Motivational Theorists

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Nicolaas Beukes 2012103 |

3/5/2014 |

This report will discuss motivational theories and which ones apply to the author of the report. |

Declaration of work:

I hereby declare that the information that is used in this report is my own work, and that when other personas information is used it will be correctly referenced under the “APA reference style” as recommended by the University of Stenden South Africa. I accept any punishments that are given by the institute mentioned above if found to have not abided by these rules.

Nicolaas Beukes 2012103

05/03/2014

Introduction:

In this report we will be looking at the motivational theories and which ones apply to the author of the report. We will break down the report into sections the first section we will talk about the need for motivation and the reasons that we use them in businesses. The second section we will discuss the main Motivational theorists and their theories and then lastly we will apply the theories to the author and see which ones relate to him and the reasons why the author of this report thinks that they apply to him.

Table of Contents

Declaration of work: 2

Introduction: 3

Section A: 5

The need for motivation: 5

The general belief of Motivation: 5

Section B: 6

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs: 6

Physiological needs: 6

Safety and security needs: 6

Social needs: 6

Esteem needs: 6

Self actualisation needs: 7

McClelland’s achievement theory: 7

Herzberg’s two factor theory: 7

Hygiene Factors 7

Motivator’s 8

Vroom’s expectancy theory: 8

Section C: 9

Conclusion: 9

Bibliography 10

Section A:

The need for motivation:

Motivation is used by almost everyone in business as it is probably the most important managerial function. Motivation is used to utilise the full potential of the employees in a business so as to ensure that you get the best quality products...