Motivation in the Workplace to Improve Employee Performance

Running head: ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Organisational behaviour
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Table of Contents
Main theme.................................................................................................................................3
Supporting information and facts...............................................................................................3
Specialised terms........................................................................................................................3
Reflection...................................................................................................................................5
References..................................................................................................................................6

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Motivation in the workplace to improve the employee performance
MAIN THEME
The journal considers the impact of motivation in the workplace for the improvement
of performance of employees. The author of the journal also explains how the performance of
employees is influenced through motivation and encouragement managed through incentives
and rewards provided to them. The main purpose of this assignment highlights the
importance of theories and concepts that are related to the motivation within workplace and
to ensure higher level of client satisfaction as a whole (Dobre, 2013). The topic will include
motivation theories and even provide supporting facts that can assist in understanding the
ways or approaches by which the performances of employees can be motivated, furthermore,
leading to the best potential of employees too.
SUPPORTING INFORMATION AND FACTS
Ganta, V. C. (2014). Motivation in the workplace to improve the employee performance.
International Journal of Engineering Technology, Management and Applied Sciences, 2(6),
221-230.
It is found that motivation combines both the conscious and unconscious factors that
are responsible for influencing the needs of employees at work through rewards management.
Both the internal and external factors are responsible for influencing the energy level and
commitment of employees towards successful achievement of goals and objectives. To
perform optimally and feel interested with the job roles, the employees could be provided
with both monetary and non-monetary rewards for getting encouraged and motivated,
furthermore carry out their roles and responsibilities properly and perform to their utmost
potential (Njoroge & Yazdanifard, 2014). The Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory and

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Herzberg theory define the various aspects that are responsible for keeping employees
motivated at work too.
According to Ganta (2014), praising the performances of workers and their
commitment towards the achievement of organisational goals and objectives can also make
them feel a sense of accomplishment towards meeting goals and objectives with ease. The
motivated workers feel more interested to become persistent and at the same time, remain
creative and productive all throughout to deliver the best quality work and ensure successful
business functioning too (Ganta, 2014). Few of the major strategies of motivation include
positive reinforcement, restructuring of job roles, provide rewards based on job performance,
fulfilling the needs of employees and finally treating everyone equally without any forms of
discrimination within the workplace.
SPECIALISED TERMS
Employee motivation The motivation of employees is critical to
the success of any business and for the
betterment of performance of departments.
The motivation of employees is required for
encouraging them to perform to their
potential, furthermore ensure contributing to
the successful accomplishment of business
goals and objectives (Shahzadi et al., 2014).
The motivated employees could result in
higher productivity and generate more
positive outcomes, which also lift their
morale to perform with much more