Applying Motivation, Job design, and Extrinsic Rewards in practice: case studies

This week’s topics

Applying Motivation, Job design, and Extrinsic Rewards in practice: case studies

1. Case analysis
2. Linking theory to practice
3. Evaluating evidence
4. Job Satisfaction/Motivation - The Business of Football (#3)
5. Stanford Seminar - Applying Theory to Practice (and Practice to Theory)

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Discuss major aspects of the motivation process in an organisation.
• 1.2 Assess the differences between content and process theories of employee motivation in an organisation.
• 2.1 Critically evaluate the different approaches to job design in an organisation.
• 2.2 Assess how job design is used to motivate employees in an organisation.
• 3.1 Evaluate the differences between extrinsic and intrinsic rewards in an organisational context.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Case-study workshop: apply the unit’s concepts to a real or realistic case and evaluate the outcome.

Study materials

Videos

• Job Satisfaction/Motivation - The Business of Football (#3) · YouTube · OpenLearn from The Open University · 6 min · for registered students
• Stanford Seminar - Applying Theory to Practice (and Practice to Theory) · YouTube · Stanford Online · 59 min · for registered students
• Implications for Managers 8 - Organizational Psychology Lecture 8.6 · YouTube · Professor Q · 2 min · for registered students
• #32 Does Pay for Performance really motivate? · YouTube · Armin Trost · 38 min · for registered students

Further resources

• How to retain rural teachers: hygiene or motivation factors? A case of Western China · Reading · Reading, article · for registered students
• Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 9.7: From motivation theory to application · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 309–312 · for registered students
• Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research · Reading · Arxiv, article · for registered students