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Post by blaircavalier on Dec 9, 2013 21:34:35 GMT -6
RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
I thought this was an interesting watch. Each individual is different in the choices they make, the way they work, and the way they are motivated. This video shows just how different people can be motivated. Motivation is a key aspect in the work place. It is important for employers to keep their employees motivated. The more they are motivated, the better quality of work they will perform. It is important for companies to know that individuals are motivated by different things. Most are motivated by money, but there are things that work and do not work when motivating and this video showed just that.
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Post by boris on Dec 10, 2013 0:34:26 GMT -6
RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
Motivators are different for every person. Rewarding someone with money, does not mean they will increase their performance. Actually most times they will not. I believe that an incentive for employees, should not, if possible, be money. I think there are other kinds of incentives a manager can use. Of course money is the easy one, but if you get to know the person you might something else. In the video, they said that have that one day of autonomy, for employees to do whatever they want. It created more ideas and bug fixes than other times. So empowering employees and let them do freely what they want, can be a great incentive that does not have to be monetary. This kind of incentive is what companies should look for.
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Post by w0426116 on Dec 10, 2013 2:40:39 GMT -6
In an MIT study, in regards to mechanical skill, the larger the reward, the better the performance. However, in regards to cognitive skill, the lower the performance, the higher the reward, the lower the performance. This makes sense because the greater the expectation, the more nervous one would get and the greater the likelihood of error.
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Post by phenry on Dec 10, 2013 9:25:46 GMT -6
TITLE - RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
In my opinion, the driving truth about what motivates us is our core values. A lot of people think success, money, or long-term or short term goals is what drives us to do what we do on a daily basis, but I honestly think it is deeper than that. By looking at your core values, such as family, integrity, love, and peace, you can base your acttions on what will satisfy those underling needs. Maslows hierarchy of needs says we are motivated to satisfy a basic need. I just think that need is (and should be) complying with our core values.
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Post by ebonisw on Dec 10, 2013 15:23:13 GMT -6
No one wants to do everything right and work hard and never, ever get any type of reward for it, especially if they actually hate their job. Motivation encourages individuals to want to excel and incentives are essential. The incentive must match the skill or performance being rewarded. You never know what people expect from certain jobs and effort they put in for it, so some rewards seem belittling and leave the worker feeling like, "all I got was... "
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Post by alyssatudor on Dec 10, 2013 15:42:00 GMT -6
When you do something that is good in the eyes of your employer you are usually given an incentive for that and then the less performance you give in the eyes of the employer the less likely you are to get an incentive. For most- the higher the pay the better the performance.
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Post by rjmonico on Mar 11, 2014 18:45:23 GMT -6
I would definitely share this link with friends and colleagues. Thank you Professor! Definitely a lot of information.I feel that every person has there own way of getting motivated. Be it money or whatever it is that makes people get things accomplished. I came to this country with my family from another country and am thankful to be in the best country in the world.I think that the science of motivation has a certain formula . Motivation has a lot to do with performance and being inspired or not by money is up to the individual.
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Post by patrickschwaner on Apr 1, 2014 9:39:39 GMT -6
This video definitely changed my view of what really motivates us. I found it quite interesting that difficult, technical tasks usually result in a high-work, high-work situation, whereas cognitive tasks do not result in the same work-pay scale. The part I liked the best they was when he discussed autonomy and gave the example of the boss who gave his employees 24 hours of unsupervised innovation time. The results were very cool, and I'd like to see what would happen if more bosses had the balls to actually do this.
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Post by bmcgarry13 on Apr 7, 2014 17:22:34 GMT -6
Increasing pay as an incentive is going to work up until the point in which a worker deems the pay worthwhile. To put simply, if a worker can comfortably make money he will until it becomes uncomfortable then progress and productivity will slow. It is important to remember how pay is only one driver or incentive for compensating people. Not everyone values pay the same. Some people would rather stock options or comprehensive benefits. This video summarizes the cost-benefit analysis pretty accurately. The form of incentive must match the individual’s preferences and desires to increase the individual’s willingness to work.
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Post by kati3 on Apr 11, 2014 15:43:32 GMT -6
I think most people are generally motivated by the same things. We all get up and go to work, not because we want to but because we want to get paid. We want to get paid so we can have things that make our lives easier or more enjoyable. But of course tangible awards are not the only things that motivate people. Rewards don't work on those who aren't looking to be rewarded.
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Post by pellirf22 on Apr 14, 2014 0:53:23 GMT -6
TITLE- RSA Animate- Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
I really enjoyed the message of this video. In my opinion, motivation is an art. As a manager I have found that motivating employees is one of the single most difficult tasks I run into. It is interesting to see how purpose motive can influence employees. I also can see how monetary incentives in corporations can become ineffective if not correctly distributed. I would recommend this video to all managers dealing with issues of motivation in their workplace.
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Post by katelynjones on Apr 14, 2014 10:39:58 GMT -6
What motivates us in the workplace? Rewards work if they are valuable to the employee. Monetary rewards are very effective. Like stated in the video, if you do small amounts of work, you get a small reward, if you do medium, you get medium rewards and if you do large amounts of work, you get a large reward. This motivates some people, not all. This was a great video. What I took away from this was asking myself, what motivates me to get more done at work? Money motivates me, especially being a college student and trying to pay down student loans.
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Post by jessicaratelle on Apr 15, 2014 14:48:02 GMT -6
This video was very information in learning what motivates people. So many people have the idea that money is the only form of motivation. Although money can be an incentive to motivating an employee and increasing productivity, it must fit the situation. Rewards are not as motivating whenever the results are unable to be measured. In each situation, there are different forms of motivation.
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Post by meganlynch on Apr 15, 2014 15:35:57 GMT -6
Motivation is a strange psychological element. When figuring out what really motivates people, it leads back to what the reward is being offered. Management usually tries to take a quick way out and offer them money for results. However, what humans are really motivated by is autonomy, mastery and purpose. When the video mentioned autonomy, it made me think of the common saying Money can't buy freedom. Humans react better when they are free to work at their own pace and on their passions. Mastery and purpose are important motivators because humans need to feel accomplished.Feeling accomplished is a reward of self that has a much higher value then any monetary amount.
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Post by chelsearickett on Apr 16, 2014 21:35:21 GMT -6
I whole-heartedly believe that when people have the opportunity to make more money or win a prize by using their brains, they perform worse, because they are now frantic and struggling and now only care about the reward rather than the activity. We should be paid enough to where it feels worth it. Autonomy is important because we like to be in charge of ourselves. We like to be trusted to do our jobs correctly. Mastery is also important because we like to do things well, great actually. Lastly, we want a purpose. We don't like menial tasks, or easy tasks that really anyone could do. We want to feel important and valued.
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