Organisational Behavior: Article
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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR: ARTICLE CRITIQUE 1ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR: ARTICLE CRITIQUENameCourseProfessorInstitutionDate
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR: ARTICLE CRITIQUE 2IntroductionThe purpose of this paper is to critique a journal article “The Effect of the MotivationTechniques Used by Managers to Increase the Productivity of their Workers and an Application”by[ CITATION Guc17 \l 1033 ]. The two scholars strive to establish the effect of different motivationtechniques employed for the managers to drive employees to improve their performance andproductivity. In the article critique, this paper explores the article's thesis statement. The essaywill go further to investigate the weaknesses and strengths associable of the thesis statement usedin the article. Additionally, the essay will offer a viewpoint on the thesis statement used in thearticle and how it relates to its overall discussion. The article under critique will be the majorsource of the discussion in this essay. However, the essay will also consider other externalsources to make the article review extensive and comprehensive. Ideally, thesis statement offers the position of the article on a particular topic ofexploration[CITATION Hai14 \p 428 \l 1033 ]. Thesis statement “The perception of motivationtechniques implemented by the managers to increase efficiency among the employees andwhether they create differences in the working process”[CITATION Guc17 \p 1 \l 1033 ] used in thearticle under the critique suits to its discussion. The thesis statement has perfectly maintained thedetermination of the question under investigation to its content. For example, the article hascommenced by defining what efficiency is and having a brief overview how it can be achievedthrough different motivation techniques. The article also strives to establish whether differentmotivation techniques when applied in different contexts by different managers whether theirimpacts remain the same. However, just like any other article, thesis statement used in this articlehas both strengths and weaknesses. Efficiency is the keyword used in the thesis statement. This comes out as the first strengththat can be ascribed to the thesis statement. To argue the importance of efficiency among theemployees, the authors’ holds that efficiency is among the key facts that can affect theorganizational success either positively or negatively[CITATION Guc17 \p 2 \l 1033 ]. The authors ofthe article argue that right efficiency will be realized by applying the appropriate motivationtechniques. They go further to put across that it is through efficiency whereby the businesssuccess or stagnation will be determined. Guclu & Gune further attributes employees as themajor factors that affect the organizational efficiency.
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR: ARTICLE CRITIQUE 3Secondly, the methods that can improve the enterprise efficiency are discussed in relationto the thesis statement of the journal article under review. The authors associate thesemethodologies to the growth and development of the business. At this juncture, the article linksdifferent motivational techniques to the success of the business. According to the authors of thearticle, efficiency equals to success. This means for the organization to succeed it has to employeffective motivation strategies that will influence the success of the employees.Thirdly, the article acknowledges the inclusion of motivation in the thesis statement. Thisis well illustrated in the article through defining motivation as well as elaborating its importancein the business context. In the discussion of what is motivation, the article establishes thatmotivation should not only look at from the employees’ side but also from the customers’ side.The overall motivation in the organizational setup can be realized by producing high qualityproducts at the lowest cost be able to serve all customers' needs satisfactory. At this point, thearticle links the enterprise efficiency to the motivation techniques as pinpointed in the thesisstatement. According to Long (2014, p. 430), the good thesis statement should haveinterconnections of its key elements.Fourth, the authors have considered the importance of the theoretical framework in theresearch work. Even though the article is not bringing it clear, it has portrayed it indirectly in thediscussion of the motivation techniques. It is the requirement that an article meant for theresearch work should provide relevant theories that the author has relied upon to carry out his orher study[CITATION Sha15 \p 6 \l 1033 ]. The authors of the article have explored differentmotivation theories such as Maslow’s Theory of Needs Hierarchy, Herzberg’s Two-FactorTheory, Vroom's Expectancy Theory and Adam’s Equity Theory as well as Behavior andReinforcement Theory. Through the application of these theories, the article meets the thresholdof the theoretical framework. Besides, the theoretical discussion effectively relates theimportance and motivation techniques to the enterprise efficiency as portrayed in the thesisstatement. The article has also put into consideration the aspects of the managers that have beenincluded in the thesis statement. The article explores how managers’ behavior that can influencethe performance of the employee. It is important to note that the authors have established theposition of the managers in the thesis statement. Again, the discussion under this section links
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