Journal of Innovation & Knowledge

Motivation

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MOTIVATION IN EMPLOYEES
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Analysis of work as a HR practitioner:......................................................................................2
Types of motivation...................................................................................................................2
Major theories of motivation......................................................................................................3
Maslow’s need hierarchy theory............................................................................................3
Herzberg’s hygiene two factor theory of motivation.............................................................3
Vroom’s Expectancy theory...................................................................................................4
Recommendations to motivate the employees...........................................................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................5
References..................................................................................................................................6

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MOTIVATION IN EMPLOYEES
Introduction
Motivation can be defined as a process which stimulate and create the desires in the people of
the organisations in order to fulfill their responsibilities in an effective manner for achieving
the goals of organisations. It may be known as a method to improve and enhance the efforts
inside the job role for fully utilization of talent and skills of the employees.
In this report a brief analysis will be done over the importance of motivation including the
various methods and strategies used by HR managers to motivate the employees in order to
increase the output for the company. The experience of managing the workforce is described.
An analysis will also be done over the various theories of motivation suggested by different
authors for understanding the process of motivation in a better way.
Analysis of work as a HR practitioner
In the starting when I joined the company, I thought that it was not a difficult task to motivate
the employee but later on I realised that motivation is a very challenging task for HR
practitioner. I also realised that motivation is very important for the development of the
organisation. Motivation helps the employee by obtaining better productivity for the
company. It also helps the employees from overcoming the problems in the job role by
creating confidence and zeal towards the work. Motivation is extremely important for
continuous improvement in the performance of employee. I realised that human resources are
the most valuable assets of the organisation and that is why continuous efforts are needed by
HR manager for developing the human resources for getting the maximum benefit by
establishing a fair and positive environment inside the organisation (Donald, Kelly, &
Christen, 2019).
For knowing the concepts and strategies related to motivation, I go through with the literature
related to types and theories of motivation. These are as follows:
Types of motivation
There are two types of motivation exist: