Understanding the individual characteristics of your employees

Understanding the individual characteristics of your employees

There is a theory that motivation can only come from within, however, as a manager you will have the responsibility to not only manage the daily activities of your employees but to also motivate them.  Understanding the individual characteristics of your employees is key as this allows you to have a personal approach based on their personality rather than relying solely on your leadership style.  Having a strong understanding of motivational theories will aid in your ability to motivate personnel.

In this chart complete the following:

1. Give a complete description of your understanding of the motivational theory.
2. What type of environment or situation would be best suited to each theory.  Give an example of a situation you have experienced or a situation in which you believe this would have been a good fit.
3. Describe the Pros and Cons of each theory.

Please submit your assignment.

Your assignment will be graded in accordance with the following criteria. Click here to view the grading rubric.

 

• Abstract……(two short sentences)
• Cover Page
• Introductory and Conclusion paragraphs appropriately labeled (remember the introductory paragraph is not labeled introduction, rather it is the title of the paper)
• MUST HAVE In-text citations (author, date)
• Indent first sentence of each new paragraph
• Double space text
• 12-point font (new Times Roman or Ariel)
• USE Paragraph headings (will be primarily Level 1 – centered, bolded, not underlined; however introductory heading is not bolded)…………MUST USE THEM!!!!!
• Reference Page
• Hanging indentation for first line of references on Reference Page
• Running head (top left-hand corner of every page)
• DO NOT USE COLORED FONT
• DO NOT LEAVE BLUE HYPERLINK INTACT WHEN COPYING REFERENCES OVER FROM THE INTERNET…………(REMOVE THEM!!!!!)
• DO NOT USE CONTRACTIONS

General Guidelines

DO NOT PLAGIARIZE……anything over 10% will be penalized; any OS over 49% is an automatic flunk

• Spell check – do not misspell words
• Use appropriate punctuation for quotes (” “)
• Use appropriate grammar and punctuation……grammar check!
• Spacing consistent between paragraphs…..generally one space
• No more than 10% of the paper in quotes
• No more than 10% bulleted text
• Abstract, Cover Page and Reference Page do not count toward the pages requirement…..only content does!!!!
• Use third-person consistently throughout paper
• MUST have introductory and conclusion paragraphs
• DO NOT LEAVE EDITING RECOMMENDATIONS IN YOUR PAPER – REMOVE THEM
• PROOF-READ!!!!!