Discussion:
Human motivation as it relates to the workplace
Questions:
1. What factors should be considered when setting a goal? (e.g., organizationâ??s needs, time, resources, employee sophistication, and the job need.) Explain your thoughts.
2. What is the impact of goal setting on employee motivation? How have you experienced or observed goal setting in action?
3. When people face a standard of excellence (e.g., make an A on a test), explain why they experience a mixture of both positive and negative emotions. How have you experienced this phenomenon?
4. When you experience cognitive dissonance (e.g., littering, telling a white lie), what does it feel like in terms of motivation and emotion? Put the experience into words (pain? psychological distress? physiological distress?)? Explain and describe.