How do you use motivation maslow and herzbergs motivation theories in the workplace?

Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory

He asked workers to talk about situations at work when they felt:

• Very satisfied and motivated

• Very dissatisfied and unmotivated

He found that different sets of factors were associated with each

Some factors caused satisfaction and motivation and different factors caused dissatisfaction and lack of motivation

Maslow believed that:

• People have an innate desire to work their way up the hierarchy

• A need is not a motivator until those before it are satisfied

• A satisfied need is not a motivator

• Managers need to assess workers' needs at each level

and then provide incentives that correspond to those needs.

Maslow's theory of needs clearly identifies the responsibilities of employees to provide a work place environment those encourage and satisfy employees to fulfil their own unique potential. The creation of such an environment will be of great benefit to individual ,organisation and society .