MOTIVATION

Purpose of the topic is to explain the social learning theory of motivation, and how using the theory
describe an instance where I get important information through vicarious learning and also
describe a situation in which I learned through modeling. Finally I mention about, to what extent
I can identify the modeling process steps in my own situation. The quest for improving
performance at work is one of the essences of management. Clearly there are many factors
involved in this, having the right equipment, people with a right knowledge, skills and abilities,
and the right kind of organizational framework. But even with all these in place, something else
needed: the people must be willing to do the work. They have to be motivated in some way to
undertake the tasks which will contribute to the organization achieving its objectives.
Motivation is a force that energies or gives direction to behavior. Motivation is an important
necessity to success. It is an internal force, so we can only infer motivation from behavior. It
determines a persons behavior and the resulting performance is a product of both ability level and
motivation and next is managers must seek to raise this level of motivation and direct its driving
force towards the achievement of organizational goals. The degree to which the individual wants
and chooses to engage in a specified behaviour-Mitchell. Once every peoples are motivated they
are accomplished to achieve expected results or higher as well as motivate others around them. If
we see the motivation leaning it has many motivation theories. These motivation theories include
Intrinsic motivation, Extrinsic motivation, Cognitive theories, Reinforcement theories, Social
Learning theories and the Need theories: need theory examine individuals needs regarding
Maslows hierarchy of needs theory, Herzbergs two factor theory, Alderfers ERG theory and
McClellands acquired needs theory.
Intrinsic motivation is related to self satisfaction of completing a task successfully or a growth.
This kind of motivation has been explained by Fritz Heider's attribution theory, Bandura's selfefficacy theory as well as by Ryan and Deci's cognitive evaluation theory. Extrinsic motivation is
related to the external factors such as awards or promotions. Needs theories show each human
being is an individual, and each individuals behaviour is not entirely rational- not always
prompted by his conscious mind? The most commonly accepted theory about causation of human
behaviour is Need theory. Maslows hierarchy of needs theory focuses on the five level
hierarchy. There are follows: Physiological needs, Safety/security needs, Belongingness/love
needs, Esteem/ego needs and Self-actualization needs.