Management Principles: Directing & Motivation

The process where a supervisor ensures work aligns with targets, motivates employees, provides training, analyzes performance, and offers feedback to enhance skills.

The process of stimulating employees to act in a way that achieves organizational goals.

An internal state that encourages and directs behaviour towards specific goals, often stemming from an individual's needs.

Techniques used to stimulate employees to voluntarily achieve organizational goals, such as pay raise, promotion, recognition, or responsibility.

Encouraging employees through rewards such as pay rises, promotions, or recognition.

Influencing behavior through penalties or threats, such as punishment or the threat of loss of increments.

Motivation is an internal feeling, stemming from desires, needs, and aspirations that drive individuals to action.

Specific targets set by an organization to achieve its mission and objectives.

The power obtained from an organizational structure. In the case of managers, it refers to their legitimate organizational position.

The actions and reactions of employees in the work environment, often influenced by motivation and workplace conditions.