MGCR 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Victor Vroom, Job Analysis, Work Motivation

• School: McGill University
• Department: Management Core
• Course: MGCR 222
• Professor: Mallika Banerjee

Document Summary

Designing jobs: classical and contemporary perspectives of work motivation ii. Beyond the person : process theories: focused on the processes . Cognitive processes (interpretation & understanding of the situation) that influence our behavior. Cognitive evaluation/self-determination theory; locke"s goal setting theory; bandura self- efficacy theory, situational approaches to increasing work motivation (equity theory, expectancy theory & job characteristic model) Locke"s goal setting theory: specific and difficult goals (about what needs to be done and how much effort will need to be expended) increase motivation & performance because they act as internal stimuli. Specific goals produce a higher level of output than does the generalized goal of do your best . Difficult goals, when accepted, result in higher performance than do easy goals. Feedback leads to higher performance than does no feedback. Encouraging the development of strategies and action plans: implementing goal setting theory: management by objectives. Converts overall org objectives into specific objectives for work units and individuals.