...Motivation: Importance in the Organization Abstract Motivation is a key factor to drive employees in any company and is essential for a company to run effectively. Employee satisfaction plays a key role in the productivity and growth of an organization. In the current generation the main concern, in many organizations, is the lack of motivation in the employees. It is important for a company to take action and make sure that the employees are well-motivated. In this paper some theories of motivation I used are Expectancy, goal-setting and self-efficiency. I did a bit of research and found a couple of interesting articles which helped me understand the theories in more depth. This paper encourages organizations to use motivation theories for better efficiency and employee satisfaction. A company should try to figure out which method satisfies an employee and what the employee expects from his/her job. Keywords: Expectancy, goal-setting, self-efficiency Motivation Organization Problems and symptoms: I am currently working as a Senior Accounts Payable Clerk at Fermar Paving Limited based out of Toronto. They do road improvement and construction jobs for the city in the Greater Toronto Area and during winter they also do winter maintenance and snow clearing for the city. Although it is a great company to work for, I feel that there is lack of motivation in the company. Motivation is the process that accounts for an individual’s intensity, direction, and persistence...
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...of different theories of motivation important to managers? Introduction To be motivated means to be moved to do something. Motivation is anything that inspires one to do something. The motivation for me to wake up early morning is to make it to the university in time. Motivation may be defined as psychological forces that determine the direction of a person's behaviour in an organization, a person's level of effort and a person's level of persistence in the face of obstacles. Managers motivate their employees. Most companies are looking into ways to improve efficiency, productivity, and quality. The question is how to make employees work more productively? This is a question of utmost importance to any manager. The answer to this question is very complex and critical. I will address this question by using various journals, research paper and books. There are several theories which manager may employ in order to motivate the employee. This paper will discuss about various types of motivation theories. It further examines which motivation theory should be applied by a manager in a particular situation in order to motivate employees. It will explain how it is dependent on the size of the organization, environment in which the organization is placed and the economic condition of the nation in which organization is. Motivation Motivation can be divided into two types: intrinsic and extrinsic (Guzzo, 1979). Intrinsic motivation is the motivation to work on something because...
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...EFFECT OF MOTIVATION AND TRAINING ON THE PRODUCTIVITY OF AN ORGANIZATION TABLE OF CONTENT Title Page - - - - - - - - - - i Certification- - - - - - - - - - ii Dedication - - - - - - - - - - iii Acknowledgement - - - - - - - - iv Table of contents - - - - - - - - - v Abstract - - - - - - - - - - vi CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study - - - - - - - 1 – 3 1.2 Statement of the problem - - - - - - - 3 – 4 1.3 Objectives of the study - - - - - - - 5 1.4 Research Questions - - - - - - - - 5 1.5 Hypothesis - - - - - - - - - 6 1.6 Significance of the study - - - - - - - 6 1.7 Scope of the study - - - - - - - - 7 1.8 Limitation of the study - - - - - - - 7 – 10 1.9 Plan of the study - - - - - - - - 10 – 11 1.9.1 Definition of terms - - - - - - - 11 CHAPTER TWO : LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Introduction - - - - - - - - - 8 2.2 Concept of motivation and training - - - - - 12 – 15 2.3 Theories of motivation - - - - - - - - 16 – 21 2.3.1 Motivation in Nigerian banking industry - - - - 21 – 23 2.4 Factors that trigger training - - - - - - - 23 – 24 2.5 Aims of training - - - - - - - - 24 2.6 Benefits of training to organization - - - - - 24 – 26 2.7 Benefits of training to employees - - - - - - 26 2.8 Types of training - - - - - - - - 27 – 30 2.9 Appraisal of training- - - - - - - - - 30 2.10 Methods of evaluation - - - - - - - 31 CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 Introduction - - - - - - - - - 31 3.2 Population - - - - - - - - - 31 3.3 Sampling...
