THE UNIVERSITY OF Professional, Applied and WINNIPEG Continuing Education Organizational Behaviour: Motivation and Group Dynamics Purpose This assignment will allow you to apply concepts of organizational behavior, specific to motivation theories and group dynamics. Using your experiences and knowledge of a workplace or organization where you have worked, volunteered or are quite familiar, read through and answer the following scenarios and questions. There are two parts to this assignment. Carefully read the instructions below. Part 1 Overview: Motivation describes the energizing forces influencing an effort's direction, intensity, and persistence. It is a complex interaction between the individual and the environment. Daniel H. Pink states in his 2009 TedTalk "The Puzzle of Motivation" that the incentives we believe work the best, extrinsic rewards like bonuses or other financial rewards may not motivate employees to think creatively or perform at their best. In fact, he suggests that this extrinsic approach may do more harm than good! Instead, he indicates that employers should consider a new approach, encouraging intrinsic motivation. Daniel Pink (2009) described intrinsic motivation as "... the desire to do things because they matter because we like it, they're interesting, or part of something important." He proposes the three elements of intrinsic motivation in the workplace are: Autonomy: the urge to direct our own lives Mastery: the desire to get better and better at something that matters Purpose: to do what we do in the service of something larger than ourselves Answer the following: Your manager has asked you to design a motivational strategy your organization could use to motivate you. There are no restrictions on what kind of a strategy you may use (theory, model, hybrid of different types); however, financial rewards are limited. Consider the following questions when designing your strategy. What do you value? What matters to you? What resources will you need? What barriers might you encounter? Will you incorporate all or some of Pink's three elements? How