...Motivation Methods Tina Smigelski HCS/325 August 27, 2012 Shawn Matheson Motivation Methods There are many different types of motivation methods that a manager can implement that will assist in improving not only moral but quality and quantity of work performance from the employees. The motivational techniques should be ones that will improve the quality of work from the employees and at the same time allow the company to thrive. The following paper will discuss some of these types of motivation methods that as a manager, I will employ and how they will benefit the company. Motivational Method # 1 The first motivational method I would like to employ would be one of employee recognition for contributions to the company. I would like to have an idea box where employees can contribute ideas and every month two will be drawn from the box and voted on by the employees as to which one they would like to work on implementing. Once the vote was in, the person who contributed the idea would receive their name posted on the idea board as recognition for their idea and would receive a gift certificate to a local restaurant as a reward for their idea (Sykes, 2003-2012). They will also be allowed to help motivate the rest of the team by getting the idea started and assisting the manager in implementing the idea. By allowing the staff to come up with ideas that will benefit the company and allowing them to take part in putting the project together, it also makes them feel like more...
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...Motivation Methods Paper Motivation by definition means to give an incentive for action. Motivation is a large factor in either the success or failure for a company. Unfortunately, motivating people is not an exact science. There is no one way, no worksheet to fill out, or no set formula or calculation. Money may motivate one employee of a company. Someone else may appreciate personal recognition for performing a job well done or may work harder if he or she has a type of equity in the business. Employee motivation comes down to one basic ideal: discovering out what the employees want and finding a way to give it to them or to enable them to earn it. There are many methods of motivating employees in today's global business environment. Still, some strategies are prevalent across organizations striving to improve employee motivation. What employees deem important will be the best place to focus motivation efforts. Employees within the same department of an organization will have different motivators. Many organizations that have flexibility in job design and reward systems have employees with better morale, improved productivity, and increased tenured with the company he or she works for. It is important that owners and managers communicate the company's purpose to their employees so that the employees know their contributions are important and that their contributions are valuable to the company. The communication between the two should take the form of words...
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...Motivational Methods HCS 325 Motivational Methods Motivation, as explained, is "those factors that cause, channel, and sustain people's behavior" (Stoner & Freeman, p. 425). The job of a manager in a workplace is to get the things that need to be done done through their employees. Managers must motivate employees in order to do this. The needs of the employees must be fulfilled in order for them to accurately and effective do their work. Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs shows that people are motivated to fulfill basic needs such as food and water before moving onto other more complex needs such as personal esteem and feelings of accomplishment. With that being said, if a manager wants to motivate his employee, they will need to know where on Maslow’s pyramid the employee is. Edgar Huse & James Bowditch (1983, p 95) elaborated that an individual is most likely to be motivated when he or she has an opportunity to perform moderately challenging tasks in competitive situations in which performance depends on an important skill and feedback is given regarding performance. In this paper I will discuss three motivational methods and how they can affect an organization. The first motivational method that I will be discussing is goal-setting. It is pertinent that individuals and businesses have a set of goals that they want to accomplish, whether it is short-term or long-term goals. No matter what type of goal it is, it should be clear and precise. The acronym SMART should...
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...Motivational Methods Paper Name HCS/325 Date Professor Motivational Methods Paper Motivation is a key element in the workplace and it is very important to know the basic theories methods and application because it is something that unavoidable all for us will come up with in our working environment. It is a necessary skill for a future manager or leader to know how to motivate other people in order to work more efficient. Thought this project I become more familiar with the subject and more realized about the importance of motivation. Executive summary Motivating employees is a key issue for most managers. In order to achieve a high level of performance and productivity, managers nowadays are inclined to pay more attention on this issue. Different employees need different motivation. This assignment will first look at the different characteristics of professional workers and lower level contingent workers. It will also address the different motivation approaches that are generally used by managers towards these two different groups. And then, by applying a set of motivation theories, we will explain why managers should use such different methods. Motivation Methods and Applications The main question facing managers in an organization is motivation, how does it work, when to apply and to whom they should apply on. Motivation reflects how innovative and productive things get done within work organizations. Since motivation influences productivity supervisors need...
