Motivation Theories for Modern Workplace: Maslow, Hertzberg, and McClelland

This report discusses the benefits of motivation and different motivation theories for the modern workplace, including Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Hertzberg's two-factor theory, and McClelland's theory of needs. It explains how motivation can improve individual work behavior and business productivity, and how modern workplaces can effectively apply motivational theories to improve employee efficiency and productivity.

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TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Motivation....................................................................................................................................3
Different theories of motivation...................................................................................................3
Broad explanation of Maslow's motivation theory......................................................................4
Modern workplace.......................................................................................................................5
Theory of motivation in the modern workplace..........................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Development of employee effectiveness in organization require motivation, it is the best
techniques which improves the quality of performance of individual or team member who
perform for the particular task. Motivation beneficial for improvement in quality of performance
(Novitasari and et.al., 2021). Multiple authors develops motivational theories for business
growth and effective performance management in work culture. Modern workplace refers to the
organization where owner highly consider utilization and applies innovation technology
advancement in their effective performance expansion. This report provides information about
benefits of motivation and which type of motivation theories improves the modern work place.
MAIN BODY
Motivation
Motivation is effective process provides guidance, improving effectiveness, develop
initiative and increase confidence for the specific goal and it influences the individuals quality of
work behaviour. Every day motivation is the best technique which develop higher involvement
of employee towards with the origination (Su and et.al., 2021). Example like employee daily
work for specific task, and they become bore with the same work, so its essential that company
provides them some new approach, provide some benefits to them and many more motivations.
Different theories of motivation
Maslow's motivation theory
Hierarchy of needs theory is based on the level of priorities. It's clearly explained that
management training, motivation, satisfaction, employee health are essentials for organization
growth. Every individual when they do job they mainly want their basic needs can fulfil like
food, shelter, sleep, cloths. Next one is safety need when employee perform for particular task,
their owner and management has to focuses on provides them to safety work culture and gives
them health insurance, family insurance. Third one is important that company consider and
manage good relationship, develop friendly environment, because it will improve attraction
towards with the business. Completion of third needs next is esteem where employee wants
respect, some freedom, so they feel like they have some power and feels goods, so people
become more motivated, and they highly focus on the business object completion. And the last
one is self actualization, individual motivation the best practice is that they analyse what they

achieve and management provides them incentives, so they can improve their lifestyle (Yost and
Cheng, 2021).
Hertzberg's two factor motivation theory
On the basis of this theory author develop two dimensions like hygiene and motivation.
Improvement in the motivation factor improve and increases job satisfaction. Hygiene factors is
beneficial for make sure about that employee dissatisfy from salary, security, status, working
conditions and many more. On the basis of motivation factor like achievement, responsibility,
advancement, growth highly influence the individual work behaviour.
McClelland's theory of needs
According to this theory every individual want three motivation like need of
achievement, affiliation and power (Cummings, Rosenthal and Kong, 2021). Strong working
culture mainly prepared by the satisfaction of this need and individual can highly motivate with
this major there essential. Achievement which mean organization has focuses on the employee
benefits and give them incentive, next one is affiliation which means maintain good and effective
relation ship between manager, and employee, and the last one is power every individual wants
when they work for long time in company they want some power also emergency leaves,
repudiated position.
Broad explanation of Maslow's motivation theory
Maslo's exlain that human motivation can be influences by the five stage process, they
clearly explain that people have basic to higher wants in life (McLeod, 2020). In the work place
individual gets highly motivate when company's owner consider this specific motivational theory
because this theory is clearly explained that which need individual really wants in their lives.
Phycological needs
Without fulfilment of these needs people can't survive their lives, so its essential that
every organization owner provide enough salary to them, so they can easily survive. Food, water,
air, cloths, home these all are basic needs, without completion of this need individual not become
motivates.
Safety needs
Organization wants effectively employee work behaviour they have to focuses on this
step because employee work in business they want safe work culture, security, health insurance,

