Understanding Why People Work: Factors that Motivate and Demotivate Employees

This report discusses the concept of motivation and the factors that encourage employees to work. It explains Maslow's hierarchy of needs and the two types of motivation - intrinsic and extrinsic. The report also covers positive and negative factors experienced by employees and strategies to cope with negative factors. Course code and name, and college/university are not mentioned.

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Business Management with Foundation
BMP3004
World of Work
Understanding why people work
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Contents
Introduction 1

What does Motivation Mean? 1
The various factors which motivate employees to work
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The positive factors employees experience as a result of their job
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The negative factors employees experience as a result of their job
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Strategies to cope with negative factors employees experience as a
result of their job roles p
Conclusion p
References p

Introduction
Motivating plays a vital function in business as it encourage employees or individual
to improve their efficiency of performing action in the company. This is responsibility of the
management to motivate and make them feel satisfied with in the job so that their stability can
be increased and operate in long run( Taylor,and Kaufman, 2021). It consist a various
techniques of motivating work force. In this report will explain about the concept of the
motivation and the components that encourage them to perform action in the company. And
further it will explain the negative and positive factors that is experienced by the employees.
What does Motivation Mean?
It is the process in which the authorities influence their employees to improve their ability
that can direct hit the efficiency of the company in various ways. It consist a various
theories that assist business in attracting the employees. Its gives various benefits to the
organization. The basic theory is described in below.
Maslow's hierarchy -
It is the theory of needs and wants, this states that every person works to satisfy their needs
and wants so that they can live happily and improve their standard of living. It consist a
pyramid structure which explains the basic requirements of the individuals that is essential or
living. The factors are described in below :
 Physiologic needs : these are the biologic needs for manlike living just as
air, water, drink, warmth,sex, sleep and any other. If these wants are not
satisfied the human body cannot operate optimally. It is the most important
as all the other requirements become secondary until these desires are
fulfilled (Dutil, 2021.).
 Safety needs : as the primary needs are fulfilled the second requirement
arises which is the requirement of safety and security with in the company.
These needs are satisfied by the family friends or at work space it is fulfilled
by the management by providing job security, financial security and many
others.
 Love and belonging needs : after physiological and safety needs have
been completed, the third stage is social and includes feelings of belonging.
Human relationship, affiliations, attached and being part of a unit.
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 Esteem needs : It is a fourth part requirements in the series of requirements
which is linked to the requirements in regards to the increase status,
position and also feel reputable with in the organization. This plays a huge
role in motivating individuals.
 Self actualization needs : it is the last level of requirements which is
related to realization of the full possible of person. In this person
majorly strives to be the successful.
Motivation has diversified in two terms that helps in understanding that from where the
person feels motivated. These are elaborated in below.
1. intrinsic Motivation – this term states that motivation comes inside of the person
and their mindset and behavior of the individuals. It is hardly effective as it comes
from inside of the person, whereas, it is long term strategy for achieving goals and
objectives. In order to assist the intrinsic motivation, be intentional with the
feedback. Positive response and encouragement gives the power to the person to
get improve more.
2. Extrinsic Motivation - It is the kind of motivation that comes from outside of the
person just by providing the rewards compensation and promotion. These all
influence the workers.
Both the motivation are essential methods of driving behavior. When the management
understand how to motivate people.
The various factors which motivate employees to work
Salary: it is the term which states that the wages being paid to the person in
return of their efforts that has been done by them with in the working hours. It is
fixed amount of capital that workers receive every month from their
management. It encourages the workers to perform well in the company and theirs
efforts helps the organization in growing.
Promotion: It means that person is appreciated by the senior designation and
increment in their responsibility. It allows the person to take a difficult task that
challenge individual to grow In the career path. It directly hit the performance
of the person and feel respected in the organization.
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Work Environment: it plays a huge role in the individuals life as it puts a impact
on the mind of the person. It is responsibility of the management is to keep the
healthy environment in the company so the work force can feel families with in
the industry. It includes communication, rewards, activities and many other factors
that are included in the company.
The positive factors employees experience as a result of their job
roles
Being a part of company that believes in workplace health can mean varied between a
occupation. A positive working atmosphere is the key to achievement. In below some
factors that has been learned by the employees(Hsu, Liu, and Tsaur, 2019).
1. positives values - a positive goal document designed the objectives and
effusive attitude that exemplify the highest commitment to quality and service to
every one as consumer, organization, and investors. The structure sets out to
attain its objectives in ethical loyal ways with an raised sense of intention to
develop the earth and manhood.
2. Possibility for the maturation as well as improvement of the ability - Every
worker is needed to go for-step in the expertness live and everyone thinks that
they cannot get engaged in their existing duties and operate on similar task
constantly. It give s the ability to improve their personal skills so that they can have
a growth in future whenever they switch to other job.
3. Compassion , respect and understanding - humanity and understanding
predominate when workers face issues such as occurrence, health issues,
personal problems and natural hazards.
4. Positive reinforcement - individual need acknowledgment, appreciation and
gratitude, rewards, bonuses, raises, promotion and certificates of attainment are oil
in the machinery types. The institute thanks workers constantly in these
methods.
The negative factors employees experience as a result of their job
roles
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however the person not only gets the positive experience, they gets a negative
experience too from their job roles. These points are as:
1. Struggle among workers - It is a component which have impinging on the worker
content in the antagonistic style as this may effect in counter temporary surroundings.
Struggle among the worker may originate when there are antagonistic political
relation at work which may outcome in reduced mental state and assurance among
them and also feeling the productiveness level of them.
2. Unhealthy working surrounding - It is also one of the component which turned
destructive education to the workers as it leads in diffusing the negativeness that may
feeling the employed of them. When there is negative or deadly practical situation,
there is deficiency of job contentment among worker from the several job function
(Lee, Lee, and Lee, 2021)
Strategies to cope with negative factors employees experience as a
result of their job roles
There are various strategies to over come from negative points in order to turn them in
positive points. These strategies are as follow (Alsawaier, 2018) :
 Worker appointment - when there is any antagonistic components which is
impacted the workers education, workers battle is the best preparation as it
assist in bringing modification in work which can content prevailing, reliable and
less ceremonial speech.
 Provide recognition – Every person Is willing to have a acknowledgment and
rewards as it keeps them actuated. When they are encouraged and acknowledged,
the workers feel valued and also engaged in the business operations so that
businesslike action and progressive operations can be done. This brings positive
attribute for staff.
Conclusion
It is concluded from above report that motivation plays a huge in the
organization. The management of the company are responsible for
motivating the workers that it gives varied benefits to the industry. There are
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various factors which gives positive experience to the employees which
includes recent actions management, new opportunity for growth. But there
are some negative components that are gained from the job that are describe
in above. Certain effective steps has been described in above report that
gives suggestion to the overcome from negative experience.
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