Motivation Case

By no means can the significance of a leader to a team be ignored. Many people

think that a leader is the 'heart' of a team. A leader is someone who is willing and is

able to take on responsibilities. Every group needs a leader because different abilities

need to assemble and merge into one. If a team wants to make the businesses become

successful, therefore, it is important for a team leader to consider and take care of

every group member. So, one thing they need to do is to find out what truly motivate

their teams through motivational theories, and then take the most advantage of every

subordinate's strength and make the businesses stronger.

For leaders, to be clearly know what are their members motivation, they need to

understand the concept of motivation first. Motivation is defined by Robin F as ' The

extent to which an individual is engaged by the work role he or she occupies and

theories of motivation suggest that motivated behaviour occurs either because work

fulfils psychological needs or because of more rational decision-making processes

where there appears to be a clear connection between effort and performance and

performance and value outcomes '. There are numerous

contrasting views regarding what factors truly motivate employees, however there are

two main methodologies on the matter. Some theorists, such as Douglas McGregor