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 Motivation is a person’s predisposition to act in a goal directed manner.
This predisposition is a function of needs, values, motives, incentives,
objectives & goals

 Content Theories of Motivation refer to the needs, motives, and rewards
that people are attempting to satisfy

 Hierarchy of Needs
Content  Maslow suggests that needs can be reduced to five hierarchal

needs: Physiological, Safety, Belongingness and Love, Esteem, and
Self Actualization
Theories of  ERG Theory

Motivation  Alderfer gives three hierarchal levels of needs: Existence,
Relatedness & Growth

 Theory of Needs

 McClelland, three primary needs: achievement, power, &
affiliation

 Motivator-Hygiene Theory

 Herzberg concluded that people have two independent needs that
affect work: Environment & Motivators