http://benschmidt.org/HIST1234/?p=358 HIST 1234 at Northeastern University, Fall 2014 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 04:26:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.18 http://benschmidt.org/HIST1234/?p=358#comment-11 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 12:52:06 +0000 http://benschmidt.org/HIST1234/?p=358#comment-11 I too found Taylor’s comments about soldiering interesting. In what can today be generalized as motivation, Taylor essentially is describing the differences between workers simply working to get paid (basically an outside motivator), and working because they believe their work is more valuable and worth more pay because of being called a high-valued man, much as “Schmidt” was in Chapter 2. This becomes more of an internal motivator for employees; internal motivators for any individual are likely to drive them to better (and more efficient) accomplishments. This is something we have discussed in our business co-op class here at Northeastern, insofar as finding a job that you are internally motivated to work at will make you more productive and happier than a job in which you only face external motivators, such as wages and managers breathing down your neck.

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