Motivation, Job design, and Extrinsic Rewards

Course Description

The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ knowledge of the concept of motivation which consists of needs, motives, drives, and goals and incentives. The learner will further develop knowledge of ‘level of arousal’, which is related to drive and emotion and an important feature of the motivational state. Theoretically both content and process theories will be studied, alongside acknowledgment of the concept of social identity and culture to further develop knowledge of motivation at work. To enhance learner experience developments in job design has been included together with the impacts of technology. Rewards are seen both intrinsically and extrinsically and through job evaluation.

Course Objectives

The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ knowledge of the concept of motivation which consists of needs, motives, drives, and goals and incentives. The learner will further develop knowledge of ‘level of arousal’, which is related to drive and emotion and an important feature of the motivational state. Theoretically both content and process theories will be studied, alongside acknowledgment of the concept of social identity and culture to further develop knowledge of motivation at work. To enhance learner experience developments in job design has been included together with the impacts of technology. Rewards are seen both intrinsically and extrinsically and through job evaluation.

Key Topics

1. LO1: Understand how motivation arises when we ask why people behave in certain ways, and how when people are motivated, they are responding to conditions operating within and outside themselves
2. LO2: Understand the connectivity between motivational theory and job design
3. LO3: Understand the difference between extrinsic and intrinsic rewards

Course Outline

Learning Outcomes

1. LO1 Understand how motivation arises when we ask why people behave in certain ways, and how when people are motivated, they are responding to conditions operating within and outside themselves
2. 1.1 Discuss major aspects of the motivation process in an organisation.
3. 1.2 Assess the differences between content and process theories of employee motivation in an organisation.
4. LO2 Understand the connectivity between motivational theory and job design
5. 2.1 Critically evaluate the different approaches to job design in an organisation.
6. 2.2 Assess how job design is used to motivate employees in an organisation.
7. LO3 Understand the difference between extrinsic and intrinsic rewards
8. 3.1 Evaluate the differences between extrinsic and intrinsic rewards in an organisational context.
9. 3.2 Explain the ways rewards can be determined in an organisation context.