Organizational Behavior and Public Management

The purpose of this book is to provide you with an introduction to advanced study in organizational behavior. Our assumption is that you, like millions of individuals throughout the world, will spend your professional work life acting and reacting to the forces and individuals that comprise the social networks we call organizations. Consequently, the topics we shall discuss in this book (communication, motivation, decision-making, etc.) will form the basis for recurring themes in your own …

…motivation dimension of organizations represents a necessary function that all organizations must perform. The need to motivate employees is central to the concept organization. It requires that the organization develop means to direct the activities of disparate individuals toward a common goal or output. Organizations must establish goals and measures of employee movement toward those goals, and, in so doing, to provide structures that facilitate both intrinsic motivation (the work itself) and extrinsic motivation (compensation).