174 Outcome: Strategies for Motivating Employees

What you’ll learn to do: identify ways in which managers can use the various motivation theories to motivate individual employees in an increasingly diverse workplace

In this module we’ve focused on a number of well-known theories used to explain human motivation—and employee motivation, in particular. However, a theory is just a theory until it’s translated into actions, policies, procedures, and management practices. In this section you’ll study two methods used by managers to put motivational theory into practice: job models and goals. These two practices can be observed in almost every organization, profit and non-profit alike. You’ll also see some examples of the way companies are actually implementing those practices today.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

The learning activities for this section include:

• Reading: Job Models and Goals
• Videos: Motivation in Today’s Workplace
• Self Check: Strategies for Motivating Employees

Take time to review and reflect on each of these activities in order to improve your performance on the assessment for this section.