CMA Foundation · Fundamentals of Business Economics and Management · Leadership and Motivation - Concepts and Theories
Which of the following best describes motivation in an organisation?
Motivation is the process of stimulating and directing people's inner drive so that they act willingly towards achieving goals. It is not authority to command, departmental grouping or output comparison, which belong to delegation, organising and controlling functions of management.
- AThe process of stimulating and directing people's inner drive to act towards achieving goalsCorrect
- BThe legal authority given to a manager to issue orders
- CThe formal grouping of activities into departments
- DThe comparison of actual output with the standard output
Explanation
Motivation is the internal drive, stimulated by managers through rewards and a good work environment, that directs behaviour towards goals. Authority, departmentation and comparing output with standards relate to delegation, organising and controlling respectively.
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