Theories of Motivation – Learning Module Materials Synthesis Paper

Additional Sources URLs:
1. https://open.lib.umn.edu/organizationalbehavior/chapter/5-3-process-based-theories/
2. https://hbr.org/podcast/2020/12/why-burnout-happens-and-how-bosses-can-help

3. Group Affect: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmVlaEz6UoQ
4. Why Burnouts Happen: https://hbr.org/podcast/2020/04/another-workplace-crisis-loneliness
5. The surprising truth about what motivates us: URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc
6. The puzzle of motivation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y
7. Adam’s Equity Theory ( https://youtu.be/_VWD-rg7_oU )
8. Vroom’s Expectancy Theory ( https://youtu.be/GIXUg6N-eOs )
9. Bandura’s Self-Efficacy Theory ( https://hi.switchy.io/2EGt )
10. Skinner’s Reinforcement Theory ( https://hi.switchy.io/2EGu )
11. Locke’s Goal-Setting Theory ( https://youtu.be/vtX_Ueh0j-E )
12. The power of believing you can improve: https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve/transcript?language=en&utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
13. Motivation by job design – Job Characteristics Model: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUWsFHQsbh0

Instructions:
This is a short paper for a large amount of material, but take heart you don’t have to include it all. I would include all of the attached Journal articles (4 PDFs), Podcasts (1), and 5 videos for a total of ten items, if possible. The intent of the writing is a reflective exposition of learning from the material and application in the real world. Approach the writing style from a season management consultant obtaining an MBA.

This is NOT meant to be a summary of all the materials. Instead, it is meant to be the space you actually reflect on what you are learning, show how your thinking about those topics is growing, tie newly learned concepts together, and connect what the new knowledge will help you change in practice.

Take five minutes immediately after reading each article, chapter, or listening to a lecture/podcast, and quickly document the essence or synthesis of that material. If you wait till you have completed ALL the readings, and have gone through ALL the videos/podcasts, your synthesis will become a daunting task and will look like a summary.
Build a weekly module cumulative synthesis of all the materials you have gone through. You are supposed to go through all the listed items, unless they are marked as “Extra material”.
Each written synthesis should be no more than 2 double-spaced pages long.