<P> Motivation in psychology refers to the initiation, direction, intensity and persistence of behavior . Motivation is a temporal and dynamic state that should not be confused with personality or emotion . Motivation is having the desire and willingness to do something . A motivated person can be reaching for a long - term goal such as becoming a professional writer or a more short - term goal like learning how to spell a particular word . Personality invariably refers to more or less permanent characteristics of an individual's state of being (e.g., shy, extrovert, conscientious). As opposed to motivation, emotion refers to temporal states that do not immediately link to behavior (e.g., anger, grief, happiness). </P> <P> Process improvement in organizational development is a series of actions taken to identify, analyze and improve existing processes within an organization to meet new goals and objectives . These actions often follow a specific methodology or strategy to create successful results . </P> <P> Task analysis is the analysis of how a task is accomplished, including a detailed description of both manual and mental activities, task and element durations, task frequency, task allocation, task complexity, environmental conditions, necessary clothing and equipment, and any other unique factors involved in or required for one or more people to perform a given task . This information can then be used for many purposes, such as personnel selection and training, tool or equipment design, procedure design (e.g., design of checklists or decision support systems) and automation . </P> <P> Job design or work design in organizational development is the application of sociotechnical systems principles and techniques to the humanization of work, for example, through job enrichment . The aims of work design to improved job satisfaction, to improved through - put, to improved quality and to reduced employee problems, e.g., grievances, absenteeism . </P>

Is defined as designing the social and technical systems to fit the needs of one another