Transcript Nursing Management Module

Nursing
ManagemenT:
Motivation
Motivational theorist in
Management
Motivation describes the factors that initiate and
direct behavior.
Motivated employees are more likely to be
productive than nonmotivated workers.
This is one reason that motivation is an
important aspect of enhancing employee
performance.
Historically motivational theories were
concerned with three things:
1. What mobilizes or energizes human behavior
2. What directs behavior toward the
accomplishment of some objective
3. How such behavior is sustained over time
It is used depends on their ability to
explain motivation adequately
Predict with some degree of accuracy what
people actually do and lastly
Suggest practical ways of influencing
employees to accomplish organizational
objectives
MT can be classified into at least 2 distinct group:
Content Theorists
Process Theorists
Content theories:
Motivational theories that emphasize individual
needs or the rewards that may satisfy those
needs
Comparison of Content theories
Maslow
Alderfer
Herzberg
Self-actualization
Growth needs
Motivating factors
Belongingness
(social needs)
Relatedness needs
Hygiene factors
Safety needs
Existence needs
Esteem needs
Physiological needs
Process theories
Motivational theories that emphasize how the
motivation process works to direct an
individual’s effort into performance
1. Process theories
Attempt to explain why a person behaves in a
particular manner
MT that emphasize how the motivation process
works to direct an individual’s effort into
performance
- Reinforcement theory e.g Skinner 1953
 Operant conditioning
 Punishment
 Extinction
 Shaping
Maslow theory:
Application to managing in nursing.
The nurse manager is responsible
for
• Understanding motivating factors for
employees and how motivation affects job
performance
• Using motivational techniques to enhance
employee performance
• Utilizing creative techniques to motivate staff
when traditional rewards such as pay or
benefit increases are unavailable and
• Empowering staff to use creativity to enhance
job performance.
• GROUP WORK:
DESCRIBE MASLOW’S THEORY AND OTHER
THEORIES RELATED TO MANAGEMENT
HOW THESE THEORIES APPLICABLE IN MANAGING
PEOPLE/NURSES
Why you choose such theory in management?
Reflect your experience in the ward