Motivation in Organizations: Strategies and Techniques

This research project explores the concept of motivation in an organization, its relation to employee productivity, tools and techniques of motivation, and effective strategies for organizations. It includes a literature review and recommendations for organizations to improve their motivation strategies.

Motivation

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................3
Explain the concept of motivation in an organisation?................................................................3
What is the relation among the motivation and the productivity of employees?.........................3
What are the tools and techniques of motivation?.......................................................................4
What are the effective strategies of motivation to the organizations?.........................................4
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.....................................................................................................5
DISCUSSION AND FINDINGS ON SECONDARY BASIS........................................................6
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS............................................................................8
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................8
RECOMMENDATIONS.............................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Employees are one of the significant assets within an organisation because they are
responsible for carrying out business operations and activities in a systematic manner. Thus, an
organisation uses practice of motivation to encourage and empower employees in the workplace.
Motivation refers to the practice which induces an employee to work with full action and
enthusiasm. It is the practice which drives an employee to operate towards achieving company's
goals and objectives (Limsongprot, 2018). It is being determined that many companies are
adopting different motivation strategies to encourage and motivate employees in the workplace.
These motivation strategies also assist company to retain their employees for long run and attract
new employees. In an organisation, different types of employees work and operate so it shows
that their needs and expectations are also different (Harshitha and Balu, 2018). So, managers
make direct communication with each employee in a systematic way so their preferences and
expectations could be identified. Some of the significant strategies are: making business
environment pleasant & positive, providing supportive & honest manager, offering competitive
rewards and many more (Hanaysha and Hussain, 2018). The current study will collect in-depth
information about the practice of motivation within an organisation and this report will also
highlight the in-depth information about the various motivation strategies adopted by managers
and leaders to motivate their employees in the organisation.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Literature review is the section that holds secondary information about the proposed
topic. This chapter considers secondary sources like books, articles, journals, newspapers,
publication etc.
Explain the concept of motivation in an organisation?
According to De Sousa Sabbagha and et. al., (2018), motivation is an inducement to
move or act. It is the procedure to induce the employees of a company to act in a pre-defined
desired way so as to attain objectives of the organisation. In simpler words, it is the procedure of
stimulating action by understanding the requirements of workforce and by considering their
motives. On the other hand, motivator refers to the technique used for motivating employees
such as promotion, bonuses etc. The procedure of motivation plays a significant role in any
company, non profit or profit. The managerial procedure of direction is carried out by the

procedure of motivation as it forms within the mind of a workforce the desire to operate in the
direction pre-defined by the manager (Nwaomah and Tsukani, 2020).
What is the relation among the motivation and the productivity of employees?
According to Sabbagha, Martins and Ledimo (2018), it is being determined that
motivation and the productivity of employees have positive relation. Motivation of employees
increases productivity of the employees as well as performance in the workplace. Great level
employee motivation positively impacts the productivity of the workforce (Limsongprot, 2018).
Every organisation desires to increase the productivity of the workforce because they generate
mind-set that their work is quite important for the success and development of the company.
What are the tools and techniques of motivation?
According to Moodley and Hove (2018), motivation techniques refer to external and
internal factors that contribute in improving productivity, increasing satisfaction and creating
more contributions. When company wants its employee to work harder then they use
motivational techniques and tools for encouraging and inspiring them. Some of the significant
kinds of motivational techniques are:
Validate good work: In this organisation inspires the efforts of the team members by
appreciating good work of employees. The appreciation is shown in person which includes
expression and compliments of gratitudes generally have the positive impact over employees.
Radiating positivity: An organisation creates a positive culture by maintaining the
motivation level of employees. The simplest way to radiate positivity in the organisation is by
playing music, laughing and having fun (Harshitha and Balu, 2018).
What are the effective strategies of motivation to the organizations?
According to Agbenyegah (2019), motivation of employees is one of the components that
help in attaining success of the company. It is the duty of leaders and managers to make
employees feel happy, encouraged and motivated because this assists in leading greater
performance and higher quality work. Some of the significant strategies of motivation used by an
organisation to motivate employees are:
Setting attainable goals: It is the strategy in which an organisation creates SMART
objectives for workforce. These objectives clearly outline every criterion required for attainable
success and development (Hanaysha and Hussain, 2018).

Creating incentive programs: The other positive strategy for motivating employee is
forming an incentive program which assists in providing rewards to team members for the
accomplishments. Basically, this is the promise of an organisation to encourage employees with
the great level of incentives.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The present investigation will be based upon qualitative research methods for the
accumulation and analysis of information in a systematic manner (Cr, 2020). Under quantitative
research methods, researcher will use interpretivism philosophy, inductive approach, case study
and systematic literature review strategy etc. These methods will assist investigator to take out
non-numerical information directly from the various sources. Thus, the current study has covered
secondary piece of information from the secondary sources such as books, journals, newspapers,
articles, magazines, publications, already conducted interviews, survey and many more (Dźwigoł
and Dźwigoł-Barosz, 2018). The main benefit of using qualitative research methods to carry out
non-numerical research outcomes (Nayak and Singh, 2021).

