week 2 Motivation

Which content theory relates to me the most?

Motivation theory that wills suit me the most is Maslow’s because he has put all the basic needs at the bottom and we all need it from day to day. Also Maslow's theory can relate to working environment and even different stages of life.
One of the reasons why I have decided to choose Maslow’s theory is because he has identified five areas that we are all working toward, for example the bottom two levels are the most important which are physiological needs and safety. These two are the most important objects in life, for example physiological needs will be food, water, shelter and money. Then we move on to safety which can be defined as job security, safety at work and these will be basic needs.
Then we move on to the social needs which will help me to be comfortable / confident in any environment. Also this is one of the most important parts of the theory because being social can motivate me.

Esteem or Ego is about self respect and being recognised. How does it relate to me? When I was working for John Lewis, I was respected because I received good comments from my managers and customers. Also I felt appreciated and a sense of belonging.
The final stage of Maslow’s motivation theory is self actualisation which means feeling satisfied of what they have accomplished. I don’t feel I have achieved that so far because I have not got the time to do hobbies. The reason for this is that my working life is taking most of my time away. In a way it motivates me to complete the tasks that I set for myself.
On the other hand I have looked up other motivation theories, for example, Clayton Alderfer’s ERG: (E-existence, R-relatedness, and G-growth), Frederick Hertzberg’s, David McClelland’s and Abraham Maslow's. When I looked at Clayton Alderfer’s theory ERG, I feel that only two stages suited me. In Frederick Herzberg’s theory, the two factors he has mention I feel I can relate to it but most of it was at the moment when I started my career. David McClelland’s theory kinds of relates to me because all of us needs achievement, affiliation and power to enable me to keep going but I still feel that Maslow’s theory suited me the most because he has put them into a hierarchy of needs which applies to my working and social life.


What motivated me to study a degree in international management?

The reason why I’m here is because to help me to achieve my goals, for example accomplish my degree and building up my social networking, for that I mean people with experiences that can give me advices.
The reason why I started this course is because I want to achieve something that can help me to developed new skills and knowledge. Also help me to pursue a career in the future. Another reason is that I always admire families and friends who have comfortable lifestyle and also enjoyed their job. One of the most important points that motivate me is that I can prove to myself that I can achieve a degree and prove people with learning difficulties can also do the same. I don’t want to regret that I had a chance to go to university and my brother has effect to do better in my educations.
The next 2 – 3 years, there will be lots of things that will motivate me to go to the lectures, for example the course fee £££ that I have paid and one of the most important one is friends because on some projects we will be working together to accomplish.

In Maslow’s motivation theory I’m still at near the beginning / middle stage because at the moment now I have a regular source of income and still making new friends around the university.


Moment of de-motivation


When I was working for John Lewis I was de-motivated by one of my manager because she did not trust me to be responsible. I think she did not trust me to be responsible is because of my age and I was the youngest one in the team member. As time when on I have prove to her that I was responsible by being punctual, receiving good comments from customers and showing her that I good knowledge in my job role.
Also my colleagues has encourage me to talk to the manager about giving me more tasks in my job role and they have guided me on some areas that I was not sure on. When we was working together she has seen my performances and has decided to give me more responsibilities, for example cashing up the tills and locking up the front gate and this has motivated me because I now know that she trust me to be responsible.
In this section it relates to social needs because my colleagues has motivated me to speak the manager and it made me feel like I have achieve her trust.
If I could do it differently then I will pick another section department.

In conclusion, the research was very interesting and we all can relate to it in our experiences and plans in our life and all the theories are individual but it fits in their own ways.


Here are some web sites that I have visited
http://www.businessballs.com/davidmcclelland.htm http://www.learnmanagement2.com/DavidMcClelland.htm
http://www.businessballs.com/herzberg.htm
http://www.valuebasedmanagement.net/methods_alderfer_erg_theory.html