List of top Business Studies Questions on Motivation – Meaning and Concept

Match the non-financial incentives given in Column I with their meaning given in Column II :
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Authority, responsibility, rewards, perquisites and prestige of job etc. indicate which of the following non-financial incentives given to a person holding a managerial position ?
Match the non-financial incentives given in Column I with their meaning given in Column II :
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The question mark in the picture given below represents a financial incentive. Identify the incentive :
Explain any four non-financial incentives.
Which of the following is a financial incentive provided to employees?
Which of the following is a monetary incentive provided to employees?
According to Maslow's Need Hierarchy Theory, which need appears at the highest level of the hierarchy?
Which of the following is a process of incitement or inducing subordinates to act in a desired manner to achieve organisational goals?
Arrange the right order in which process of Motivation takes place:
• [(A)] Drives
• [(B)] Tension
• [(C)] Unsatisfied need
• [(D)] Search behaviour
• [(E)] Satisfied need Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
State, which of the following combinations are correct for “Non-financial incentives”:
  • [A.] Job enrichment; status
  • [B.] Organisational climate; career advancement opportunities
  • [C.] Retirement benefits; perquisites
  • [D.] Stock options; employee recognition programmes
  • [E.] Bonus; perquisites
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What is non-monetary incentive?
It implies a desire to accomplish something difficult.

Maslow's hierarchy includes all except:

Explain the following non-financial incentives which motivate employees for higher performance:
(i) Employee Recognition Programs
(ii) Status
Shanta Enterprises' was in the business of manufacturing solar panels for the last fifteen years. With their expertise, they were able to manufacture good quality solar panels at lower costs. As a result, 'Shanta Enterprises' received many orders and generated high profit margins. To motivate employees, the company decided to compensate them for their hard work. Arvind and Yogesh, who were working on a contract basis, were absorbed permanently. Ekta, a regular employee, was awarded the 'Best Employee of the Year' award.

(a) Identify and explain the incentives given by Shanta Enterprises to its employees.
State any four points of importance of the ’Staffing’ function of management.
'Maslow's Need Hierarchy Theory' is based on certain assumptions. Identify the incorrect statement with respect to these assumptions:
To motivate its employees on one side, 'Harshita Pearls' rewards them with an increase in pay, promotion, recognition, etc., whereas, on the other side, it stops increments, gives punishment, and threatens employees so that they may act in a desired manner. Which feature of motivation is being highlighted in the above case?
Motivating is highly complex process. Many researches have studied about motivation for several dimensions and developed some theories. One of them was John Abraham Maslow. He believed that human needs can be arranged in a sequential order as below :
A. Esteem needs
B. Self actualisation needs
C. Security needs
D. Belonging needs
E. Basic physiological needs
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