Understanding why people work

BSc (Hons) Business Management with
Foundation
BMP3004
World of Work
Understanding why people work
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
What does Motivation Mean? ....................................................................................................3
The various factors which motivate employees to work.............................................................5
The positive factors employees experience as a result of their job roles....................................6
The negative factors employees experience as a result of their job roles...................................6
Strategies to cope with negative factors employees experience as a result of their job roles.....6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
Books and Journals:....................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Motivation is the important factor that should be considered by every organisation so
that they get inspired towards achievement of goals and objectives (Schwarz, Eva and
Newman, 2020). It is very important for organisation as well as for individual that they
should always focus on building high morale. It assist in giving high performance and
productivity so that organisation can achieve their goals and objectives. It is the report that
covers techniques of motivation which is used in organisation.
MAIN BODY
What does Motivation Mean?
Motivation is the process that focuses on maintaining behaviour of individual in
respect of their goals. It is not just maintaining but also it initiates and guides to the person. It
includes emotional, cognitive, social and biological forces that assist in activate behaviour. It
is identified that at certain point of time people are getting from depression. At that time they
need some motivation so that they can get again into their path for achievement of goals. And
objectives (Semenova, 2020). It is very important for very person that they should take
initiatives for self motivation so that they will not suffer from any anxiety and depression.
Motivation is necessary in organisation because they have human resources which need
motivation in order to achievement of objectives and goals. Organisation need higher
productivity and efficiency so that they can achieve their goals. Motivation has mainly two
types that are mentioned below with their separate explanation:
Intrinsic Motivation
It is the type of motivation in which a person get motivation from their initial personal
values. It is very important for every person that they should have some intrinsic values so
that they can perform their activities and duties automatically. When someone perform
activity that is interesting for them and enjoyable (Rahardjanto, 2019). A person can not get
rewards from external factors then it considered as intrinsic motivation. For example, when
person a feel from internally that they should be complete their task timely then it is
considered as intrinsic motivation. Another example, a person who working in a voluntary
blood bank in which they perform activities for welfare of society. He has inner value that he
have to do activity for helping others then it is also considered as intrinsic motivation.
Extrinsic motivation
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