Is it possible for a manager to motivate an employee?

Question

explaining your answer in terms of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.

Answer 1

All motivation comes from within. All motivation is, in the end, intrinsic. What may seem like an extrinsic movitivator, such as performance bonuses, is actually intrinsic. You see, if such bonuses aren't intrinsicallly appealing to certain employees, they won't work with them, even if they are introduced extrinsically.

What a manager CAN do is find out what motivates individual employees. For one, it may be the chance to work on projects of their own choosing. With another, it might be one-on-one recognition. Still another might need the money. The smart manager discovers what motivates intrinsically, then applies those rewards when the employee shows outstanding performance.

Is this what you were looking for? It's the standard prevailing wisdom regarding these things.

Answer 2

Extrinsic motivation is where you feel valued and rewarded for your efforts and contribution to the organisation. This mode of management will inspire you to have the intrinsic confidence to perform at peak levels continuously with confidence.
If the extrinsic motivation is not of a genuine, constructive nature/'bad' management/supervision can then scew the employee's intrinsic values and whilst believing they are working to full potential they may in fact not be. Or, an employee may only produce the minimum level of productivity as intrinsically they recognise the managers extrinsic levels of motivation are not applicable in genuineness to them. Thereby the attitude of 'do only what is needed and no more' will become common place in the organisation.
A truly motivating manager has the extrinsic ability to have all staff under them to feel valued and working productively even though intrinsically they may only like a few of their staff members.
End of day the benchmark is about profit not people.

Answer 3

Sounds like a homework question. Try it there. No real life manager uses psycho-babble to motivate employees. Employees are motivated by the managers loyalty and appreciation (intrinsic?) toward them, and by appropriate compensation and recognition (extrinsic?).

Answer 4

Yes. My old manager intrinsically motivated me to want to slap him silly. Extrinsically, I knew if I did I would be fired and he will win.

Answer 5

No because if a manager tried to motivate the employee by lowering their wage, they would quit. If they raised it, they would still act the same way.

High fives and smiles and fakeness does NOT motivate an employee and lectures wouldn't get you anywhere either. If you keep giving an employee lectures, they will quit and find a different job.

Answer 6

motivation either intrinsic and extrinsic are merely due to our self unawareness, if you like to get motivated by your employer then you got to be aware it could turn otherway around ,

simple policy, I worked many years with out looking for betterment ,but whenver i changed Job i got a good uplift
Praise God for the Blessing

Answer 7

Yes, a manager can motivate an employee through positive reinforcement,respect, and a reward system. It works much better than negatives and intimidation. People are much happier and more productive when they work in a positive environment

Answer 8

Managers are in the training process every day . One of the process are to make people feel adequate and to be successful in the work force.With out the support of the employees the manager can not be successful if you don't have this you will fail!

Answer 9

it isn't continuously a threat and some human beings merely might want to get replaced because they're the incorrect human being for the pastime.Motivating yet another man or woman by communicate does no longer continuously paintings.some human beings merely favor to study what to do altough it truly is likewise no longer the acceptable difficulty.you ought to to make sure why someone isn't doing his/her pastime nicely.some paintings is merely boring and takes a great number of software.If the worker/worker does no longer see the great thing about it is going to take the chief time to reveal him/her what the point is of the problem.

Answer 10

Invaluable resource on this very issue is a book called "The One Minute Manager". Highly recommended. And very short and to the point.