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SESSION B JOURNAL – MOTIVATING EMPLOYEES
Readings: Motivating Employees (Chapter 5 & 6)
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Instructions: Complete the following questions, which are worth 5 points each.
Seek to apply what you have learned from the chapters, and what you learned completing the self-
assessments.
Write 3-5 sentences per question.
1. When has your level of performance been directly affected by your motivation? By your
ability? By the environment?
2. Identify examples from your own experience that support, and others that refute, Maslow’s
hierarchy of needs theory.
3. How do you evaluate yourself in terms of your needs for achievement, affiliation, and
power?
4. What is your opinion about the ethics of OB modification?
5. Do you agree or disagree that individual differences affect how people respond to their
jobs? Explain.
6. Develop a framework where you could use goal setting on a recent or current work project.
Describe the project and the benefits and potential drawbacks of using goal setting.
7. Why are employees not simply left alone to do their jobs, instead of having their
performance measured and evaluated all the time?
8. What conditions make it easier for an organization to achieve continuous improvement?
What conditions make it more difficult?
9. As an employee in your organization, what “rewards” do you receive in exchange for your
time and effort? What are the rewards for the organization? How do your contributions and
rewards differ from those of some others in your department?
10. What rewards are easiest for managers to control? What rewards are more difficult to
control?
Use a maximum of one (1) page, typed and 1 1/2-spaced, with Arial font, 1” margins, and 12
points. (Memo format). Full sentences required.
The summaries must address the topics below to use as “headings” to divide each reflection
topic within your summary.
What was the focus of the coursework this week?
What were the topics?
How does it relate to your work?
NOTE: Directly apply concepts learned to work. If the concepts do not apply directly to your
current job, then you need to explain your understanding of how it “can be applied” in your
company.
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