Motivation in People Management

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Motivation.
Introduction.
Inspiration or motivation is the main reason why people do certain actions, have certain
goals and in general what acts as their engine in doing the various things that they want in life.
Their needs are usually brought about by various factors which may include culture, lifestyle,
and society or self-initiated. Motivation will include a certain driving force within oneself that
causes someone to do something that will eventually contribute to their happiness (Graves, &
Sarkis, 2018).
The same motivation is essential in an organization setting. The managers of the
construction company need to come up with a way to improve employee satisfaction and retain
the already existing workforce to aid in the success of the company. The leaders and managers
have to find something that inspires their employees to work towards the accomplishment of
certain organizational goals (Hoffman, M., & Tadelis, 2018). Motivation might be self-initiated
which in other words is referred to as intrinsic motivation while motivation may also be initiated
by certain events or persons otherwise called extrinsic motivation.
Intrinsic inspiration is usually motivated by happiness or the enjoyment within one’s self
rather than existing pressure from others to make something happen. When one enjoys doing
something perhaps a hobby it's usually their idea to start or continuing doing that particular
action simply because it leads to their happiness and personal fulfilment (Knies, &
Leisink,2014).
On the other hand, extrinsic motivation arises from external factors which may include
rewards, coercion or threat of punishment. According to (Leary, & Baumeister, 2017)

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Competition in the extrinsic type of motivation is usually common due to the fact that there are
rewards awaiting the winning party after the accomplishment of certain goals. In an organization
setting, extrinsic motivation is common since most employees will work hard to either get a
salary increment of maybe move up the hierarchy of the organization. The managers usually
promise their employees certain rewards that act as a driving factor however for other businesses
like self-employment the motivation may be different since they might actually love their job.
Theories of motivation.
Maslow’s theory of the hierarchy of needs.
This theory was developed by Maslow was a psychologist. He happened to state that
human needs usually appear in several categories to be precise in five. He stated that these needs
range from survival needs that include food and shelter to needs associated with self-
actualization. This theory states that upon the accomplishment of a particular need one usually
goes on to ensure the accomplishment of another need (Miner, 2015).The company should

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therefore recognize which needs to satisfy fast based on each employee. Each employee has a
need that they want recognized. It is the responsibility of the management to recognize each need
for every employee and try and satisfy the need to improve and facilitate motivation amongst
their employees.
Theory x and y.
This theory states that some employees are self-motivated to work (x).while the y
employees hate to work and need to be coerced towards working. The east Tamaki organization
should recognize this and decide what works effectively for them. Those employees that need to
be coerced should then work under tight supervision while those that love working should
mandate the others to ensure maximum productivity.