Motivating the School Workforce for Effective Record-Keeping.
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Date
1997
Authors
Olusakin, A.M
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Lagos State PSSDC
Abstract
Effective record keeping is a task
that is basic to the smooth running
of the School system. To accomplish
this, however,the workers need
to be motivated.We shall consider the
issue of motivation under the following
headings:
a. What is motivation?
b. Motivation theories - an
overview;
c. Motivating your staff via;
(i) recognition and appreciation;
(ii) effective communication.
d. The role of motivation in
school management.
e. What is motivation?
The term motivation has been
identified as unquestionable fact of
human experience, an indisputable
fact of behaviour, and not a mere explanatory
fiction. Motivation is
closely connected with the reasons for
acting in particular ways and it can
also be described as a hypothetical
cause of behaviour.
Motivation as a concept is
used to described forces acting on or
within an individual to initiate and
direct his behaviour. It is also used to
explain the differences in the intensity
and the direction of behaviour.
There is a popular saying that there
is no smoke without fire'. People behave
in certain ways at one time and
yet at another time they behave in
another way. The concept of motivation
helps to explain why certain bebaviour
occurs in one situation but
not in others. But the intervening
nature of the motivational process
makes the study of motivation difficult.
The temporary nature of motivation
is another obstacle to the study
of motivation. Psychologists, however,
describe the temporary nature
of motivation by pointing out that
motivation is a performance variable.
As a performance variable, motivation
is often contrasted with learning.
Though we learn
many things not immediately demonstrated
in behaviour. howwer, the
actual demonstration of learned be- ,
haviour depends upon adequate motivation.
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Keywords
Motivating , School , Workforce , Effective , Record-Keeping , Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES
Citation
Olusakin, A. M. (1997). Motivating the School Workforce for Effective Record-Keeping. PSSDC Trumpet 2 (2) 21-24