Why study this Motivation course?

Want to learn how to keep yourself and others motivated? This online Motivation course will help you!

Motivation is the driving force by which humans achieve their goals. This is recommended course for anyone in a supervisory or management position and this course complements Management and Professional Supervision. Why learn motivation? Motivated employees are needed in our modern workplaces. They help organizations survive. Motivated staff are more productive. So to be effective, managers need to understand what motivates employees within their roles. Of all the roles of a manager, motivating staff is likely the most complex, just like what motivates people is continuously changing.

Course Aims:

  • Describe the nature and scope of motivation
  • Identify the differences between people that distinguish the application of motivational skills
  • Explain the significance of knowledge and understanding to motivation.
  • Explain the effects of Tangible Rewards (eg: Money, Services, Goods) as a major motivator.
  • Explain the effect of intangible Rewards (eg: Security, Ethics, Gratitude, Belief
  • Systems/Religion, Peer Pressure) as a major motivator.
  • Explain how actions can be motivated by negative motivators such as pain, suffering, discipline, threat), and distinguish this type of motivation from positive motivation.
  • Explain how to initiate motivation with an individual or group in a situation not previously confronted.
  • Explain how motivation can be maintained or increased in both successful and unsuccessful environments.
  • Identify a range of situations where motivational skills can be applied, and determine an appropriate way to initiate and maintain motivation in each of those situations.

 

Lesson Structure

1. Introduction
  • How important is the study of motivation
  • What is motivation
  • Maslow’s theory of motivation
  • Incentives
  • Internal or intrinsic incentives
  • Incentives external to the working environment
  • The relational character of incentives
  • Social reinforcers
2. Awareness
  • Motivation and goals
  • Motivation and distress
  • Reinforcement
  • Classical conditioning
  • Operant conditioning
3. Tangible Rewards
  • Self determination theory
  • Hygiene and motivation theory
  • Tangible rewards
4. Intangible Rewards
  • Intrinsic motivation
  • Security -Cultural, Production of community, Gender, Age, Vocation, Education, etc
  • Ethics
  • Gratitude
  • Belief systems
  • Peer pressure
  • Extrinsic and intrinsic reinforcement at work
5. Negative Motivators
  • Punishment
  • Pain
  • Suffering
  • Discipline
  • Threat
6. Initiating Motivation
  • Explain how to initiate motivation with an individual or group for a situation not previously confronted
7. Maintaining Motivation
  • Goal setting
  • Influence of Groups on individual motivation
  • Social loafing
  • Employee motivation in the workplace by managers
  • Expectations
  • Job design
  • Motivation for a personal trainer
8. Applications
  • Space management
  • Time management
  • Staff appraisals
  • Expectations
  • Vicious and virtuous cycles
  • PBL Project: Create and present a plan with specific strategies for improving the employee’s motivation in the workplace, based on a clear understanding of the person’s needs, values and situation.

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  • Experienced Tutor support
  • Certificate sent to you
  • Online study (Printed notes available)
  • Self paced - no set timetable
  • 12 months to complete course

From: $25.00 / week for 26 weeks

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    • Self paced - no set timetable
    • 12 months to complete course

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      Why study this Motivation course?

      Want to learn how to keep yourself and others motivated? This online Motivation course will help you!

      Motivation is the driving force by which humans achieve their goals. This is recommended course for anyone in a supervisory or management position and this course complements Management and Professional Supervision. Why learn motivation? Motivated employees are needed in our modern workplaces. They help organizations survive. Motivated staff are more productive. So to be effective, managers need to understand what motivates employees within their roles. Of all the roles of a manager, motivating staff is likely the most complex, just like what motivates people is continuously changing.

      Course Aims:

      • Describe the nature and scope of motivation
      • Identify the differences between people that distinguish the application of motivational skills
      • Explain the significance of knowledge and understanding to motivation.
      • Explain the effects of Tangible Rewards (eg: Money, Services, Goods) as a major motivator.
      • Explain the effect of intangible Rewards (eg: Security, Ethics, Gratitude, Belief
      • Systems/Religion, Peer Pressure) as a major motivator.
      • Explain how actions can be motivated by negative motivators such as pain, suffering, discipline, threat), and distinguish this type of motivation from positive motivation.
      • Explain how to initiate motivation with an individual or group in a situation not previously confronted.
      • Explain how motivation can be maintained or increased in both successful and unsuccessful environments.
      • Identify a range of situations where motivational skills can be applied, and determine an appropriate way to initiate and maintain motivation in each of those situations.

       

      Lesson Structure

      1. Introduction
      • How important is the study of motivation
      • What is motivation
      • Maslow’s theory of motivation
      • Incentives
      • Internal or intrinsic incentives
      • Incentives external to the working environment
      • The relational character of incentives
      • Social reinforcers
      2. Awareness
      • Motivation and goals
      • Motivation and distress
      • Reinforcement
      • Classical conditioning
      • Operant conditioning
      3. Tangible Rewards
      • Self determination theory
      • Hygiene and motivation theory
      • Tangible rewards
      4. Intangible Rewards
      • Intrinsic motivation
      • Security -Cultural, Production of community, Gender, Age, Vocation, Education, etc
      • Ethics
      • Gratitude
      • Belief systems
      • Peer pressure
      • Extrinsic and intrinsic reinforcement at work
      5. Negative Motivators
      • Punishment
      • Pain
      • Suffering
      • Discipline
      • Threat
      6. Initiating Motivation
      • Explain how to initiate motivation with an individual or group for a situation not previously confronted
      7. Maintaining Motivation
      • Goal setting
      • Influence of Groups on individual motivation
      • Social loafing
      • Employee motivation in the workplace by managers
      • Expectations
      • Job design
      • Motivation for a personal trainer
      8. Applications
      • Space management
      • Time management
      • Staff appraisals
      • Expectations
      • Vicious and virtuous cycles
      • PBL Project: Create and present a plan with specific strategies for improving the employee’s motivation in the workplace, based on a clear understanding of the person’s needs, values and situation.

      Enrol Now

      • Experienced Tutor support
      • Certificate sent to you
      • Online study (Printed notes available)
      • Self paced - no set timetable
      • 12 months to complete course

      From: $25.00 / week for 26 weeks

      Clear

       

      Get a Free Info Pack!

        CourseStream Accreditation.
        Accredited courses.