| MOTIVATION |
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| Motivation to win can cause unethical behaviors since the rewards are so great. |
| Question 1: What are the overall motivating factors of the series?
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| Question 2: In Episode 7, Katrina felt that Troy worked unethically to get what both
thought was the better deal of the two apartments. After Troy was awarded the apartment
Katrina wanted, her motivation became to beat Troy out of revenge for what he did to her.
Is revenge a good motivator? Responses.... |
| Question 3: Bill, Katrina, and Tammy were the three involved in the final board meeting.
Tammy was fired, while Bill and Katrina got to go back up to the suite. Does knowing
that their job is on the line motivate an employee to do a better job?
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| Question 4: In Episode 7, Heidi received a phone call from home telling her that her mother had
just come down with cancer. Do personal experiences unrelated to work affect motivation?
How so?
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| Question 5: Katrina claims to be an expert in the field of real estate and therefore
expected to win. What motivation theory can be attributed to Katrina’s attitude?
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| Question 6: What motivated Troy as group leader in Episode 7?
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| I believes that two of the main motivating factors of the program are the money and the job awarded to the winner. ....Megan Sheets |
| I feels that money is not the only motivator, however, “Motivation is more for the fame than the money – first by having cameras all around and being on national television and then the fame of working with Donald Trump. ....Charlie Hansen |
| One theory on motivation that relates to this subject is Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, which states that people are motivated to obtain physiological and safety needs before seeking needs that pertain to belonging or esteem. The contestants in the series are all highly qualified business individuals who are motivated more out of the need for esteem than for basic physiological needs. They could probably find work that would provide for their basic needs elsewhere, but that work wouldn’t carry the prestige or recognition that working for Donald Trump brings. |
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| Revenge can be a good motivator to make a person do something, but in the end their revenge can turn into a distraction. ....Tim Stanford |
| Revenge takes focus away from the overall goal. This distraction could have made Katrina lose focus as the group leader, which possibly affected the overall outcome. ....Mary Bagley |
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| The answer to this question seems pretty obvious. If an employee feels they need to perform or be fired, it seems like they would do all they could to perform. However, the need to perform also deals with where the job falls under Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. If an employee needs his/her job to satisfy basic needs such as food, physical safety, or psychological security, they will most likely perform, but if this is not the case, then they may not perform as well. An example of this can be seen in the first three episodes of the series. Sam was involved in all three board meetings. You would think after the first or second board meeting he would get his act together and put forth more effort to not get fired. But he was in the boardroom again in the third episode and this time could not avoid being fired. |
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| Personal out-of-work experiences can have “both a positive and negative affect on motivation. They can either be a distraction or a reason for a person to work harder.” It will be interesting to see how Heidi’s motivation is affected in the coming weeks considering the distressing news from home. ....Mary Bagley |
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| Victor Vroom of Carnegie-Mellon in Pittsburgh is credited with forming the Expectancy Theory of motivation that explains where Katrina’s attitude comes from. According to Vroom’s theory, Katrina was motivated to behave as she did because (a) she has a strong desire for a certain task outcome and a reasonable expectation of achieving that outcome and (b) she also expects that the achievement of the task outcome will result in reward in terms of pay, promotion, job security, or satisfaction of individual needs - physiological, safety, esteem and so on. |
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| Troy’s motivation as group leader can be traced to David McClelland’s Need for Achievement theory. According to McClelland’s theory, individuals with a high need for achievement respond well to situations where they can take personal responsibility for finding solutions to problems. |
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| This first issue of the show was to attract viewers. The show was successful, but the business strategy was not. Women in business fight to be respected for their intellect. That is not a good example of good business practice. (P. Sanchez) |
| I came to this website from sltrib. This is the dumbest thing I have ever seen. Who cares about stupid lame shows like the Apprentice? Nothing on the show is real, nothing represents the real business world. None of you idiots will ever know anything about business until you get out of school and realize your degree is worthless and everything you learned in school is nothing like the real business world. Only then will you start to be on the right track. Stop watching stupid TV shows and get a job if you want to learn anything. Take this site down because it so stuid I can't stand it anymore. GET A LIFE!!!(Utah) |
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