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Motivational Theories

Motivational Theories

On October 1st, 2003 Mergers, Inc.'s shareholders approved an acquisition of 123 Insurance. With the upcoming merger the management has expressed concern about the employee's morale and motivation. The management has assigned a team to do a study of our current morale and motivation status here at 123 Insurance. To get an idea on how to address our employee's motivational needs, a survey was created and given to all 123 employees. The survey asked fifteen questions and had the participant rate each one on a varying scale of strongly agree to strongly disagree, while one being strongly degree to five as strongly agree. In the following paper we will outline the survey, demographics, results and planned
actions for 123 Insurance employees.
• Goals; to compile data which will assist the management in keeping individual motivation high throughout the transition period and beyond.
• Technique used: A fifteen question, multiple choice surveys was given to all 123 Insurance employees. From this group we selected a cross section of the company of seven surveys to ensure a true diverse response.
In selecting which seven surveys to be used in the final analysis, we wanted to cover three areas, position, years with company, and gender. Selected surveys included;
• Position: two from management personal, two from professional, two from clerical, and one from admin support.
• Years with company: two with ten or more years, two with six to nine years, two with three to five years and one with less than two years.
• Gender: four women and three men.
After we broke down the demographics we wished to cover, we compared the surveys answers to motivational theories. The first theory used was McClelland's Theory of Needs. David McClelland and others have proposed three major relevant motives or needs in the workplace.
1. The need for achievement (nAch)- the drive to excel, to achieve in relation to a set of standards , to strive to succeed...