Theories of Motivation and Their Application in Modern Workplace

Individual Essay
(Theories of motivation and their
application in Modern Workplace)

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
THEORY OF MOTIVATION.........................................................................................................3
Maslow’s need of Hierarchy theory.......................................................................................3
Theory of X and Y..................................................................................................................4
Herzberg’s Motivation Theory Model....................................................................................5
Importance of Motivation.......................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Motivation is a procedure that provides guidance, takes initiative and maintains goals-
oriented behaviours. Motivation helps in activating the behaviour of an individual by including
emotional, cognitive, social and biological forces. It is considered as internal process through
which an individual needs a desire that change either in environment or self (Rita and et. al.,
2018). The person needs motivation either for sustaining life or increasing well being and
growth. Generally, motivation is of two types they are extrinsic motivation and intrinsic
motivation. The Extrinsic motivation are those which arises from outside of workers and include
rewards such as praise, social recognition and money whereas intrinsic motivation is those which
are inside the individual for example hobbies as people like to pursue them. Motivating
employees is very important in an organisation as they are the key for success (Ritala, Vanhala
and Järveläinen, 2020). If an employee is motivated, they will give productive outcomes and
contribute their best in achieving goals and objective of Company. The Essay is based on theory
of motivation and how they are applied in modern workplace.
THEORY OF MOTIVATION
The Theory of motivation is an understanding of what drives an individual to work towards
a particular outcome or goals. The Employee who is motivated gives their more productive and
the productive person is more profitable for Company. There are various motivation theories
which include Maslow’s Hierarchy theory, Theory of X and Y, Herzberg two factor theory,
Vroom Expectancy Theory, McClelland’s Need Theory and many other theories. Following are
the discussion of some of the prominent theories:
Maslow’s need of Hierarchy theory
It is one of the known theories of motivation which is based on human needs. The
Hierarchy theory states that humans are motivated to fulfil their wants and needs in a hierarchical
order. The order starts with most basic need before moving on to more advanced needs. The
Goal of this theory is to reach the last stage of hierarchy which is self actualisation (Yashin and
et. al., 2018). There are five stages in Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs; he believes that an
individual must needed to completely satisfy their one stage to begin pursuing further stage. The
theory contains five stages they are physiological needs, safety needs, love and belongings need,
esteem needs and Self actualisation needs. The Physiological need is on lowest pyramid of