Plan for Postive Influence
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Plan for Positive Influence
University of Phoenix
Plan for Positive Influence
Attitudes reflect how one feels about something. Emotions are reactions to a person or event. Positive emotions can increase problem-solving skills and help us understand and analyze new information. Personality is defined as the sum total of ways in which an individual reacts and interacts with others. Values are important to the study of organizational behavior because they lay the foundation for the understanding of people’s attitudes and motivation, and because they influence our perceptions. Motivation is the processes that account for an individual’s intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal (Robbins and Timothy, 2007). This paper will discuss ways to increase motivation, satisfaction, and performance. How attitudes, emotions, personalities, and values influence behavior are discussed in this paper using outline format.
I. Motivation, Satisfaction and Performance
A. Motivating moments strives to continually offer positive words of encouragement to help give you the self-confidence and self-esteem you need to empower, motivate and inspire yourself and others (Motivation and Inspiration, 2009).
B. The processes that account for an individual’s intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal.
1. Intensity: How hard a person tries
2. Direction: Effort is channeled in a direction that benefits the organization
3. Persistence: This is a measure of how long a person can maintain effort
C. Early Theories of Motivation
1. Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
2. Theory X
3. Theory Y
4. Two-factor theory
D. Contemporary Theories of Motivation
1. McClelland’s theory of needs: Achievement, power, and affiliation are three important needs that help explain...
Plan for Positive Influence
University of Phoenix
Plan for Positive Influence
Attitudes reflect how one feels about something. Emotions are reactions to a person or event. Positive emotions can increase problem-solving skills and help us understand and analyze new information. Personality is defined as the sum total of ways in which an individual reacts and interacts with others. Values are important to the study of organizational behavior because they lay the foundation for the understanding of people’s attitudes and motivation, and because they influence our perceptions. Motivation is the processes that account for an individual’s intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal (Robbins and Timothy, 2007). This paper will discuss ways to increase motivation, satisfaction, and performance. How attitudes, emotions, personalities, and values influence behavior are discussed in this paper using outline format.
I. Motivation, Satisfaction and Performance
A. Motivating moments strives to continually offer positive words of encouragement to help give you the self-confidence and self-esteem you need to empower, motivate and inspire yourself and others (Motivation and Inspiration, 2009).
B. The processes that account for an individual’s intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal.
1. Intensity: How hard a person tries
2. Direction: Effort is channeled in a direction that benefits the organization
3. Persistence: This is a measure of how long a person can maintain effort
C. Early Theories of Motivation
1. Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
2. Theory X
3. Theory Y
4. Two-factor theory
D. Contemporary Theories of Motivation
1. McClelland’s theory of needs: Achievement, power, and affiliation are three important needs that help explain...