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Introduction To evaluate the importance of managers understanding how motivation affects their workers, this essay will show: 1. What motivation is and its role in business. 2. Intrinsic methods of motivation and extrinsic methods of motivation. 3. Maslow's hierarchy of needs 4. Applying theories in practice to motivate workers. 5. Motivation equate to higher productivity? What is Motivation? Motivation is an individual's attempt and persistence at an action. It is why a person chooses to take one course of action in preference to another, despite the difficulties and obstacles. There are four common characteristics of motivation these are: 1. Motivation is typified as an individual's response. Every person is different and responds differently this is expressed in some way by the major theories of motivation. 2. Motivation is intentional. It is assumed that motivation is at the workers control. 3. Motivation is multifaceted. What best motivates people and their choice of behaviour. 4. Motivation theories try and predict behavioural responses. Motivation...

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