Motivated people work better, live more satisfied lives and are generally healthier and happier. 

Motivated employees drive the success of a business. Learn how to get the best of employees by understanding more about this fascinating subject.

Motivation is very simply, a process or mechanism that causes us to act or think in a certain way. It is a general term for any part of the hypothetical psychological process that involves experiencing needs and drives, and the behaviour that leads to the goal that satisfies them.

There are 8 lessons in this course:

1. Introduction
2. Awareness
3. Tangible Rewards
4. Intangible Rewards
5. Negative Motivators
6. Initiating Motivation
7. Maintaining Motivation
8. Applications

Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

• Describe the nature and scope of motivation
• Identify the differences between people that distinguish the application of motivational skills
• Explain the significance of knowledge and understanding to motivation.
• Explain the effects of Tangible Rewards (eg: Money, Services, Goods) as a major motivator.
• Explain the effect of intangible Rewards (eg: Security, Ethics, Gratitude, Belief Systems/Religion, Peer Pressure) as a major motivator.
• Explain how actions can be motivated by negative motivators such as pain, suffering, discipline, threat), and distinguish this type of motivation from positive motivation.
• Explain how to initiate motivation with an individual or group in a situation not previously confronted.
• Explain how motivation can be maintained or increased in both successful and unsuccessful environments.
• Identify a range of situations where motivational skills can be applied, and determine an appropriate way to initiate and maintain motivation in each of those situations.