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Certificate of Achievement

Saint John Walker

has completed the following course:

Managing People: Connecting Motivation and Performance

University of Reading and Henley Business School

This course explored the connections between motivation, job satisfaction, well-being and performance using management theory. It encouraged reflection and application of best practice through a peer assessed task.

3 weeks, 4 hours per week

Dr Yemisi Bolade-Ogunfodun

Post-Doctoral Fellow at Henley Business School

University of Reading

Transcript

Learning outcomes

  • Examine the link between motivation, job satisfaction and performance
  • Explain the features of key theories of motivation and assess how these theories might increase motivation in different situations in the workplace
  • Define personal practices that will help you to create a more motivating work environment including identifying what motivates you
  • Understand the nature of stress and be able to scrutinise stress management interventions
  • Apply this understanding to management practice

Syllabus

Week 1

  • An introduction to the course
  • The psychological contract and how these are managed
  • Job satisfaction
  • Causes and impacts of stress

Week 2

  • Stress management within organisations
  • Introduction to motivation
  • Defining motivation

Week 3

  • Content theories of motivation
  • Process theories of motivation
  • Encouraging motivation in the workplace

Issued on 21st July 2019

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Managing People: Connecting Motivation and Performance

University of Reading