Annotated Bibliography Assignment On Motivation And Its Theories
Question
Task: Annotated Bibliography – 5 citations An annotated bibliography is a list of citations academic articles. Each citation is followed by a brief paragraph describing your understanding and evaluation of the article and annotations. In order to do the annotated bibliography, individual student must choose one of the topics below relating to OrganisationalBehaviour. Then you are required to read 5 journal articles and summarise your understanding of each article. Students are required to search and select the journal articles in EBSCO or related sources. The annotated bibliography should be about 1000 words. The title/name of each of the 5 journal or magazine articles should be clearly indicated such name of the journal, its author, title of the article and date of publication.
The 12 topics to choose from as follows;
1) Change Management
2) Team and Teamwork
3) Conflict in organisations
4) Power and politics
5) Organisational structure
6) Organisational culture
7) Personalities in organisation
8) Measurement of attitudes and perception in organisations
9) Diversity at Workplace
10) Motivation and its theories
11) Decision making mechanism in organization
12) Communication in workplace.
Only 1 topic is to be selected for the annotated bibliography assignment. Students whose annotated bibliography’s assignment contain two or more topics will be penalised for not adhering to the instruction. Each annotation should be concise - you are writing a summary, not an essay. Annotations should be around one paragraph. Write in full sentences using academic vocabulary. Issues that may be mentioned include: the credentials of the authors; the content and scope of the reference; and the main argument and conclusions.
Answer
Shafritz, J.M., Ott, J.S. and Jang, Y.S., 2015. Classics of organization theory.Cengage Learning.
The primary article selected in the study described the concept of applying different kinds of managerial and organizational theories associated with the framework of the overall business proceedings. This is a collaborative work and the authors are from different institutes and have a different background. They have their expertise on different kinds of motivational theories based on business integration, knowledge management and materials sciences.
In this article, the authors have concentrated on the determination of the impact and combination of different kinds of modern and classical management theories based on different aspects of business management. The discussion in the overall framework comprised of classical organizational theories, Neo classical organizational theories, Human Resource Theory and theories based on organizational culture and change. The discussion concludes that motivation contributes to one of the most significant aspects of all forms of management theories. Therefore, Classics of organizational theory is a collection of the most important works in organization theory measured in certain aspects of motivation along with its impact on the management.
Hiriyappa, B., 2015. Management of Motivation and Its Theories.B Hiriyappa.
The author in the current article works as a coordinator in the post-graduation studies in commerce. The current article is very much beneficial in the determination process of adopting the best motivational theories in overall organizational management. The article consists of several aspects of motivation theory, which proved to be very much effective in the process towards determining its impact on the organizational procedure. Introduction to motivation, determinants of motivation, five concepts in work, motivation and rewards and theories of motivation are some of the combined points of discussion described in the core framework of the current article. The article provided a versatile framework of different aspects of motivation and on the same point of time; it allowed the readers to develop a conceptual framework about different aspects of motivational approach required in the organizational framework.
Each of the chapters in the selected article developed an in-depth analysis of the discussed point, with the view towards making the readers understand about the effectiveness of different kinds of motivational approach, proved to be very much essential towards accomplishing the organizational goals and managerial objectives. Nevertheless, the entire article relates its core areas of findings in a much effective manner and most importantly, the research and findings of the authors were remarkable.
Barba-Sánchez, V., &Atienza-Sahuquillo, C. (2017). Entrepreneurial motivation and self-employment: evidence from expectancy theory. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 13(4), 1097-1115. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11365
The authors of the selected article maintain different specialization in the field of management. The first author maintains its specialization in the field of employee motivational approach and the second author in the article maintains its specialization on manager-employee motivational approach. This particular article in the study performed its overall research on different companies along with suitable examples based on certain motivational concepts. Apart from the other articles selected in the study, the present piece of writing focused on one effect of the economic crisis on the business, where this turned into a piece of entrepreneurial motivation and self-employment.
The article focused on the economic crisis in the year 2013, where the rate of unemployment rose to more than any other time in recent history. Both the authors indicated the way towards connecting the expectations and values that are intrinsic based on the entrepreneur's cognitive process. Therefore, the findings of the present article collaborated a theoretical model basedon the expectancy theory with the view towards explaining the process of continuation of self-employment measured in terms of certain motivational and managerial aspects. Nevertheless, this article proved to be very much essential in management studies.
Machmud, S. and Sidharta, I., 2016.Entrepreneurial Motivation and Business Performance of SMEs in the SUCI Clothing Center, Bandung, Indonesia. DLSU Business & Economics Review, 25(2), pp.63-78.
The authors of the selected article are very much renowned in the field of management studies. The role of SMEs towards boosting the GDP of the economy is remarkable. Both the authors in the analysis of the selected article discovered a gap in entrepreneurial motivation base on the psychological and external environment approach. With the view towards identifying the relative importance of the identified gap the study analyzed as well as examined various concepts of the motivational theories, which defined the concepts towards having both psychological variable and external environment.
The leanings of the present article considered the process of empirical works based on different aspects of motivation. Nevertheless, the current article focused on business management for all the departments in the process to determine the best use of different kinds of motivational approach along with its concern practices. Along with that, both the authors of the current analysis involved in the process with the view towards determining the concerned practice of certain motivational approach connected with various organizational aspects.
Velmurugan, T.A. and Sankar, J.G., 2017. A Comparative Study on Motivation Theory with Maslow’s Hierarchy theory and Two-factor theory in Organization. Indo-Iranian J Sci Res, 1(1), pp.204-8.
The main intention of both the authors in the final article was to make a comparative study of motivational theory along with considering two theories, which includes Maslow’s Hierarchy Theory and Two factors (Herzberg) Theory. These two motivational theories combined the core effectiveness of different kinds of motivational approaches associated with a certain organizational framework based on certain organizational activities. Therefore, the readers of the present article will be able to concentrate on all the motivational factors, which satisfied the employees of the organization. There are several identified reasons, which proved that Maslow’s Hierarchy theory is the best one measured in certain motivational aspects as compared with Two Factors Theories.
Nevertheless, the main motive of the study was to evaluate as well as to analyze the satisfaction of the employees working in the companies by using the aspects of the motivational approach. The article has indicated the need for motivation to support the value of work for the executives. It helps in the process of developing the brand image and boosting the productivity of the organization. Along with the study allowed finding out the importance of Maslow's Hierarchy theory in different kind of organizational and managerial aspects.