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...Factors affecting motivation in public organizations Project Report Factors affecting motivation in public organizations Project Report Motivation in Public Organisations _________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract Motivation is known as important as other factors for achieving the organisational goals. The high motivation led the employees to the extreme commitment with the organisation goals. Similarly high employee motivation leads to greater employee creativity and productivity, in this survey it has been found that the two independent variables, which are quality supervision and participation, are positively related to the dependent variable, motivation. The participation has a strong relationship level than the quality supervision with motivation. Results highlighted that all the tested variables are positively correlated but correlation of participation and quality of supervision are 0.52 and 0.30, respectively. Key Words: (Quality of supervision, Participation, Motivation, Public sector). Introduction Motivation is a force that drives people to do things. Employees are normally motivated to achieve their needs, whatever they may include. Motivation may be intrinsic or extrinsic. This is what we call motivation. Employees of a company will be motivated if they associate certain incentives with an activity of work. It been seen in India that the employees in the public sector organisations are not motivated...
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...UAE Organization – Etisalat, Employee Motivation and Job Satisfaction Contents Abstract 3 1.Introductory Background 3 1.1Scope of the Research 4 1.2Research objectives 4 1.3About Etisalat 5 2.Literature Review 5 2.1Understanding the Concept of Motivation 5 2.2Job Performance and Satisfaction 6 2.3Theory of Motivation – Maslow’s Hierarchy of Need 7 3. Research Methodology 8 3.1 Research Philosophy 8 3.2 Research Approach 8 3.3 Method of Data Collection and Analysis 9 3.4.Ethical consideration 9 4. Research Result 9 5. Detail Analysis of Survey 10 6. Research Discussion 16 7. Research Conclusion 17 8.Bibliography 18 Abstract In the current competitive scenario people are trying hard to match their capabilities and aspiration to achieve their personal as well as professional objectives. On the same hand even organizations are seeing tough time to maintain their market performance that determines the success and failure of the organization. The performance of employee in organization is directly correlated to their level of motivation driven through their job structure with respect to the roles and responsibilities assigned to them depending on their caliber resulting to job satisfaction. In order to create commitment as well as motivation level among employees, employer has an important role to play. It is his directions and guidance under which the employee operates in the organization. Appointing the right resource to a job requirement and assigning it a complete...
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...LO.1; Understand the relationship between Organization structure and Culture: 1.1 Tall Organization Structure: It is a pyramid shape structure characterized with large number of levels of middle management. The structure of hierarchy increases with less span of control at each level. Opportunities provided for career progression and promotion is high. It is more complex and complicated in nature. It is bureaucratic in nature. Each level of structure may have different style of working, different rules and procedures. Though line of communication is short and clear but decision making could be slow due to many levels of hierarchy. Maintenance of tall structure requires high cost due to number of manpower required. It is common in organizations where decisions are taken at lower level. Flat Organization Structure: Flat structure is less number of management levels and is also called as horizontal structure. Decision making process is decentralized. Level of responsibility is high at base level. Top management directly communicate with the base employees. Similarly, employees provide their feedback and suggestions to the top management that improvise the decision making and increase the productivity. Lines of communication are short. It may result into heavy workload on employees. It incurs low cost. Such kind of structure is mainly seen at small business organization. Centralized and Decentralized Structure: In Centralized structure, decisions are taken by top management...
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...employee motivation affects employee retention and other behaviors within organizations. In addition to explaining why it is important to retain critical employees, the author will describe the relevant motivation theories and explain the implications of employee motivation theories on developing and implementing employee retention practices. At the end of the paper, an illustration will be provided with explanation on how effective employee retention practices can be explained through motivation theories and how these efforts serve as a strategy to increase organizational performance. In today’s highly competitive labor market, there is extensive evidence that organizations regardless of size, technological advances, market focus and other factors are facing retention challenges. Given the large investments in employee retention efforts within organizations, it is rational to identify, analyze and critique the motivation theories underlying employee retention in organizations. Low unemployment levels can force many organizations to re-examine employee retention strategies as part of their efforts to maintain and increase their competitiveness but rarely develop these strategies from existing theories. The author therefore describes the importance of retaining critical employee and explains how employee retention practices can be more effective by identifying, analyzing and critiquing employee motivation theories and showing the relationship between employee motivation and employee...
