Essays Tagged: "Victor Vroom"

Operational Motivation Plan. This paper attempts to define the role of the manager, the role of the organization and the specific incentive elements of the plan.

y of output, increased absenteeism or voluntary resignation"(Robbins, 2001, p. 117)Expectancy TheoryVictor Vroom's expectancy theory addresses a basic question: what determines the willingness of an i ...

(3 pages) 359 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

Drawing on both expectancy and equity theory, identify and discuss the main factors that are likely to influence the effectiveness of performance-related pay schemes in organisations.

h them.One of the most popular explanations for effectiveness of performance-related pay schemes is Victor Vroom's expectancy theory. According to Robbins (p.171): "Expectancy theory argues that the s ... ing force significantly, if at all. However, one can argue that the most important factor of all in Victor Vroom's expectancy theory is the idea of valence. "The attractiveness of, or preference for, ...

(5 pages) 497 1 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Decison-Making Model Analysis Paper

low her to take care of some things she might need to handle.I was happy because I had used some of Victor Vroom,'s questions in order to come up with these reasonable suggestions. He states, "by aski ...

(4 pages) 217 0 4.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Thinking in terms of Maslow's Hierarchy of Need and Vroom's Expectancy Theory answer the following question: Does pay motivate?

ession of the ability to perform the task for the performance-related pay to be effective. However, Victor Vroom (1), who based his studies on extensive 500 research investigations, concludes that the ...

(7 pages) 412 1 4.8 Jul/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Explain the process of motivation?

ork motivationTraditional Process Theories of Work Motivation.Expectancy TheoryThe basic premise of Victor Vroom's Expectancy theory is that motivation is based on the strength with which individuals ...

(5 pages) 336 1 4.6 Jul/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Team

describe leadership behavior in relation to vary demands for activities. The founders of the model, Vroom and Yetton, provided a set of rules that identifies 5 alternative leadership styles. Recently ...

(6 pages) 69 0 4.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Role of Money as a Motivator

ch of using money motivator does matter in terms of how much the employee is motivated.According to Victor Vroom in his expectance theory, the reward-performance relationship must be carefully set up. ...

(9 pages) 121 0 5.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Motivation

e recognized for hard work. Recognition is a very powerful motivation tool.Expectancy Theory (Vroom)Victor Vroom's expectancy theory posits that motivation is a result of rational calculation. A perso ...

(2 pages) 164 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Motivation

iminated. The last theory of motivation this paper will cover is the expectancy theory, proposed by Victor Vroom. Unlike the reinforcement theory, this theory is concerned with internal processes that ...

(3 pages) 125 0 5.0 May/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Managerial Ability to Motivate: A Current Workplace Observation

One of the main theories that managers can utilize to help explain what motivates was developed by Victor Vroom. Vroom developed a theory called Expectancy Theory (ET) that helps calculate an individ ...

(4 pages) 250 0 5.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

Organizational Behavior

e ET equates motivation to expectancy, instrumentality and valence through a mathematical equation. Vroom creates this equation as so Motivation = Expectancy x Instrumentality x Valence. This equation ... tivation high. Therefore I must maximize the components of expectancy, instrumentality and valence. Vroom defines these components as follows:* Expectancy deals with an employee's beliefs on effort-pe ...

(8 pages) 209 0 5.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Motivation

Theory Another theory of motivation of this essay will look at is the expectancy theory proposed by Victor Vroom. This theory is concerned with the internal processes that an individual undergoes in o ...

(4 pages) 68 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Organisation Behaviour - How To Measure High Motiv

Of Motivation Reinforcement Theory - (Unknown) Equity Theory - (J Stacy Adams) Expectancy Theory - (Victor Vroom) Whilst a number of these theories are empirically substantiated, many of them are comp ... e tasks being assessed Variation of tasks being performed between appraisals The Expectancy Theory (Victor Vroom) The Expectancy Theory has already been mentioned and forms the basis of Fig. 2, the In ...

(8 pages) 182 1 0.0 Feb/2008

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Compare and contrast two theories of motivation. Suggest how a team leader might use these theories to motivate the team.

of motivation which is based on a hierarchy of needs. For the Process Theory, I shall be evaluating Victor Vroom's Theory on Expectancy.Abraham Maslow (1943) introduced this theory in an article and i ... , there are quite a few proponents. Regardless, for the purpose of this essay, I will be looking at Victor Vroom's Expectancy Theory. This theory was proposed in 1964 at the Yale School of Management. ...

(8 pages) 3 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management