Working with people and teams, concept of motivation.

WORKING WITH PEOPLE AND TEAMS ASSESSMENT OUTCOME 2 Buck and Huck defines the concept of motivation by saying, "motives are learned needs which influence our behaviour by leading us to pursue particular goals because they are socially valued" . Motivation strategy can be defined as a plan or design to define motivational goals. The doctrine that human nature is rational-economic derives ultimately from the philosophy of hedonism, which argued that people act to maximise their self-interest. In …

… Diagnostic approach is that managers should be good diagnosticians and should value a spirit of enquiry, (the role of reflective management - practitioner). In other words, remedies, strategies, policies and prescriptions have to be tailored to the situation in which the problem exists. BIBLIOGRAPHY MULLINS, LJ (1999), "MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR" (4TH ED), PITMAN BENNET, R (1997), "ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR" (3RD ED), M&T PITMAN BUCHANAN, D & HUCZYNSKI, A (1997), "ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR" (3RD ED), PRENTICE HALL