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...Contemporary Theories of Motivation Introduction Understanding people’s perceptions, attitudes, motivations and behaviours is extremely important for achieving both managerial and organisational effectiveness. To get the very best out of people in work settings, managers constantly need knowledge about the behaviour of individuals and groups in organisations; they also need to be aware of the organisational and environmental variables that can potentially affect human behaviour. They need to understand, anticipate, modify and improve behaviours that are organizationally meaningful and relevant. The contribution of people, through their motivation and commitment, and dedicated behaviour towards the goals and objectives of the organisation, remain the single most important factor in making organisations better and more effective. Some people like their jobs and work harder as well as smarter. They are also very proud of the organizations for which they work. Other people simply dislike their jobs and would do anything just to avoid working. They would also prefer, if given the choice, to leave the organization. Motivation is the willingness to exert high levels of effort to organizational goals, conditioned by the effort’s ability to satisfy some individual need. This need is the internal state that makes certain outcomes appear attractive. Motivation is also the process that account for an individual’s intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal...
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...Explain How Managers Can Use Motivation Theories to Influence the Behaviour of People in Organizations. In: Business and Management Explain How Managers Can Use Motivation Theories to Influence the Behaviour of People in Organizations. [pic] ===================================================================================== [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic][pic] [pic] Explain how managers can use motivation theories to influence the behaviour of people in organizations. [pic] Table of Content Page Introduction 4 The meaning of motivation 6 Theories of motivation The Need or Content Theories of motivation Abraham Harold Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs 8 Douglas Mc Gregor’s Theory X and Theory Y 12 Frederick Herzberg’s Motivator Hygiene Theory 15 David McClelland’s Acquired-Needs Theory 17 The Process or Cognitive Theories of Motivation Victor H. Vroom’s Expectancy Theory (The VIE Theory) 20 The Reinforcement Theory 23 Conclusion 26 Bibliography 28 Introduction Understanding people’s perceptions, attitudes, motivations and behaviours is extremely important for achieving both managerial and organisational effectiveness. To get the very best out of people in work settings, managers constantly need knowledge about the behaviour of individuals and groups in organisations; they also need to be aware of the organisational and environmental variables that can potentially affect...
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...Essay Question: ‘’The one best way to increase work motivation for an organization is through employee reward schemes’’. Discuss. The main purpose for us to wake up every morning is because of certain responsibilities. This could be anything from cleaning your room to working in a bank or even dropping the kids off at school. We all have them regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, race, religion and other factors. However, the one obligation that is compulsory for each and every individual after a certain age is to earn a living, by the means of working. We all get to a certain stage in our lives when we have to be independent and start supporting ourselves financially and that can only be achieved if we go to work and complete the tasks assigned efficiently. Whether we are doing something that we are passionate about or if it is a nine to five job that people have just to make ends meet or even if it is something in the primary and secondary sector, they all need motivation. Employee motivation plays a key role in management both practically and theoretically. The basic concept of rewarding people is through reward schemes. Even if the work is something an individual is obsessive about, without rewards, pay and other factors the person would lose their commitment towards that particular job. Though there are various different types of ways to motivate employees besides these, they have got their own advantages and disadvantages. Rewarding systems...
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...Employee Motivation and Career Development By Laura M. Davis Employee Motivation and Career Development Employee Motivation and Career Development is an essential concept of an organizations success. It is important to understand the effects of Employee Motivation and Career development and how it will utilize the success of an organization. Introduction The Career Development process can be used for many applications in an organization. It allows the employees to understand what skills they need to develop. The success of Career Development programs is to improve the competency of their employees and better utilize their KSA’s (knowledge, skills and abilities). It is important for employees to be trained in the skills essential for meeting the challenges an organization faces in achieving their goals and expectations. The purpose of this paper is to explain how Career Development plans are an essential part of enhancing the workplace environment and how an organization can develop their employees successfully. This paper will also explain how Employee Motivation can benefit an organization and what motivates employees to reach a higher potential in their work environment. It is important for employees to be motivated and encouraged to reach their full potential to prosper and grow in the organization. Employee Motivation Individuals have different reasons for working. Most individuals work because they need to obtain something they need from work. Whatever the employees obtain...
