Organizational Behavior: Responsibilities of Management in Employee Motivation

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Introduction
Competitive advantages of the contemporary business organizations are hugely depended
on the level of motivation and engagement of the employees. This is due to the reason that in the
current business scenario, skills, effectiveness and productivity of the employees determines the
organizational productivity and organizational effectiveness. Thus, it is becoming more
important for the business organizations to maintain the motivation level of the employees in the
workplace in order to gain maximum output from them (Dobre, 2013). However, on the other
hand it is also important to be considered that in order to have motivated employees in place;
both the management and the employees are having different responsibilities to fulfill (Graves,
Sarkis & Zhu, 2013). In reference to these responsibilities, there are number of theories being
stated by different authors. These theories of motivates further elaborates the need and
requirement of the management in order to motivate the employees and to gain competitive
advantages from them.
In addition, contemporary business organizations are initiating number of strategies in
order to motivate the employees. These strategies are having different level of effectiveness
among the employees. This essay will discuss about the responsibilities of the management in
motivating the employees. These responsibilities will be critically analyzed with the use of
different theories of motivation. In addition, this essay will also briefly state about the
importance of motivating the employees in their workplace. Number of different real world
examples will be used to define the responsibilities of the management in motivating their
employees.

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Importance of motivating the employees
One of the major importances for motivating the employees is to increase the
productivity of the entire organization. This is due to the reason that if the employees are
motivated enough in their workplace, then they will work more effectively and properly. Their
average production rate will get increased due to this (Lazaroiu, 2015). This will in turn enhance
the organizational productivity and will lead to reduction in the average cost of operation.
Motivating the employees is also important due to the reason that motivated employees will less
likely to raise issues with the management and thus the managerial levels will have face less
employee issues in the organization. This will also results in increase in the production level of
the organization. Organizational effectiveness also gets increased with having motivated
employees in place (Ganta, 2014). This is due to the reason that the more will be the level of
motivation of the employee, the more they will be open to face challenges in their workplace. On
the other hand, in the current time, business state of affairs is frequently changing and it is
expected that employees will be able to deal with the changing scenario. This is another major
reason of motivating the employees.
Motivating the employees also lead to the reduction in absenteeism and rate of employee
turnover. This is due to the reason that one of the major factors for the employees to change their
organization is not having job satisfaction. Thus, in this case, motivating the employees will lead
to enhance the level of job satisfaction for them. This will lead to the reduction in the level of
employee turnover. The less will be the organizational turnover, the less will be the cost incurred
by the organization in recruiting new employees.

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Maslow’s theory of needs
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Malow’s need theory is one of the most popular and commonly used theories in
motivating the employees. According to this theory, there are numbers of steps that should be
followed by the management in motivating their employees (Taormina & Gao, 2013). These
steps are being stated in accordance to the needs and requirements of the employees. In addition,
it is also stated in this theory that if all the needs of the employees can be fulfilled then only the
employees be motivated in their workplace. According to this theory, the most basic need for the
employees is the physiological need (Jerome, 2013). This refers to the basic needs of air, water,
food and shelter. It is stated that management should ensure that employees are having these
basic amenities of life in order to get them motivated. It is also be termed that if the employees
are having these basic amenities of life fulfilled, then only they will be able to have their
effectiveness in the workplace.