Ways to Improve Motivation of Staffs in Workplace: Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation

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Introduction
The essay helps in analyzing the different kinds of techniques or ways which helps in
improving motivation of the staffs in the workplace. There are different processes which are
required to be analyzed in an effective manner which will improve the overall productivity of
the workplace due to positive kind of motivation. The differences between intrinsic and
extrinsic kind of motivation is required to be identified with relevant examples from the own
working life.
Importance of Motivation at Workplace
Employee motivation is one of the major crucial aspects at the workplace which helps
in leading to the entire performance of the department along with the company. The
motivating of the employees in the organization requires to be done on a regular interval.
However, there are few companies which fails to provide motivation to employees and this
affects the overall productivity of the organization. The different kinds of importance of
motivation at the workplace are as follows:
Motivation helps in improving the level of efficiency among the different employees
in the organization (Afsar, Badir & Kiani, 2016). The ability to perform work along with
willingness to perform the same with help of education along with training and this can be
obtained with the help of motivation and willingness is essential in comparison to ability. For
instance- An individual is highly educated and he has been recruited in that respective basis,
but there is no guarantee that he will be performing excellently in the organization.
Secondly, motivation helps in reducing the turnover among the different employees
working in the organization (Hanus & Fox, 2015). The entire reputation of the organization is
being affected by the turnover of the employees and this creates huge problems for the

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managers of the company. Motivated people work for a longer time and there will be decline
in the turnover rate of the employees in the organization (Rezapouraghdam, Alipour &
Darvishmotevali, 2018).
Lastly, with the implementation of motivation, this will lead to stability in the
workforce as this is essential for maintaining reputation at the workplace. With proper
motivation, the organization can retain the various loyal and talented employees and this can
happen when there is feeling of participation among the employees working in the entire
organization (Afsar, Badir & Kiani, 2016).
Ways of Improving Motivation of Staffs in Workplace
There are various techniques for improving the motivation which is being provided to
the staffs in the entire workplace. Motivation is of two types which can be both financial or
non-financial in nature. The different techniques which can be adopted by the different
organizations in order to motivate the different individuals are as follows:
Communicating in a positive manner is one of the major aspects which can be
adopted by the higher officials in supporting the subordinates (Bredahl et al., 2015). The
higher officials of the organization should communicate with the subordinates frequently and
they should actually speak to them face-to-face as this will make the staffs feel that they are
being valued and communicating in person is the best manner in showing appreciation for the
hard work which has been performed by them (Williams Jr et al., 2017).
For instance- In my restaurant, our supervisor tries to communicate with all the staffs
on a daily basis. In the session or meeting, we are asked for the different problems which are
being faced by us and our viewpoints are taken into consideration and those issues are being
resolved within a short span of time.

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Empowering the employees is the other aspect which can be adopted by the
organizations in motivating them (Chawla, 2016). The higher officials need to ask for their
input and take their suggestions as this will improve their performance and they will be
appreciated. It can be seen that there are different employees in the organization who have
their own ideas and they can be efficient in nature (Perryer et al., 2016).
Furthermore, use the reviews of employees at regular intervals as this will help in
discussing the improvements by taking their advice and implement the same. The higher
officials need to provide them with different authorities to make and take their own decisions
as this will make them feel they are important for the organization (Milliman, Gatling & Kim,
2018).
For instance- In my restaurant wherein I am working as a part time staff, there is
performance appraisal which is being done for all the employees and there are incentives and
bonus which is being provided to the most desirable employee. There is motivation provided
to all the staffs whether they are underperforming or performing in an effective manner.
The appraisals which are being provided to employees in the restaurant is effective
and this helps the employees in becoming effective in the different tasks and this has
increased the overall productivity of the organization as well (Kaya, 2015).
Offering different opportunities to the employees working in the organization is the
other aspect which can be taken into consideration. The employees feel motivated when they
know and have the idea that they are working towards something. When the employees start
feeling that there is no such advancement in their career, this will affect their motivation in a
negative manner and no one wants to work a dead-end job (Jayaweera, 2015). The motivation
is required to be provided to employees by offering proper training and development to