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...the most motivated among us sometimes can feel unmotivated. We get lazy, make excuses, and pretend to not have enough time on our hands. The most common issue most people have is setting our mind on a goal because it may seem to difficult. But its not hopeless, all though it may seem so, with small steps, the tiniest of steps, can get you started down the road to positive changes. It may get difficult at times and you begin to feel alone when you get unmotivated. It is very common for anyone to fall off track and lose motivation. There are a many ways to get yourself motivated and out of the slump you may be in. It is mainly important you do the best you can to continue on being focused and not let simple things affect you. ONE GOAL- Most of the time the biggest reason for you not being able to stay motivated is because you have too much going on in your life. You may be trying to do too much and it is taking away a lot of your energy and motivation. If you want to become serious about your goals, you need to first work on achieving one at a time. Once you have achieved this goal, then you could continue on to the next one. Finding Your Inspiration- Finding the inspiration you need most when trying to achieve your goals will be achieved most commonly by seeing others achieve your goal. Even seeing others who are working on achieving the same goal as you can be very motivational and helpful to you. While reading stories online about people who have achieved their...
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...Taylorism- if we do one thing it leads to another. People will be motivated to work if rewards n punishments are directly related to their performance. Drawbacks: Basis of crude attempts to motivate people by incentives often used as the implied rationale for performance related pay although this is seldom in effective monitor. By Taylor 1911 Hierarchy of needs- a hierarchy of five needs exists; physiological, safety social, esteem, self-fulfilment. Needs at a higher level only emerge when a lower need is satisfied. Drawbacks : focuses attention on the various needs that motivate people n the notion that a satisfied need is no longer a motivator. The concept of a hierarchy has no practical significance. By Maslow 1954 Goal theory- motivation will improve if people have demanding but agreed goals and receive feedback. By Latham and Locke 1979 Expectancy theory- effort depends on the likelihood that rewards will follow the efforts and that the reward will be worthwhile. Drawbacks: the key theory informing approaches to rewards: that there must be a link between effort and reward but the reward has to be achievable and worthwhile. Reference: Michael Armstrong’s: essential human resource management practice Improving communication: The pragmatic perspective also works between the management and fitting team because if they have a regular communication pattern it will stop the fitting team from being booked for two shifts at the same time the management team will be able...
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...Motivational Methods Paper HCS 325 - Health Care Management Monday, September 19, 2011 Motivational Methods Paper Motivation has been defined as the "willingness to exert effort to achieve the organization's goals, conditioned by this effort's ability to satisfy individual needs" (Kamery, 2004, pp. 91-92). Motivation in a true sense is an art work in that it is a process of being able to change one's willingness to exert effort. This willingness sets the foundation of motivation. Over the course of this paper I will discuss three motivational methods job design, human needs, and based on process; a goal-setting theory in which managers can apply to create an environment for employees to exert their efforts in the workplace. I will also discuss how implementing such motivational methods can affect the organization. The first motivational method I will discuss is motivating through job design. Although monetary compensation often accounts for the motivation behind some individuals work efforts, it is not the sole motivator, but it may be because of self-satisfaction which motivates an individual. Motivating through job design permits creating or defining specific jobs or duties tailored to an individual or group of individuals. Managers often design jobs that encourage employees to become skilled, accurate, and efficient at their assigned task. This in itself is motivation. A sense of accomplishment leads to feeling satisfied. It is through this satisfaction...
