more effectively.

erg's two-factor theory (Herzberg, 1966), sometimes known as motivation-hygiene theory, proposed by Frederick Herzberg, a psychologist. He has developed a theory of motivation that deals primarily wit ...

(7 pages) 280 0 4.5 Oct/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

What best explains people's willingness to work hard?

needs vary over time and as a result of their life history. The theory was derived in the 1950s by Frederick Herzberg and his theory was termed the Motivation-Hygiene Theory. It states that incidents ...

(10 pages) 227 0 4.3 Jan/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management

How Intrinsic and Extrinsic rewards can help Advanced Business Solution

article threeIntrinsic and Extrinsic motivation as a tool to motivating employees will be examined. Herzberg two factor theory of motivation posits that there are two sets of factors that could motiva ... A well focused motivational factors can make employees better and be highly effective. According to Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory (Robbins et al 2006), intrinsic factors are concerned with job ...

(8 pages) 92 0 4.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Money as a Motivator

ivation as we will later see.* Dual Factor TheoryAnother theory to gain prominence at this time was Frederick Hertzberg's Dual Factor theory. He identified two separate groups of factors that had a st ...

(20 pages) 115 0 4.0 Oct/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Explain how managers can use motivation theories to influence the behaviour of people in organizations

f motivationAbraham Harold Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs 8Douglas Mc Gregor's Theory X and Theory Y 12Frederick Herzberg's Motivator Hygiene Theory 15David McClelland's Acquired-Needs Theory 17The Proce ... ion process to influence the behaviour of people in organisations.Theories of MotivationThe work of Frederick Winslow Taylor , commonly known as the Scientific Management Movement, was one of the earl ...

(25 pages) 211 0 0.0 Apr/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Theories of Motivation

ors.A number of workplace theories cite motivation as a key element in employee workplace behavior. Frederick Herzberg's 1959 hygiene theory contends that the external job environment, consisting of h ... satisfied, a concept called prepotency.Another theory of motivation to be analyzed in this paper is Frederick Herzberg's Theory of Motivators and Hygiene. Herzberg's work categorized motivation into t ...

(9 pages) 75 0 0.0 May/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management

Creating a Plan for Positive Influence

hat happens after the individual or team reach his or her goals, what motivates and satisfies them. Herzberg states that "intrinsic factors, such as advancement, recognition, responsibility, and achie ... job by bringing peace to their employees but not necessarily motivate them. To motivate employees, Herzberg states that a company needs certain hygiene factors. These qualities were physical working ...

(7 pages) 145 0 0.0 Jun/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

“Money is the crucial incentive because, as a medium of exchange, it is the most instrumental […] No other incentive or motivational technique comes even close to money with respect to its instrumental value” discuss.

vating employees that do not necessarily involve higher pay.Due to the limited depth of this paper, Frederick Taylor's claims will be used as the sole argument for financial rewards, while the analysi ... analysis of non-monetary, or alternative, reward schemes will be based on the claims established by Frederick Herzberg and Elton Mayo, along with various studies supporting their claims.Main BodyFinan ...

(11 pages) 5 0 0.0 Dec/2012

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues