Understanding why people work

Business Management with Foundation
BMP3004
World of Work
Understanding why people work

Contents
Introduction 1
What does Motivation Mean? 3
The various factors which motivate employees to work
4
The positive factors employees experience as a result of their job roles
The negative factors employees experience as a result of their job roles 5
Strategies to cope with negative factors employees experience as a result of their job roles
6
Conclusion 6
References 7

Introduction
All people around the world work for the eventual aim of seeking a improved lifestyles.
It is wisely evaluate that an individual work exclusively for money. But in today's world rather
than for wealth, people are still motivated to do work for many reasons, including to realize and
fulfill their duty in society, to avoid thriftlessness, and to keep their mind progressive (Guda,
et.al., 2020)..
In this report will explain about why do people work and different kind of theories and
approaches that will describe the concept and significance of motivation. The key factors that
motivate employees to do their best with in the organization. Further it will elaborate the
pros and cons components that has been faced by the employees while working in the
company.
What does Motivation Mean?
Motivation is the activity that boost, advice and maintain goal oriented action. It is a
powerful factor which encourages an individual to give their best performance which help an
organization to achieve their goals, the term "motivation" is often used to driving the force
behind human actions (.Chou, et.al., 2018).
Maslow's hierarchy theory is a classical description for motivating human. This is a
pyramid of 5 needs that analyize the basic and interpersonal needs of an individual. This five
needs are as follow-:
▪ Physiological needs- These are common requirement of an individual which
includes water, air, food clothing and shelter. No one can live without these factors
so it is important to fulfill these needs.
▪ Safety needs- After satisfying the physiological needs these desires arise. It
includes physical, environmental and emotional safety and protection. These
must be fulfill in order to have a long term sustainability.
▪ Social needs- after satisfying these two needs these wants arises that includes
the need for love, warmness, precaution, belongingness and friendship. These
makes the person stress free and mentally stable.
▪ Esteem needs- as fulfilling all the needs this needs of self esteem arise that
include the want to be respected by the peers and colleges. The esteem need is
further divided into two parts internal and external esteem needs.
▪ Self-actualization need- This is the final want of the person that includes the self
satisfaction and desires to be respected with in the surrounding where the