Written for human resources and training professionals, this
book addresses a recurring problem for managers and corporations:
how can we efficiently, cost effectively, and humanely motivate
employees to work at or near their top potential? Arguing that
opportunities to heighten employee motivation are often missed when
managers rely on overly simplistic theories of human motivation,
Grant develops his own multifaceted Effort-Net Return Model and
offers a sampling of over 200 prescriptions for motivating
employees that can be derived from the model. The model itself is
based upon four basic principles, each grounded in research and
each of which has supporting propositions which determine the
motivational prescription to be employed. Because the motivational
prescriptions indicated can be easily tailored to the recipient's
own personal value system, the model is applicable across a broad
spectrum of employee groups.
Grant introduces and describes the Effort-Net Return Model in
Chapter One, demonstrating its superiority over previous models
which rely on the application of restrictive formulas and
constructs to determine motivational strategies. The next four
chapters address in turn each of the four principles upon which the
model is based and their supporting propositions. In these
chapters, Grant also provides a representative inventory of the
kinds of avenues managers can pursue to enhance employee
motivation. Throughout, Grant emphasizes the impact of individual
differences on the end results to be expected from a given
motivational prescription, cautioning the reader to take these
differences into account when beginning to put together a
motivational plan. The final chapter presents real-world case
problems, together with analyses and suggested prescriptive
packages, to enable the reader to move from theory to actual
practice. Numerous exercises and application instruments are also
included to help the manager apply the Effort-Net Return Model in
the workplace.
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