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Further Reading

The importance of motivation for J D Wetherspoon

Introduction

Elton Mayo
Abraham Maslow
Douglas McGregor
Rensis Likert
Frederick Herzberg
David C. McClelland

FW Taylor
Gilbreths
Henry Gantt
Charles Bedaux

Motivation Theories 1
Motivation Theories 2
Putting Theory into Practice

Motivation by Money
Motivating Executives by Money
Performance Related Pay

Glacier Project
Simply stated, once people get a job, they begin to lose interest in the work, hate their firm and soon organise themselves in order to pressurise the firm for higher wages.
Payment by Results

Scientific Management
Ancient History
Industrial Revolution
FW Taylor
Gilbreths
Henry Gantt
Charles Bedaux


Mayo's Hawthorne Experiments
Hawthorne Experiments
The Hawthorne Studies
Findings from the Studies


Organisational Design
Chris Argyris - Intro
Value Systems
Immaturity / Maturity Theory
Organizational Design


Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Key principles
Corollaries 1 & 2
Corollaries 3 & 4
Corollaries 5 & 6
Corollaries 7 & 8
Examples


Job / Work Design
Job / Work Design
Assumptions
Approaches
Systems Approach
Criteria
Application
- Typical Employee PDF
- Job Characteristics PDF
- Job Design Analysis PDF
Conclusion

 

 

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