Chapter 16 - Motivation Theory and Practice Chapter 17 - Teams and Teamwork The

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Chapter 16 - Motivation Theory and Practice Chapter 17 - Teams and Teamwork

The Experiential Exercise may include: · attending a Professional Workshop related to the course concepts in person or online, · attending a professional or community event that has relevance to the course concepts, · attending a family event that has particular relevance to the course concepts, · interviewing a subject regarding material related to the course concepts · participating in community outreach that has relevance to the course concepts, · attending an event approved by your faculty mentor Participate in the function or event as suggested above. Include the following: o Topic o Date o Place o Summary of the experience o Conclusions or commentary about relevance to the content of this course

Assignment Outcomes Evaluate course concepts critically and competently through interaction with Learners and Faculty Mentor.

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Topic-How to motivate team members

Date-October 30th, 2017.

Place-Mumbai

Summary of the experience- This was a highly engaging experience. The course instructors were very good and they got all the participants involved in the process. They talked about Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene theory. As per this theory, there are some factors that lead to motivation. Such factors could be a highly effective boss, good organization culture, high growth prospects etc. There are other factors called the hygiene factors. The absence of these factors causes dissatisfaction but the presence of this factor won't motivate the individual.

Another theory discussed was Theory X and Theory Y. Theory X is an authoritative style of management whereas Theory Y is a participative style of management.

Expectancy theory was also explained. As per this theory, people behave depending on the outcome they expect as a result of their behavior.

Conclusions- People behave differently depending on their own psychological bent of mind. As a manager of a team, one should understand the psychological makeup of the individual team members and create situations in the workplace which are individual-centric. There's no one size fits all theory of motivation.

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