Motivation is the set of forces that creates a situation in which people are able to persist in their efforts over time to accomplish a goal. Managers often confuse motivation and performance, but job performance is a multiplicative function of motivation times ability times situational constraints.
Please respond to all of the following prompts in the class discussion section of your online course:
•Identify the elements of motivation. What is the relationship between job performance, motivation, ability, and situational constraints?
•How can managers use the basic principles of needs and rewards to motivate employees?
•What should managers be concerned about with regard to perceptions of fairness among employees?
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