You are in-charge of a small department and have three subordinates – Yogesh, Pawan and Kapil. The key to the success of your department is to keep these employees as motivated as possible. Here is a brief summary profile on each of these subordinates. Yogesh is the type of employee who is hard to figure out. His absenteeism record is much higher than average. He greatly enjoys his family and thinks they should be central to his life. He believes in hippie culture. As a result, the things that the company can offer him really inspire him very little. He feels that the job is simply a means of financing his family‘s basic needs and little else. Overall, Yogesh does adequate job and is very conscientious, but all attempts to get him to do more have failed. He has charm and his friendly, but he meets the minimal standards of performance. Pawan is in many aspects different form Yogesh. Like Yogesh, he is a likeable guy, but unlike Yogesh, Pawan responds well to the company‘s rules and compensation schemes and has a high degree of personal loyalty to the company. The problem with Pawan is that he will not do very much independently. He does well with what is assigned to him, but he is not very creative. He is also a shy person who is not very assertive when dealing with people outside the department. This impacts his performance to certain extent because he cannot immediately sell himself to other departments of company as well to top management. Kapil, on the other hand, is a very assertive person. He will work for money and would readily change jobs for more money. He really works hard for the company but expects the company also tow work for him. In his present job, he feels no qualms about working a 60-hour week, if the money is there. Even though he has a family and is supporting his elder father, he once quit a job when his employer didn‘t give him a raise on the basis that he was already making too much. He is quite a driver. A manager at his last place of employment indicated that, although Kapil did do an excellent job for the company, his personality was so intense that they were glad to get rid of him. His former boss noted that Kapil just seemed to be pushing all he time. If it wasn‘t for more money, it was for better fringe benefits; he never seemed satisfied. 

Questions 

Q.1 Explain Yogesh, Pawan & Kapil motivations by using one or more motivation theories? 

Q.2 Who does perceive money as being a direct reward and motivation for performance? 

Q.3 How does the equity theory applicable on the motivation levels of Yogesh, Pawan and Kapil?

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a The motivation theory which works for all the three are Maslows theory In his theory he talks about the needs of the employee to be satisfied in order to gain success to the organization The needs a... View the full answer