Employee Motivation and its Impact on Organisational Productivity

Business Research Plan

Contents
Topic: "Employee motivation and its impact on organisational productivity"...............................1
1. Individual Research Plan.............................................................................................................1
Introduction..................................................................................................................................1
Research Aims/Objectives...........................................................................................................1
Research Aim...........................................................................................................................1
Research Objectives.................................................................................................................1
Research Questions..................................................................................................................2
Literature Review........................................................................................................................2
Research Methodology................................................................................................................4
Sampling......................................................................................................................................7
Accessibility................................................................................................................................7
Ethical Issues...............................................................................................................................8
Significance.................................................................................................................................8
Deliverables.................................................................................................................................8
Required Resources.....................................................................................................................9
Implementation Time Table........................................................................................................9
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2. Evaluation of the Choices Made in Individual Research Plan..................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

Topic: "Employee motivation and its impact on organisational productivity"
1. Individual Research Plan
Introduction
Motivation is termed as the inner urge of an individual to act in a particular way. It is
experience of desire and has both objective as well as subjective aspect. In an organisation it is
very necessary for employer to keep its employees motivated as this will help in improving the
performance of organisation. Motivated employees will lead to effective results within firm.
Motivated employees are the key to success of an organisation (Alvstam, Ivarsson and Petersen,
2019). This report is based on Marks and Spencer which is one of the leading British retailer
which offers home products, food products and clothing to the customers which are of high
quality. This research is based on the topic “To analyse the significance of employee motivation
and its influence on performance of an organisation. A case study on Marks & Spencer”. It
covers the aim and objectives of research along with research questions and a brief literature
review on different themes. Apart from this, it also includes research methodology, sampling
method, accessibility of data, ethical issues, resources required in study and significance of
research. The second part of this business research project covers evaluation of the choices that
are made in individual research plan.
Research Aims/Objectives
Research Aim
The aim of this study is “To analyse the significance of employee motivation and its
influence on performance of an organisation. A case study on Marks & Spencer.”
Research Objectives
The main objectives of this research study are as follows:
 To understand the significance of employee motivation in an organisation.
 To identify the ways through which Marks & Spencer can motivate its employees.
 To assess the impact of employee motivation on performance of Marks & Spencer.
 To analyse the benefits of having motivated workforce within firm.
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Research Questions
The main questions that are formulate by researcher to answer in this research are mentioned
below:
 What is the significance of employee motivation in an organisation?
 Which are the various ways through which Marks & Spencer can motivate its
employees?
 How employee motivation can have an impact on the performance of Marks & Spencer?
 What are the benefits that Marks & Spencer gain of having motivated workforce within
firm?
Literature Review
It is vital part of every research project that includes discussion about various articles and
scholarly journal that are reviewed and surveyed by researcher in order to develop better
understanding and framework for current research work (Bell, Bryman, and Harley, 2018).
Following literature review is based on online articles and journal that are associated with current
research topic of employee motivation a discussion of which is provided below:
To understand the significance of employee motivation in an organisation
According to the view point of Heryati R, 2020, Employee motivation has become a critical
aspect for all organisation as it leads to better performance of the department and overall
company thus, motivating employees has become significant and routine work for all
organisation. It has been evaluated that high level of employee’s motivation is significant and
crucial for all organisation as it lead to improvement in employees’ commitment and satisfaction
level that encourage them to put their best effort in the assigned task and lead to positive growth
in company. Further, high level of motivation and positive workplace environment also
facilitates ongoing development and self-progress of an individual’s as it leads to a clear link
between effort made by staff and its results and outcomes, which creates a better motivation in
employees to continue at a high level and have improvement in their skills and competencies that
facilitates higher productivity and efficiency for an organisation (Fletcher, 2017). Beside this, it
has been also observed that in order to achieve a higher level of employee productivity and
efficiency it is essential that management should encourage a positive workplace environment to
set a balance between ability and willingness of employees to performance well. Thus, it can be
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