Motivating Performance

Create an 8-slide PowerPoint presentation on the topic of 1) peak performance and test anxiety or 2) peak performance and competition arousal.

Test anxiety and competition arousal are two forms of evaluation arousal. Analyzing performance issues and making recommendations for improving productivity are real-world consultation requests.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

Competency 2: Apply knowledge of theory and research in the study of human motivation and performance to inform personal behavior, professional goals, and values, and understand social policy.
Demonstrate how test anxiety or competition arousal affects peak performance in an employee work situation.
Recommend research-supported motivation techniques for managing test anxiety or competition arousal and for improving task performance in an employee work situation.
Competency 3: Communicate effectively in a variety of formats.
Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of professional communities.
Apply proper APA formatting and style.
Competency 4: Use research strategies to identify information in the domain of human motivation and performance.
Identify professionally reputable resources an organization could use to understand the connection between stress, health, motivation, and performance.
Competency 5: Explain the important theories, paradigms, research findings and conclusions in human motivation and performance.
Describe the biological, learned, and cognitive components of evaluation arousal in an employee work situation.
Test anxiety and competition arousal are two forms of evaluation arousal. Create a PowerPoint presentation in which you analyze issues associated with peak performance in the workplace and recommend techniques for improving employee work performance.

***Preparation***

For this assessment, assume that your work organization has asked for your help in improving employee work performance. Surveys have determined that some employees struggle with test anxiety while others struggle with competition arousal, both of which prevent peak performance. Conduct research to identify:

Biological, learned, and cognitive factors that might be affecting the employees’ reactions to stress in the environment.
Motivation techniques, such as rewards or praise, that can be used to manage the stress and improve peak performance.
Instructions

Create a PowerPoint presentation on the topic of
1) peak performance and test anxiety
or
2) peak performance and competition arousal. Include a script in the notes section of each slide detailing what you would say to an audience about that slide. In the presentation, complete the following:

-Describe the topic you are addressing and its impact on employee performance. That is, demonstrate how test anxiety or competition arousal affects peak performance in the employee work situation.
-Describe the biological, learned, and cognitive components of evaluation arousal in the employee work situation.
-Recommend motivation techniquessupported by the literaturefor managing test anxiety or competition arousal to improve peak performance.
-In the final slide or slides, compile and present a list of five resources that would help the organization understand the connection between stress, health, motivation, and performance. ***These resources must be scholarly resources from the Capella library or from reputable professional organizations (for example, American Psychological Association, American Medical Association) found on the Internet.

Additional Requirements
Your presentation should meet the following requirements:

Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA guidelines for style and formatting.
Number of resources: At least 3 scholarly academic resources supporting the presentation content, and five scholarly or professionally reputable resources listed as potential resources for the organization to use, are included in the presentation.
Number of presentation slides: The presentation includes a minimum of 8 slides, excluding the title slide and bibliography slide(s) of references.
Presentation notes: Each slide includes the presenter’s script (what you would say during the presentation) in the notes section of the slide.