Question: 1.A recent study found that when a day care center charged parents a fee for picking up their children late - the number of late

  • 1.A recent study found that when a day care center charged parents a fee for picking up their children late - the number of late pickups increased. Being late can be seen as breaking the social contract between the day care workers and the parents - internal motivation for the parent to be good people. If you charge the parents for being late you change the situation into a commercial transaction for the parents - an external motivation. External motivation such as pay stops being effective when the pay stop. Think about work or your personal life how can intrinsic motivation be increased? And what are the consequences of increased internal motivation? 
  • 2. Recently the CEO of Walmart discussed fixing for workers the Hygiene Factors" at Walmart (https://www.wica1.com/walmart-ceo-asks-workers-for-their-biggest-complaints-gets-a-deluge/. He is referring to the Herzberg theory. Why would the CEO of Walmart spend time talking about Hygiene factor? Will fixing hygiene factors motivate employees? 
  • 3. McClelland's Human Motivation Theory states that every person has three main driving motivators: the needs for achievement, affiliation, or power. Compare and contrast how you motivate a person based on their need for achievement, affiliation or power.
  • ( Internal versus External Motivation ) 

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