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...This essay will explore the importance of motivation in the work environment and the effective methods to maintain company morale along with increasing productivity. Managers are continually challenged to motivate a workforce to do two things. The first is to motivate employees to work toward helping the organization achieve its goals. The second is to motivate employees to work toward achieving their own personal goals. (Buchbinder 2012) Motivation can be a very powerful thing. It is used to give individuals accountability, direction, persistence and more effort in what they are doing or trying to achieve. Good leadership is vital in keeping employees motivated. Understanding what motivates people; managers can better understand their employees and what their needs are to be successful and productive. An employee who is highly motivated works hard at their job and shows enjoyment in what they are doing. As a health care manager you play a large role in how motivated your employees are in doing assigned tasks, reaching goals along with daily duties. Oftentimes when you read about motivation, the term engaged appears within the same context. In order to be motivated, employees must be engaged—and in order to be engaged, they must be motivated. Disengaged employees bring morale down and impact the organization’s bottom line. (Buchbinder 2012) “Positive reinforcement can be a valuable tool and strengthens the frequency of desirable behavior by making a satisfying result depending...
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...MOTIVATIONAL TECHNIQUES MOTIVATION TECHNIQUES AT TATA CHEMICALS About Tata Chemicals Tata Chemicals Limited is a global company with interests in businesses that focus on LIFE: Living, Industry and Farm Essentials. The story of the company is about harnessing the fruits of science for goals that go beyond business. This story began in Mithapur, Gujarat in western India with the creation of a plant that would raise a wealth of marine chemicals from the ocean, with the potential to touch human lives in many ways. From these humble beginnings a market-leading international business has been created, with operations across four continents. Through its living essentials portfolio the company has positively impacted the lives of millions of Indians. Tata Chemicals is the pioneer and market leader in India’s branded Iodised salt segment. With the introduction of an innovative, low-cost, nanotechnology-based water purifier, it is providing affordable, safe drinking water to the masses. Tata Chemicals is the world’s second largest producer of soda ash with manufacturing facilities in Asia, Europe, Africa and North America. The company’s industry essentials product range provides key ingredients to some of the world’s largest manufacturers of glass, detergents and other industrial products. With its farm essentials portfolio the company has carved a niche in India as a crop nutrients provider. It is a leading manufacturer of urea and phosphatic fertilisers and, through its subsidiary...
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...Motivational Methods Shayla Graham HCS/325 September 15, 2012 Carolyn Kimbrough Motivational Methods Motivation plays a very important part in the workplace it is one of the most important elements in a workplace. There are many methods and theories that are associated with motivation and becoming a leader or manager. When motivational methods are researched upon it can show the importance of motivation if it is used effectively. While managers can be inclined motivators in the workplace paying attention to employees and their performance can cause for employees to strive for improvement or to excel in ones current job position. All employees in a workplace may require different levels of motivation and by using different motivational theories this can help with productivity. Motivation requires putting great effort into ones work activities. The Maslow’s theory consists of having five levels of needs. In the workplace and as a manager’s position there are three motivational methods that should be applied. The first method should be to set a goal. When setting a goal it can give employees motivation to try and achieve the goal no matter if it is somewhat challenging. Another method that can be used is the expectancy theory. This theory consists of employee’s beliefs and expectations about what they are being motivated to do. If there are rewards offered to employees for their hard work they may be a little more motivated about their job. By giving employees something...
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...THE EFFECT OF SELF-EFFICACY ON MOTIVATION AND ACHIEVEMENT AMONG FIFTH GRADE SCIENCE STUDENTS A Master’s Research Project Presented to The Faculty of the College of Education Ohio University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Education by Joel Weaver July, 2008 Spring Quarter Table of Contents Chapter One: Introduction.................................................................................... 3 Statement of problem……………………………………………………………………………………………… 3 Research question………………………………………………………..…………………………………………. 4 Significance of study……………………………………………….………………………………………………. 4 Limitations…………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………. 5 Methodology……………………………………………………………..…………………………………………… 5 Organization of body………………………………………………...……………..…………..……………….. 6 Chapter Two: Literature Review……………………………………….………………………………. 7 Understanding student motivation…………………………………………………………………………. 7 Learned Helplessness: A Case Study of a Middle School Student………………………….…. 9 Learned Helplessness: The Effect of Failure on Test-Taking………………….……………..… 10 Factors Supporting School Engagement and Achievement Among Adolescents….… 10 Extrinsic Motivators and Incentives: Challenges and Controversy…………………………. 11 Dynamics of Motivation and Effort for Classroom Assessments in Middle School Science and Social Studies………………………………………………………… 12 Science Achievement and Self-efficacy among Middle School Age Children As Related to Student Development…………………………………………………………...
