BIZ102FC: Understanding People and Organizations Assessment 1: Day 2 Reflection

This document is a reflection on Day 2 of BIZ102FC: Understanding People and Organizations. It includes a self-assessment on motivation and emotional intelligence, theories of motivation, and insights on how to improve professional practice.

Deepali Biswas
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BIZ102FC: Understanding People and Organizations
ASSESSMENT 1: DAY 2 REFLECTION
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Day 2 Reflection
1. I totally agree with the outcomes of the motivation self-assessment as motivation is an
element which drives the desire to perform a task as expected to get fulfilled
outcomes in positive manner. As motivation improves the ability to do a task so
understanding the level of motivation through this self-assessment has been
particularly useful (Cho & Yang 2018). I have scored 36 which reflects that I have
high extrinsic motivation to which I fully agree as I am result driven so social
acknowledgement or recognition makes me happy and inspired to work better and
harder further for better performance. Also my score in this assessment indicated that
my high extrinsic motivation level sometimes tend to put me under stress and anxiety
so I should even improve my intrinsic motivation level as low level of intrinsic
motivation can result to low satisfaction in future as I may tend to grow more focused
to valued results, so the results indicated that I need to develop my intrinsic
motivation level to maintain a complete balance, which I completely agree.
2. No both quizzes did not provided me same outcome as in Emotional Intelligence self-
assessment result my score indicated high level of EI but it even indicated to improve
areas of conversations that are complicated so that I could learn to avoid opposed
reactions in tough conversation to avoid negative outcomes. While in motivation self-
assessment result my score reflected high level of extrinsic motivation which reflects
my result oriented nature. From both the assessment I have realised that though I am
result driven and have fair emotionally intelligence, but I need to improve my skills to
remain less anxious and stressed in tough conversations or situations which can be
done through practise and learning tactics to build intrinsic motivation. This
improvement will help me perform better by maintaining a control of emotions,
thoughts and reactions so that I could be constantly motivated from inside without
being affected overly through outcomes.
3. From the results of this self-assessment I came to learn that I have high level of
extrinsic motivation which means I am driven by valued outcomes and social
recognition which to some extent is good, but I should also improve my level of
intrinsic motivation so that I could be constantly inspired in all situations and not get

heavily dependent on outcomes as more inclination to extrinsic motivation may lead
to less satisfaction.
4. From this module I have learnt various theories of motivation such as content theory,
process theory, equity theory, expectancy theory, reinforcement and goal setting
theory. For me goal setting theory has been particularly helpful which indicates that
when tasks are broken into measurable goals then they can become more motivating
(Ariani 2016). For me this theory is helpful as under pressure I often struggle with
stress so braking down of tasks into measurable goals will help me achieve those in
expected time with adequate focus and balance of stress level.
5. The insights from this self-assessment indicates to develop my intrinsic motivation
level so as to improve my professional practice now or in future, for which I need to
learn to lower my high inclination towards results and control my expectation related
to tasks. This will help me balance my emotions and anxiety level which will help me
enjoy my task and eventually this will help me to become productive with better
management of motivation and emotional control.
References
Ariani, D. W. (2016). Why do I study? the mediating effect of motivation and self-regulation
on student performance. Business, Management and Education, 14(2), 153-178.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/bme.2016.329
Cho, H., & Yang, J. (2018). How perceptions of organizational politics influence self-
determined motivation: The mediating role of work mood. Asia Pacific Management
Review, 23(1), 60-69. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmrv.2017.05.003