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Level 4 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Motivation Theories in Team Performance

AB406 · Leading and Managing Teams — Week 6 of 16

CourseAB406
Week6 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Motivation Theories in Team Performance

  1. Maslow's hierarchy of human needs
  2. Herzberg's two-factor hygiene theory
  3. Vroom's expectancy theory
  4. Practical motivational strategies for team engagement
  5. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (With Business Implications) | From A Business Professor
  6. Frederick Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory of Motivation
  7. Expectancy Theory of Motivation

What you will be able to do

  • 3.4 Discuss the role of motivation theories in improving individual and team performance.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: discuss the role of motivation theories in improving individual and team performance.

Study materials

Videos

  • Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (With Business Implications) | From A Business Professor · YouTube · Business School 101 · 8 min · for registered students
  • Frederick Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory of Motivation · YouTube · Alanis Business Academy · 11 min · for registered students
  • Expectancy Theory of Motivation · YouTube · Alanis Business Academy · 6 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 9.3–9.6: Maslow, McGregor, Herzberg, expectancy theory · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 300–308 · for registered students
  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 7.2: Content theories of motivation · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 180–192 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Distinguishing Leadership and Management
  • Week 2: Key Management Theories
  • Week 3: Key Leadership Theories
  • Week 4: Foundations of Team Development
  • Week 5: High-Performance Teams and Models
  • Week 6: Motivation Theories in Team Performance
  • Week 7: Techniques for Improving Individual and Business Performance
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Contemporary Challenges in Leading and Managing
  • Week 10: Assessing Own Leadership and Management Capacity
  • Week 11: Personal and Professional Development Planning
  • Week 12: Applying Leading and Managing Teams in practice: case studi…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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