Adding expectancy theory to the model of motivation and performance illustrates how the interaction of valence, expectancy, and instrumentality contribute to motivation. highlights how employees are motivated to put actual effort into their jobs when they believe their performance will result in

Rewards they want

Explanation:

Expectancy theory is about the selection or failure of mental processes. This describes the choices made by an individual's processes.

Expectancy theory is a theory of motivation first introduced by Victor Vroom of the Yale School of Management in the study of organizational behavior.

This theory highlights the need for companies to directly relate incentives to success and to ensure that the rewards given are the rewards that the recipients expected and desired.

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.