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Intrinsic motivators vs. Extrinsic motivators
16 years ago
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My boss sent me this link which was not only fascinating, but it had a political angle I thought was somewhat relevant to some of my political philosophies and ideologies:
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_o.....otivation.html
this is not how most of the workplace in the industry I was originally gonna get into works anymore. Well, maybe not most places 8V
But the point is, I guess, that traditionally, the strong will to have the freedom to create for a living often comes with the heavy burden of either trying to work within the framework of reward and punishment-based incentives, or working outside that and not being able to guarantee or hold financial security. If you're a lucky son of a bitch, maybe you can get a nice job at a place like Google where they're trying to revolutionize the management system or something. Or maybe you have a really awesome boss (yay) who cuts the checks and runs his business the way he wants instead of what yesterday's common wisdom considered dogma.
In any case, being able to move beyond the typical risk/reward scenario for tasks required to think creatively to solve problems, assuming you are self-motivated and take personal value with the competence your work, may not just be for liberal hippies like me after all. It might actually be an effective 21st century business model, too ¦v
Edit: more hippy crap http://p2pfoundation.net/Intrinsic_.....sic_Motivation
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_o.....otivation.html
this is not how most of the workplace in the industry I was originally gonna get into works anymore. Well, maybe not most places 8V
But the point is, I guess, that traditionally, the strong will to have the freedom to create for a living often comes with the heavy burden of either trying to work within the framework of reward and punishment-based incentives, or working outside that and not being able to guarantee or hold financial security. If you're a lucky son of a bitch, maybe you can get a nice job at a place like Google where they're trying to revolutionize the management system or something. Or maybe you have a really awesome boss (yay) who cuts the checks and runs his business the way he wants instead of what yesterday's common wisdom considered dogma.
In any case, being able to move beyond the typical risk/reward scenario for tasks required to think creatively to solve problems, assuming you are self-motivated and take personal value with the competence your work, may not just be for liberal hippies like me after all. It might actually be an effective 21st century business model, too ¦v
Edit: more hippy crap http://p2pfoundation.net/Intrinsic_.....sic_Motivation
take a course on human factors engineering or industrial/organizational psychology, then you'll get into some really interesting stuff ;o)
But still GTK
Labor has to deal with management. Management has to deal with labor.
Most bad managers are bad because they don't know how to manage people. Making better workers doesn't help if the manager still sucks.
Good managers are willing to work with ALL of their workers. Not just the ones they like. They understand that each worker has different needs and wants. They interact with each one differently. If you have a good boss,you might notice he tries to be understanding when his worker has a problem. If he asks his workers about a decision,he will listen to *everyone's* opinion before making a decision.
So if you have a good boss,it's probably because he tries to help everyone out and only puts his foot down if he has to.
at my first job, I worked with a sales manager who did stuff the right way, and was eventually crushed into fine management powder before eventually leaving the company (hopefully to somewhere where he was more appreciated!). Good times. The GM of that store was DEFINITELY oldschool. Got the stick several times; couldn't wait to quit that place.
It's this kind of pervasive laziness that, I assume, leads to the offices I keep seeing full of people who spend more time talking about how much work they have than doing the work they have.