Week 1- Case Analysis: Ricks New Job BUS 680 Training and Development

Week 1- Case Analysis: Ricks New Job

Introduction A theory is an abstraction that allows us to make sense out of a large number of facts related to an issue (Blanchard & Thacker, 2013). They are speculative roadmaps for how things work, and many effective training practices have been developed from theoretical construct, which describe how learning occurs and what motivates people. Some of the most notable motivation theories are the needs theory, classical conditioning, reinforcement theory, and expectancy theory. The needs theory describes how people have three basic needs in which they need to fulfill. The classical conditioning, reinforcement, and expectancy theories are process theories that...