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MOTIVATION AND ITS CONCEPTS

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CONCEPT OF MOTIVATION : The term motivation is derived from the word ‘motive”. The word ‘motive’ as a noun means an objective, as a verb this word means moving into action. Therefore, motives are forces which induce people to act in a way, so as to ensure the fulfillment of a particular human need at a time. Behind every human action there is a motive. Therefore, management must provide motives to people to make them work for the organization. Motivation may be defined as a planned managerial process, which stimulates people to work to the best of their capabilities, by providing them with motives, which are based on their unfulfilled needs.   According to William G. Scott, “Motivation means a process of stimulating people to action to accomplish desired goods.”  Features of the concept of motivation: 1. Motivation is a personal and internal feeling: Motivation is a psychological phenomenon which generates within an individual. 2. Motivation is need based: If there

POWER AND POLITICS

  WHAT IS POWER? Power is the ability to influence other people. It refers to the capacity to affect the behaviour of the subordinate with the control of resources. It is an exchange relationship that occurs in transactions between an agent and a target. The agent is the person who uses the power and target is the receipt of the attempt to use power. MEANING OF POWER AND POLITICS :- Power and politics are very crucial for organizational behavioural actions of individuals and groups. Individuals in organization use their power to satisfy their common needs or get what they want. While Groups or organizations use power and politics to control their members and employees for obtain and maintain to achieve their goals. power and politics influence team processes and organizational leadership in Organisational Behaviour. power and political in organizational behavior can be unethical and destructive for any organization. CONCEPT OF POWER AND POLITICS IN ORGANISATIONS :- Power

ORGANISATIONAL THEORY

  DEFINITION OF ORGANISATIONAL THEORY?   The  Organizational Theory  refers to the set of interrelated concepts, definitions that explain the behavior of individuals or groups or subgroups, who interacts with each other to perform the activities intended towards the accomplishment of a common goal. In other words, the organizational theory studies the effect of social relationships between the individuals within the organization along with their actions on the organization as a whole. Also, it studies the effects of internal and external business environment such as political, legal, cultural, etc. on the organization. The term organization refers to the group of individuals who come together to perform a set of tasks with the intent to accomplish the common objectives. The organization is based on the concept of synergy, which means, a group can do more work than an individual working alone. CONCEPT OF ORGANISATIONAL THEORY:- An organisation theory furnishes a general frame