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...Employee motivation Importance of employee motivation How Employee motivation contributes to productivity How employee motivation contributes to Job satisfaction Best Practices Importance of Employee Motivation For a long time, employees where considered in companies as just an input in the production; but in order for a human being to perform in effective levels it is important for the employee to be motivated. Motivating employees was an important topic as far back as 1789. Samuel Slater, a pioneer who introduced textile manufacturing to America, was concerned about creating a work setting where it was comfortable for workers to do their jobs. (Gibson, 2012, P.125). Motivation is the way business and personal goals are achieved. Motivation is important for any organization, doesn’t matter if the organization is team based or if the employees work independently. The mission and vision of the organization must be aligned with the individuals that work within, this is of high significance for creating a high level of motivation that can lead to higher productivity, financial gain and work quality. The final outcome of any activity within the organization will be outlined by the level of motivation of the employees, without motivation, all capabilities and experiences ere futile. Motivation is what moves productivity, similar to gasoline to an engine, if the engine does not have any fuel, it will not run. It is very common to see how the human resources department...
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...Teamwork and Motivation By James B. Danquah BUS 520: Organizational Behavior and Leadership Dr. Damita Goods Strayer University May 24, 2013 Abstract Hyper competition among businesses continues to increase the importance and relevance of employee motivation. This is essentially because employee motivation grants tangible benefits to the employee as an individual and consequently to organizational growth. One of the challenges facing management in the face of global competition is the designing of appropriate motivation plan that can ensure employee satisfaction and growth of the business. This paper therefore attempts to design an appropriate motivation plan for Danquah and Sons, a small manufacturing company based in Baltimore, Maryland that produces WooWoo, a widget. The motivation plan will encourage high employee job satisfaction, reduce turnover rate, increase productivity and improve quality of work. The paper proposes two methods for all employees at Danquah & Sons and looks at ways to motivate the ordinary factory low rate worker, his relevance and the need for teamwork. Theories of Motivation and Motivation Plans (Schermerhorn et. al 2012) defines motivation as “forces within an individual that accounts for the direction, level, and persistence of a person’s efforts expended at work” (p. 102). Social Scientists have developed many motivation theories, notable among which are Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory that views human needs as...
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...Table of Contents Perception 3 Motivation 4 Extrinsic Motivation 5 Intrinsic Motivation 5 Examples of Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation 5 References 7 Perception Perception is a process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions to give meaning to their environment (Robbins & Judge, 2011). Perception is important to our professional and personal lives because an individual’s perception is their reality. Thereby what is perceived to be real is real. Robbins & Judge (2011) explain there are several factors, which influence our perception. These factors are based on the perceiver, the target, and context or time. Factors based on the perceiver are affected by an individual’s attitudes, motives, interest, and experiences. Factors based on target are influenced by sound, background, motion, and similarity and lastly, factors influenced by context include time, work setting, and social setting. These factors affect how people see one another in an organization. People in an organization tend to judge one another based on the perceptions that have been formed about each other. The Attribution Theory explains how people judge one another depending upon the meaning associated with the behavior. If the behavior is internally caused then one might say the behavior is under the personal control of the individual and if the behavior is external, then the situation forced the individual to behave in such manner (Robbins et al...
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...October/November 2000 Professor Noyes Written Communication OM 3133 November 2000 Necessary characteristics for a motivated organization In the desire for full achievement and enthusiasm within an organization, motivation is an essential requirement. According Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, the definition of motivation is “To provide with a motive; to move; impel; induce; incite” (“Motivation”). Motivation of personnel is the greatest non-monetary factor that determines whether an organization is completely successful in its purpose. Without motivation in a business, work productivity becomes sluggish, employee development lags, and business plans are not achieved within their capable timeframe. Using characteristics that produce motivation are the key to having a completely successful and enthusiastic organization. There are several approaches management can use to try to instill motivation into an organization. Management attempts to instill motivation in employees by kicking them in the rear do not work (Herzberg 6). This method gets employees in an organization to work only for the moment and therefore is not successful. A successful organization utilizes a set of traits that work together to produce motivation. These traits are encouragement, communication, and teamwork. Encouragement A successful organization is filled with managers who impart encouragement. Whereas the use of fear is a poor motivator. The use of encouragement is a good motivator...
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