4/24/2024 10:47:26 AM	BMG 63.1 Course Outline as of Fall 2008	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  BMG 63.1	Title:  MOTIVATION/EMPOWERMENT
Full Title:  Motivation and Empowerment
Last Reviewed:1/25/2021

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	1.50	Lecture Scheduled	1.50		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	26.25
Minimum	1.50	Lab Scheduled	0		3 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	.80			Contact DHR	14.00
		Contact Total	2.30			Contact Total	40.25
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  52.50

Total Student Learning Hours: 92.75

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
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Catalog Description:

This course provides the knowledge, skills, and tools for creating a motivational organizational environment.  Topics include identifying individuals' motivational needs, assessing the organization's motivational status, and developing and applying motivational strategies.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

This course provides the knowledge, skills, and tools for creating a motivational organizational environment.  Topics include identifying individuals' motivational needs, assessing the organization's motivational status, and developing and applying motivational strategies.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1998	Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Identify and describe the relationship between intrinsic and extrinsic

  levels of motivation, performance, and individual and organizational

  success.

2. Identify and evaluate an organization's motivational status.

3. Develop organizational and individual motivational strategies.

4. Describe how to reinforce an employee's productive behavior.

5. Create a plan to empower others to fulfill the goals of the

  organization.

6. Develop and assess the effectiveness of strategies.

Topics and Scope

1. Intrinsic and extrinsic motivational needs in individuals.

    a. Motivational theories such as the Herzberg, McClelland and Maslow

       models.

       i. Individual motivational needs.

       ii. Relationship between individual's expectations, performance,

          and rewards.

       iii. Managerial motivation blocks.

       iv. Employee responses to motivation blocks.

    b. Assessment techniques for evaluating self and others, using

       motivational theory.

2. Assessment techniques for evaluating the organization's motivational

  status.

3. Organizational and individual motivation strategies.

    a. Developmental plan for yourself and employees.

       i.. Job enrichment.

       ii. Delegation of appropriate tasks.

    b. Empowerment plan (for your department).

4. Individual motivational strategies.

   a. Communicating expectations.

   b. Positive and constructive feedback.

Assignments:

1. In-class written assignments

2. Reading, approximately 20-30 pages per week (three week course)

3. Group activities

4. Role-playing

5. Workbook exercises

6. Case studies

7. Skill demonstrations

8. Participation in classroom activities

9. Quizzes (2-3)

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 25 - 35%
Written homework, In-class written assignments, short essay question, analysis of reading assignments
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 20 - 25%
Group activities, workbook exercises, case studies
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 20 - 30%
Role-playing, skill demonstrations
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 10 - 20%
Multiple choice, True/false, Short essays
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 10 - 20%
Participation in classroom activities

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Instructor-prepared materials.

Motivation at Work: Transform your Business in 6 Extraordinary Steps.

Cardone, Laura. Profits with Purpose, Inc., First Edition: 2006.

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