A. Acceptance Theory of Authority-Chester Barnard
1. defined as managers only have as much authority as
employees allow them to have
a. if the employee thinks that the task that the
manager is attempting to complete is ridiculous
then he/she might not accept the authority and
the task will not get completed
B. ERG Theory-Clayton P. Alderfer
1. defined as an employee having mulitple needs to
satisfy simultaneously and by focusing exclusively
on one need at a time you might not effectively
motivate the employee
a. if the all of the needs of an employee are not
focused on at the same time, then the employee
will not feel motivated enough to either complete
a task or continue working at his/her employment
C. Two Factor Theory-Frederick Herzberg
1. defined as people being influenced by two factors
hygiene and motivation.
a. the hygiene factor is needed to ensure that an
employee does not become dissatisfied with
working conditios, quality supervision, salary,
status, sec ...