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Unit 1: Understanding Individuals at work
Question 1: Summarize the following early motivation theories.
- Satisfaction theories
- Incentive theories
- Intrinsic theories
Question 2: Discuss the uses and limitations of the above theories.
Question 3: Explain five sets of assumptions which underlie out motivation theories and show how these assumptions can create self-fulfilling prophecies.
Question 4: Explain Handy's Motivation calculus approach to understanding motivation.
Question 5: Use this concept (motivation calculus approach) to analyze how individuals reach decisions about how hard or effectively they should work.
Question 6: Explain the concept of the psychological contract and give examples of coercive, calculative and co-operative contracts.
Question 7: Explain how the actions of management affect the nature of the psychological contracts it develops with employees.
Question 8: Discuss the usefulness and limitations of money as a motivator.
Question 9: Explain how an individual's self-concept affects his or her motivation.
Question 10: Explain what psychological success means and how you could go about achieving it.