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Assignment: Living Case Analysis- Interview with CMU President Bob Davies on Goal Systems

Rather than give you a fictitious organizational situation, I am asking you to apply your knowledge of human motivation to real interview commentary. I call this a "living case" opportunity. The Living Case video features President Bob Davies of Central Michigan University. The topic of the case is Motivation. President Davies provides a presentation about his background and the principles he uses to motivate himself and others. After viewing his presentation, you will need to address the four questions and requested descriptions below. The Living Case will be graded on an 80-point basis.

Click on the link under the "Living Case Analysis - Interview with CMU President Bob Davies on Motivation" heading. This will take you to the recorded interview.

A sample case write-up has been provided for your viewing within the course bb shell. Use it to help you with your write-up!

Here are the questions and descriptions required for the Living Case assignment.

1) Describe President Davies' basic assumptions regarding motivation. That is, what are the underlying principles which guide him as he motivates his executive cabinet members, staff, faculty, students, and himself?

2) Describe at least two theories of motivation (based upon those frameworks of motivation presented in the text such as Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, Goal Setting Theory, Expectancy Theory, Equity Theory, the Job Characteristics Model, etc.) which best describe President Davies' motivational actions.

3) Describe how President Davies uses different motivational approaches for different people (i.e., staff, faculty, students, etc.).

4) From your personal perspective, describe several important lessons you (or perhaps a new manager) could learn from President Davies regarding how to motivate others to higher levels of performance.