The term employee motivation it is identified that employee
themselves willing to work to achieve with business objectives. Motivation at
work has been defined as 'the sum of the processes that influence the arousal,
direction, and maintenance of behaviors relevant to work settings. Set of
motivated employees are key success factors for any organization structure.(Banks, 1997)
There are various types of theories
are discussed along with employee motivational studies. In that followings are
referred to as main theories which are disused about motivation in business
environment;
- Maslow's Need Hierarchy Theory
- Herzberg's Motivation Hygiene Theory
- McClelland's Need Theory
- McGregor's Participation Theory
- Urwick's Theory Z
- Argyris's Theory
- Vroom's Expectancy Theory
- Porter and Lawler's Expectancy Theory
There are different factors are
discuss about the importance of employee motivation. Basically it allows to
organization to reach into company’s objectives. De –motivation set of
employees is basically do not supportive to reach of goals of business and it
take to riskier position of business activities. Motivated employees can lead
to increased productivity and allow an organization to achieve higher levels of
output(Anne Bruce, 2012) . Imagine having an employee who is not
motivated at work. They will probably use the time at their desk surfing the
internet for personal pleasure or even looking for another job. This is a waste
of your time and resources.
There is various ways to motivate
employees and following are discussed about key methods to motivate set of
employees in any business industry;
- Communication improvements
Managing with communication is
important to manage with proper relationship within the organization operation
and it is important to make with two way communication as well. In that regards
the major decision making need to be arranging with company to manage proper
communication flow to manage motivational level of employees.
- Value individual contribution of employees
Recognition is important in
motivational factors within the organization which is supportive towards
development of future involvements as well. Provide with the trust and provide
with more values to the individual decision might supportive to manage with
more engagement of employees and individual level motivation of them.
- Initiation with positive work place environment for motivation
Initiation of positive work place
environment would be created with common factors to be made out with
motivational employees within company. In order to manage with process employee
friendly working environment is important to be in place.
Reference
- Anne Bruce, S. M. M., 2012. Leaders Start to Finish: A Road Map for Developing Top Performers. s.l.:American Society for Training and Development.
- Banks, L., 1997. Motivation in the Workplace: Inspiring Your Employees. Karen M. Miller ed. s.l.:American Media Publishing.
- Miner, J. B., 2005. Organizational Behavior: Behavior 1: Essential Theories of Motivation and Leadership. Armonk: M. E. Sharpe.


Yes thusitha! you are right It has to be supervised well and have employee employer relationship to be motivated the employees much positive way to succeed in the organisation.
ReplyDeleteYes. Most of the companies in global are practicing the same . I have a doubt , few Sri lankan companies are following basic concepts.
DeleteNice article as Motivation will help employees to achieve their personal goals. If an individual is motivated, he will have the job satisfaction
ReplyDeleteThanks. If you want bunch of motivation team you have to
Deletemotivate them individually and as a team.
It is important to identify proper ways and means of employee motivation for any organization as moneytory benefits are not the only motivational factor.
ReplyDelete100% agreed with the comments.
DeleteThusitha at least every six months employee should be covered by motivation event since it will not be a cost it will an investment.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the valuable comments. Yes it is a continuous process.
ReplyDeleteThat is so true. Employee motivation plays an integral part between the organization's success and the employees productivity.
ReplyDeleteYou got the point.
DeleteThanks for your comments.
ReplyDeleteMotivated employees can lead to increased productivity and allow an organisation to achieve higher levels of output.
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