DISCUSSION AND FINDINGS ON SECONDARY BASIS
Explain the concept of motivation in an organisation?
As per the information assembled in the literature review, it is identified that this process
assists in increasing the productivity of the employees and making employees more focused
towards the betterment of a company. It also assists in changing the employees attitudes so that
they can put more efforts in completing their assigned operations and activities. With the
assistance of motivation, an organisation forms motivated and loyal workforce. It also facilitates
an organisation to decrease the level of employee turnover and reduce the requirement for
continuous induction of new recruited candidates (Ainsworth, 2020). Motivation is one of the
practices within an organisation which is directly linked with taking out multiple benefits for the
organisation. Some of the common importance of motivation within an organisation are:
increases productivity, ensures efficiency of organisation, promotes loyalty among employees,
ensures proactive workforce etc. It is being analysed that with the assistance of motivation,
employees of the organisation knows their worth and importance in the workplace and perform
their assigned duties with greater efficiency and effectiveness. When productivity of the
employees gets increased in the organisation due to their motivation then it also benefits the
overall performance of the organisation. Employees make sure that they are performing in a way
that benefits the whole organisation.
What is the relation among the motivation and the productivity of employees?
With the information included in literature review it is understood that motivation also
includes appreciating each employee so that they can perform better than their capability and
ability. Motivating employees is the process which holds great priority in the organisation
because it creates job satisfaction among employees as well as increase the long-term retention
rates (Pak and et. al., 2019). Therefore, motivation and employee productivity go hand in hand
because employees generate feeling that they are satisfied with their job. Motivation and
productivity of the employees have direct link with each other (McCarthy and Milner, 2020).
Motivation refers to inducement which plays major role in encouraging and keeping enthusiasm
of an employee towards their assigned job roles and responsibilities. When employees get great
level of motivation and enthusiasm towards their work then their efficiency of performing their
each job role gets improved. In simpler words, motivation drives an employee to operate and
work to best of their abilities and capabilities. When every employee gets to know their

capability is high in comparison of present situation then they find different ways so that they
can improve their efficiency and capability. Thus, motivated employee always contributes more
in the organisation in comparison of disheartened employee in the workplace. Hence, motivate
employees are always considered as an asset for an organisation because they always create
many advantages and benefits for the organisation.
What are the tools and techniques of motivation?
As per the data analysed in the literature review, it is learnt that creating a mentorship
program: Good mentors offer advice, encouragement and understanding about the successes and
trials workforce encounters. Mentors play an important role in resolving any concern of
employees and appreciating their success. With these programs, an organisation has experienced
employees to align efforts with the company's objectives. Sharing profits to improve
performance: By providing a profit-sharing program, workforce recognises that they also have
their share in the financial success of a company. It gives a sense of pride to employees and see
their earnings increase (Colaco and Loi, 2019). In an organisation, employees always work with
certain expectations and generally employees expect from the organisation that they will provide
them certain monetary and non-monetary benefits. An organisation gives an employee monetary
benefits for motivating and encouraging employees because financial gains are known as one of
the best motivators for motivating employees in the workplace. Under monetary benefits, an
employee is offered with bonus, incentives etc. for their great performance in the organisation.
These benefits create mind-set among employees that their work is quite important and they are
getting right reward for their great performance.
What are the effective strategies of motivation to the organizations?
With the data collected in the literature review, it is carried out that Opportunity for
career advancement and development: In an organisation when employees know they can
advance in their present career path are more likely to feel productive. So, this includes
continuous learning by creating positive working culture (Guillen, 2021). Encouraging an open-
door policy: It is the strategy in which members interact with each other on a continuous basis so
that they could be motivated. It includes an open line of communication between employees and
managers.

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
CONCLUSION
From the above gathered information, it is summarised that motivation holds great
importance in an organisation because it is directly linked with the performance of the whole
organisation. Companies invest their time in developing talent strategies and techniques so that
employees can be easily retained in the organisation for longer duration of time. This report has
included different techniques such as validating good work, developing mentorship program,
creating incentive programs, encouraging open-door policy and many more. Hence, it is
determined that with the assistance of motivation strategies, company focuses towards building
strong relationship between employees and managers as the chances of conflicts and disputes get
reduced. Therefore, motivation is the procedure which is quite necessary in the workplace.
RECOMMENDATIONS
From the given information, there are some recommendations which are suggested to
TESCO through which they can develop their existing motivation strategies. Some of the
recommendations are:
 Training and development is one of the greatest strategy of motivating employees
because this helps in keeping interest of employees in their work. Through training and
development they get opportunity to improve their current skills and learn new
knowledge.
 Offering rewards is the other motivation strategy that must be adopted by TESCO
because this helps employees to increase their financial gain. When employees get more
rewards they get more focused towards their work.

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