property. These policies develop more attraction and individual feels motivated and comfortable
(Uysal, 2021).
Love and belonging
It is important that company develop environment where individual considers on
maintaining good relationship. Because every individual when they satisfy form the phycological
needs and safety needs they want love happiness, better relations in work environment, so they
efficiently engage and connects with the task. Powerful communication and love improves the
individual quality of work and people become improves efficiency when they feel they have
good relationship with the company.
Esteem
Respect, recognition, strength, freedom is important when individual perform long term
in organization and perform well for the business goal achievement. People motivation highly
influences by the analysis of where they stand and organization consider it that they satisfy or
not.
Self-actualization
Self actualization refers to the rewards base system which means employee wants some
benefits, incentives, good position when they perform well for business objective. People have
their different goal in the life, so its essential that company organization consider and given them
chance for pursuing goals, utilizing and developing talent and abilities and many more.
So overall Malows's motivation they can be effectively useful for expansion of
motivation in employee for long term, and people high-performance can directly influence the
business object and aims achievement.
Modern workplace
Modern workplace is effective setup which has been effectively designed for completion
of technological and physical needs of employee and organization (Dostert and Müller, 2021).
Also, its beneficial for long term survives in the competitive market place because on the basis of
recent trend almost every organization applies technology advancement. Business improves their
quality of performance and develop multiple positive changes. Leader, manager more effective
provide guidance in modern workplace and it improves the quality of productivity and efficiency
as well.

Theory of motivation in the modern workplace
Motivation is important aspect for almost every organization weather its modern or
traditional workplace. On the basis of research owner analyse that improvement in individual
workforce requires effective motivation theories because its beneficial for multiple aspects like,
improvement in work behaviour, individual focuses on the time management and goal oriented
etc. Modern workplace owner applies motivational theory for improvement in employee
efficiency with the utilization of innovation. In the modern workplace employee use modern
software like Skype google docs, email for communication more effectively.
McClelland's human motivation theory also known as acquired need which means author
explain specific needs of individual requires in life (Grundmann, Scheibe and Epstude, 2021).
Application of this motivation theory at modern workplace as improvement of individual quality
of work for business productivity are as follows,
Need for achievement
Individual want achievement in specific task not only in business environment also in
their lives. Modern workplace owner highly consider technology advancement in their work
culture When business develop innovation in organization process its essential that company
leader, manager provides them guidance for utilization of technology for impressive work
culture. If company not consider training session for innovative tool use them it influences the
individual performance and it influences risk as well. So consideration of modern workplace its
essential that company provides them lessons and provides them new achievement for
application of innovative practices.
Need for power
It basic desire when people work for the organization with long term, they need power
and authority. Individual highly motivated when they have power, in the modern workplace
owner mainly develop leader for various department management. Example on the basis of
recent trend marketing experts has enough knowledge about how to effectively organize
marketing team for productivity improvement, if company's owner not provides them power and
authority then people get demotivated and it influences their work behaviour. So its important
that organization focuses on provides them power to individual.
Need for affiliation

Individual highly motivated when they have good and strong relationship. Friendly
environment increase creativity, productivity and improve confidence level at workplace (Abun,
and et.al., 2021). Company's leaders, manager develop training session and prepares decision for
the new and existing employee its important that they prepare calm and friendly environment for
them because employee become highly motivated when leader communicate and discuss with
employee, and then they create decisions. If leader not provides them training for effective uses
on technology then it highly influences the individual work behaviour.
CONCLUSION
It has been summarized from the above reflective study that motivation can highly
improve the individual work behaviour for specific task completion and effective application and
knowledge of motivational theories can e influence the overall business productivity as well. It
has been very clear that every employee wants motivation in every face of life. Effective
expansion of modern workplace require effective motivation because it improves the individual
quality for performance and also develop attraction towards with the organization aim
achievement. This report has been gives proper guidance about that how motivation incense
business productivity as well.

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