Journal Entry | Topics | Assignment

Running head: JOURNAL ENTRY
Journal Entry
Name of Student
Name of University
Author Note

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Table of Contents
Journal Entry 1- Topic 3: Motivating the Contemporary Workforce..................................2
Learning...........................................................................................................................2
Critique............................................................................................................................2
Reflection.........................................................................................................................3
Journal Entry 2- Topic 4: Managing Behaviour through Learning.....................................4
Learning...........................................................................................................................4
Critique............................................................................................................................4
Reflection.........................................................................................................................4
Journal Entry 3- Topic 5: Working and Performing in Groups and Teams.......................6
Learning...........................................................................................................................6
Critique............................................................................................................................6
Reflection.........................................................................................................................6
Journal Entry 4: Requirements: Professional identity self-reflection..................................8
References..........................................................................................................................10

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Journal Entry 1- Topic 3: Motivating the Contemporary Workforce
Learning
The learning of this week focused on providing a deep understanding of the concept of
motivation and need of motivation in contemporary workforce. The learning goals of this week
concentrated on defining the perception of motivation and its requirements in management of
people in an organization. Apart from that, this week’s learning focused on describing the major
cultural issues linked with motivation. The contemporary issues that the organizations might be
facing are evaluated in this week’s learning. Motivation is needed in contemporary workforce for
analyzing the concerns that are encountered in the organization, in relation to the design of work
(Shu 2015). This weeks’ learning has focused on understanding the need of motivation in
management of the key work processes of a business organization.
Critique
Motivation can be defined as a procedure of arousing and supporting a goal focused
behavior by stimulating an individual’s effort or action of accomplishing a particular goal
(Bhuvanaiah and Raya 2015). Motivation is workforce is an essential criteria for critically
evaluating and achieving the needs of a particular organization.
This week’s learning have helped me in understanding the nature of motivation which
include, intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation (Furnham and MacRae 2017). Intrinsic
motivation is generally performed by an individual for own sake, while the extrinsic motivation
can be performed for avoiding any kind of punishments (Dar et al. 2014). I believe that intrinsic
motivation is necessary for an individual’s growth and for delivering the best of an individual.
Through this course, I have understood that it is essential to have a detailed knowledge of
different types of motivation theories to ensure that all the employees in the workplace are
performing as per the expectations.
The key learning related to the topic is that different people can be motivated by different
things and the strength of the organization comes from its motivated employees. However, the
weakness is that it is necessary to have an experienced leader to ensure that all the individuals of
a contemporary workplace are motivated.

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Reflection
The concept and theories that are indicated in this week’s learning reflects the key
processes of what happens in a workplace. It is necessary for all the contemporary workplace to
design motivating jobs with meaningful work experience so that the growth needs of the
employees are satisfied. While designing a job, certain key aspects are needed to be considered,
which include, skill variety, identification of task, task significance, autonomy and feedback.
One key strategy of ascertaining motivation within the workplace is let the employees of the
organization decide their own work strategy instead of following certain generalized instructions.
This type of motivation is needed to ensure maximum productivity within the contemporary
workplace. I believe that increasing focus are to be given to job design so that effective planning
and specification of the task and work setting are done. The organizational leader needs to have a
clear understanding of the culture and motivation theories to design a job effectively.