Motivation and Demotivation
Motivation is a big topic either in management or human nature aspect. In psychology, motivation refers to the initiation, direction, intensity and persistence of behavior (Geen, 1995). Motivation is acquired working in an organization especially working in a group. Numbers of theories about motivation from various perspectives by different people have applied in practice, such as Maslow¡¯s hierarchy of human needs, Herzberg¡¯s two factor theory and the recently introduced ¡°self control¡±. In practice, motivation is not only drove by oneself, but also affected by others. How the external force influences human¡¯s motivation quite interests me.
¡°To motivate, don¡¯t demotivate¡± is an article written by Paul Glen who is an IT manager invited to have a speech about motivation. He didn¡¯t aim to make people cry or tell stories about overcoming cancer but reflect on his experience of working in a team: how active manager do to try to......
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