Management Motivation: Reinforcement Theory Report, BMO1102

This report delves into the crucial role of motivation within organizations, focusing on reinforcement theory as a key explanation for behavior. The author uses personal experiences to illustrate positive and negative reinforcement, such as receiving appreciation for good work and facing consequences for negative actions, including instances of positive and negative punishment, and extinction in the workplace. The report also includes summaries of three journal articles, detailing their purposes, methodologies, findings, significance, strengths, and weaknesses, along with relevant quotes, to support the analysis of motivation and its impact on employee behavior and organizational productivity. The references include articles by Peters (2015), Richter, Raban & Rafaeli (2015), and Smith & Cyders (2016).

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Management

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Motivation: Reinforcement Theory
Motivation plays an essential role in the organisation. It means the desires, needs,
drives or wants within any individual. Motivation plays an essential role in the life of a
person. Reinforcement theory of the motivation is the best theory that explains the behaviour.
I can related the positive and negative reinforcement with my personal life example also. I
have done the best work during my academics that was liked by every individual (Peters,
2015). Due to my best performance, I have received several positive appreciations. Because
of that positive appreciation, I motivated and always tried to work hard. As compare to this,
negative reinforcement states that if any person is performing the job with higher standard, he
or she might not be monitored closely anymore. It is also stated as the reward for doing the
job effectively. The next type of reinforcement is the positive punishment. I still remember
when I used to scold by my teachers for spending too much time on doing gossips with my
colleagues. It has helped me in several positive ways. As compare this, I have also felt the
negative punishment when my desk was removed from my colleague (Smith & Cyders, 2016).
It has decreased my morale because I was not able to talk with my colleague. In addition to
this, I have also come across extinction. For example- when supervisor instructs any of the
co-worker to ignore all those things that are not related to the work. It has also me in several
ways to bring out the productivity. In this way, it can be stated that a person can be motivated
by several ways. It sometimes depend on the person how he or she take the particular
situation (Richter, Raban & Rafaeli, 2015).

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References
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Title and article reference
Peters, R. S. (2015). The concept of
motivation. United
Kingdom: Routledge.
Purpose of the article The main purpose of the article is to
explain the concept of motivation
Method of data collection Secondary method
Findings In this article, author has directly linked
the motivation with the productivity
Significance of the article The article has significantly explained the
benefits of motivation in organisation
Strengths of the article Clarified the benefits of motivation
Weaknesses of the article It is not able to related the motivation to
several examples. Therefore, sample
collection was not done properly.
Quotes from the article that you plan to
use in you assignment
Motivation plays an essential role in the
organisation.
Title and article reference
Richter, G., Raban, D. R., & Rafaeli,
S. (2015). Studying
gamification: the effect
of rewards and
incentives on

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motivation.
In Gamification in
education and
business (pp. 21-46).
Springer, Cham.
Method of data collection Secondary research
Purpose of the article The purpose of the article is to know the
effect of incentives on the motivation of
employees.
Findings From the article, it is found that the
incentives play a major role in motivating
the employees.
Significance of the article The major significance of the article is
that it clearly lined the incentives with
the motivation.
Strengths of the article Better understanding of the topic.
Weaknesses of the article Not able to maximise the utility of the
information available.
Quotes from the article that you plan to
use in you assignment
Rewards are also directly linked with the
negative or positive motivation of
employees.
Title and article reference Smith, G. T., & Cyders, M. A. (2016).
Integrating affect and
impulsivity: The role of
positive and negative
urgency in substance use
risk. Drug and Alcohol
Dependence, 163, S3-
S12.

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Method of data collection Secondary research
Purpose of the article The purpose of the article is to discuss
the negative as well as positive effect of
the reinforcement.
Findings From the article, it is found that
reinforcement can affect the employees.
positively as well negatively
Significance of the article The major significance of the article is
that it has effectively explained the
motivational concept.
Strengths of the article Better and clear understanding
Weaknesses of the article Not able to maximise the utility of the
information.
Quotes from the article that you plan to
use in you assignment
Motivation means the desires, needs,
drives or wants within any individual.