Role of staff motivation techniques on employee productivity

Research and Academic
Writing

Contents
TOPIC: Role of staff motivation techniques on employee productivity.........................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................3
Concept and role of staff motivation techniques.........................................................................3
Staff motivation techniques used by Marks and Spencer for improving productivity and
performance of employees...........................................................................................................4
Issues faced by Marks and Spencer while implementing staff motivation techniques at
workplace.....................................................................................................................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

TOPIC: Role of staff motivation techniques on employee productivity.
TASK 1
LITERATURE REVIEW
It is defined as an overview of the previously published studies on a particular topic of
investigation. In addition to this, it includes various sources such as Books, Journals, articles,
online polls and so on (Deane, 2020). The main objective of literature review is to identify the
research gap from the previous studies. The research questions of study is given below:
Concept and role of staff motivation techniques
According to Rina (2020), Employee motivation is defined as the efforts put by company
in order to encourage its staff members and to retain them for longer time period. In addition to
this, it is important for companies to focus on fulfilling the requirements of staff members and
ensure that employees feel satisfied at workplace so that they can put full potential to attain
objectives. In other words, employee motivation is the level of commitment, creativity and
energy which an organisation’s employees bring to their work. Employees are one of the major
asset for a company and is also the reason of gaining growth and success and for this it is
important to motivate employees. It is analysed that motivated staff members work harder and is
dedicated to implement activities within given time period. It is determined that there are
different factors which encourage staff members such as appreciation, rewards and recognition
of their work, gaining of personal and professional growth and so on (Employee motivation,
2020). There are various benefits gained by an organisation because of implementing staff
motivation techniques such as increasing productivity and efficiency of employees, improvement
in brand image, effective customer service, employee retention and satisfaction, low absenteeism
and many more. Moreover, it also assist company to attain competitive advantage at
marketplace. Almost all the organisation make use of several motivation techniques to increase
the motivation of employees towards work. This also assist in developing positive mind-set of
staff members towards company that further leads to achievement of objectives within set time
frame. One of the major factor that plays an important role for employee motivation is workplace
culture that is maintained when there is good relationship among employees and employers as
well. It is analysed that with the help of employee motivation, company are able to retain
employees which save the cost of hiring new employees and provide training to them as well.