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...Motivational Method Motivation is the key element in a workplace and it is extremely important to know the theories, methods, and applications associated with motivation. Motivation is a necessary skill for future managers and leaders as it is used to motivate employees to work more efficiently. Researching the different motivation methods has brought the realization of just how important motivation is in the workplace. For most managers, motivating their employees is a key issue. In today’s work force, managers are inclined to pay special attention to their employees. They also pay attention to motivates them to perform at a higher level. Not every individual works in the same manner or needs the same motivation. This paper will look at the different characteristics of professional workers and lower-level contingent workers. Also addressed in this paper will be the different motivational approaches that are used by managers today towards these two groups. Finally, by applying a set of motivational theories, this paper will attempt to explain why managers should apply different methods to each of these groups. There are many questions facing managers about motivation; questions such as how does motivation work, when to apply motivation, and whom to apply motivation techniques to. Motivation reflects how innovative and productive jobs are achieved within work organizations. Because motivation influences productivity, supervisors need to understand what motivates employees...
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...Rational use of motivation Incentives are an important part of human resources. It is a psychological term, refers to stimulate mental processes of human behavior. This concept is used to motivate management refers to inspire motivation of employees, that the use of a variety of effective ways to mobilize their enthusiasm, initiative and creativity, so that employees strive to complete business tasks and achieve business goals. Therefore, enterprises motivate fundamental purpose is to induce the proper motivation of employees, so that they achieve organizational goals while achieving their own needs, increase their satisfaction, so their enthusiasm, initiative and creativity continue to maintain and carry forward. It can be said of incentive theory is good or bad to some extent, an important factor in determining the success of an enterprise. How to make motivation usefully has become a very important issue in modern human resource management faces. Depends on the interviews, it is accordingly that combine various motivators will maximize incentive because every employee are different, manager can't use only one method to achieve the purpose of incentive. There are three different motivation methods that interviewee were mentioned and these methods all take play in their work life, but the primary motivation is different. Firstly, all interviewees were mention material motivation, such as salary and welfare. Material needs as a fundamental human needs for...
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...Motivational Methods Paper Lakisha Wells HCS 325 April 14, 2012 Cecelia Sawyer Motivational Methods Paper Motivation is used in a managing concept to define strengths inside individual that explain...
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...that financial methods are the best way to motivate all employees. However, financial methods of motivation are not always the most suitable way to motivate employees, and moreover not all employees. According some study, people have obvious motivation for working. On the contrary, from companies' aspect, using financial reward schemes to motivate also have several problems, summarized as follows: First, are financial rewards costs or investment? Financial rewards are salary or wages, for a company is money. Money is both cost and investment, but Managers have different opinion. Some managers who think financial rewards as company's cost set low payment standard naturally, as little as possible raise, even no raise. Other managers who think financial rewards as the investment expect to motivate employees through high payment, high benefits, and bonuses, raises. They also expect to get a return from this investment. The two views reflect the very different management philosophy, resulting in a distinct managerial effect. Second, are financial rewards needs of high level or low level? It seems money is the low-level, at least not enough noble. In fact, under normal situation, money can help people to achieve any level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs: physiological, safety, belongingness and love, esteem and self-actualization. For most people, income is a flag of achievement to measure McClelland's achievement motivation. The money pursuing is an extrinsic motivation. However, except...
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