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MBA 504 - Contemporary Management Thought of Master of Business Administration

I take this opportunity to thank our course director Mr. T.M Jayasekara and our facilitator Mr. Saman Dassanayake and also Mr.R.Senaratne and Mr.G. de Alwis our lecturers for the Contemporary Management Thought for giving us an opportunity to develop our knowledge & skill.

I also thankful to all of my colleagues who have actively participated in my exercise and given their full corporation and help throughout the assignment. Also I am thankful for their views, comments and criticisms which have helped me greatly to refine my work and shape it in a proper manner

This research study examines the underlying reason for different levels of Motivation among trainees

Therefore one's need level activated at a given situation will be heavily influenced by the norms of the groups of which he has membership. The manager must study the groups, specially their norms and strength in applying the Need Satisfaction Theories for motivation.

We can see that motivating people is not that easy. Or we should say, motivating them to accomplish company goals is sometimes difficult. No two people are exactly alike. Thus it is risky to predict exactly how an individual will act when presented with a given situation.

9) Are you satisfies with the financial gain during the training period?

Maslow reminds us that no need is ever fully satisfied. In fact, needs at all levels keep reappearing for more satisfaction. Wage and salary rates are the best examples in a business. If you feel you are paid enough now, you may then think of other needs such as a challenging job. But what about six months from now? If you expect a wage increase and fail to get it, your mind will be back on pay, no matter how interesting your work.

of the same supervisor. It was revealed from the findings that the work environment, routine work, supervision and administration process has caused de-motivation among trainees. Also was revealed that even though the leadership style was task oriented, subordinate-superior relationship was strong. It was recommended that there are number of steps that could be taken by the firm to improve the motivation level of trainees which would result in improvement in quality of work performance.

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