Organisational theory and motivation

Organisational theory consists of approaches to organisational analysis. Organisations are groups of individuals that are structured and managed to meet a need, or to pursue collective goals.

Some well known approaches are:

• Maslows Hierarchy of needs

• Hetzberg

Maslows Hierarchy of needs

Maslow

Hertzberg two factor model

• Proposed by Frank Hertzberg

• Asked people to describe situations when they felt really good and really bad about their jobs.

• There are a set of factors in the workplace that cause satisfaction.

• And a seperate set of factors that cause dissatisfaction.

• Remedying the causes of dissatisfaction will not create satisfaction

Job dissatisfaction

• Working conditions

• Co-worker relations

• Policies and rules

• Supervisor quality

• Base wage,salary

Job satisfaction

• Achievement

• Recognition

• Responsibility

• Work itself

• Advancement

• Personal growth