Employee Motivation & Satisfaction
MOTIVATION "Motivation" is a Latin word, meaning "to move". Human motives are internalized goals within individuals. Motivation may be defined as those forces that cause people to behave in certain ways. Motivation encompasses all those pressures and influences that trigger, channel, and sustain human behavior. Most successful managers have learned to understand the concept of human motivation and are able to use that understanding to achieve higher standards of subordinate work performance. According to Koontz and O'Donnell, "Motivation is a class of drives, needs, wishes and similar forces". NATURE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF MOTIVATION Psychologists generally agree that all behavior is motivated, and that people have reasons for doing the things they do or for behaving in the manner that they do. Motivating is the work a manager performs to inspire, encourage and impel people to take required action. The characteristics of mot