1. Intro to I/O- Mini Lesson Shivani & Wiston
Employee Motivation
Intro to I/O- Mini Lesson
Shivani & Wiston

2. Learning Objectives
By the end of this lesson students should be able to understand:
The importance of work motivation to organizational psychology
The similarities and differences among the various need-motive-value theories of motivation
Discuss and apply Maslow’s hierarchy of needs by describing the needs at each level in relation to employee motivation

3. Motivation defined (Levy, 2017)
Work motivation is a force that drives people to behave in a way that it:
Energizes, which results in the expenditure of effort
Directs effort or behavior in a particular way or channels it toward a particular object or place (i.e., must have direction or purpose) &
Sustains effort over a given period of time

4. Motivation Theories in I/O

5. Case Study: Management Activity Case Study
You have recently been hired as an Organizational Development Manager at a new tech start up. You have been tasked with organizing a system that will be aimed at increasing employee motivation.
Using Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory, brainstorm different actions that could motivate your employees at at each level of the hierarchy

6. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Encourage creativity, provide challenges
Give rewards and recognize performance
Creating team spirit, doing outside activities
Wages, salaries, good working conditions
Vending machines, cafeterias