Motivation

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The paper discusses how the day-to-day efficiency of an organization ultimately lies in the hands of the individual worker, thus the importance of employee motivation. The paper discusses Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, the acquired-needs theory, the motivation-hygiene theory and the process theory. The paper examines these theories and shows how an organization's management must answer certain needs of its employees to ensure adequate motivation.

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"The tendency of an individual which accounts for the energy and persistence exerted at work is directly affected by the leadership meeting the needs of its employees. While management is not responsible for creating motivation within the individual, effective leadership is one of the primary methods of setting the stage for motivation. Every individual within an organization possesses various needs which must be achieved in order to become motivated. Management's function is to produce opportunities for the employees so that they may obtain these needs. There are two main streams of thinking, each with multiple differing theories, that explain the necessity and function of individual needs."

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