Background

As managers, we often need to assess each workplace on its own merits, including culture, industry, size,etc, before we can motivate workers and bring about positive results. This assignment will ask that you research forms of motivation that would be appropriate in 5 different industries - keeping in mind that (for example) on a nursing unit, you realize you cannot motivate using some of the practices that have worked for you in other industries (for example, you can't let nurses work from home).

Instructions

Research motivation.

Create a PowerPoint presentation on the types of motivation that are effective in the following industries/workplaces. Begin the presentation with a discussion of motivation. Your slides should include:

• Define (in your own words) what 'motivation' means in the workplace.
• Define and briefly discuss the two primary types of motivation: intrinsic and extrinsic.
• For each of the following industries / work places, include a slide on each that identifies 2-3 ways in which you could motivate workers if you were managing a department in that industry.
  • Explain each of the 2-3 forms of motivation you have identified, briefly;
  • Articulate whether each is intrinsic or extrinsic and
  • Provide a one- or two-sentence explanation as to why each motivating act will be effective in that workplace. See sample below.

The five workplaces you will include are:

1. A small medical office
2. A help desk or customer call center
3. A boutique retail clothing store (i.e., not a big chain store)
4. The mortgage department of a bank
5. A manufacturing facility producing computer parts.

Though you may be tempted to say 'raise pay' or 'award bonuses' frequently, try to be a little more creative in your thinking. How else can you motivate? Remember that money is not the reason most people leave jobs where they are unhappy: they leave because they do not like their supervisor or coworkers. Keep that in mind.