Human Resource and Motivation Theories

Task 3-HR Study
Contents

INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Human resource...........................................................................................................................3
What is motivation?.....................................................................................................................3
Motivational theories...................................................................................................................3
Case study for Marks and Spencer...............................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Human resource is the department whose job is not only concern with recruiting and
selecting the employees for the company but they are also responsible for motivating the
employees, measuring the performance, providing the required training and development
program to employees and the so on. The work of HR is also to undertake the responsibilities of
remunerations and promotion related work. This report will discuss about the Human resource,
motivation along with the various theories and models for motivation. It will also discuss about
the case study of Marks and Spencer Company and what they do to motivate their employees in
organisation.
MAIN BODY
Human resource
Human resource is a department which undertakes all the work related with the
employees. They manage and oversee various aspects of human resource like motivations,
training and development, counselling, establishing the culture, laws and policies in an
organisation (Bailey and et al., 2018). Human resource manager role is to conduct the
recruitment and selection program so that they can hire talented workforce for their organisation
which can take the organisation at the next higher level. The HR manager also sets the policies in
such a way that both the objectives of an organisation and of employee get accomplished.
What is motivation?
Motivation is a feeling which provides zeal to an individual to perform or achieve a task.
There can be various factors that provide motivation to a person. In an organisation, the human
resource to motivates the employees various theories or models and different factors for
motivation. These factors include both financial and non financial aspects. The financial
motivation monetary factors which may includes bonus, increments, increase in salary and the
like. The non financial factor for motivation may include appreciation, increase in status,
certificate and the like.
Motivational theories
An organisation uses various motivational theories to keep motivated their employees.
Some of these theories may include:
Maslow Hierarchy of needs:
In this model there are total 5 stages for motivational needs, which comprise of:
Physiological needs: This is the first stage for motivation. Here an individual looks for the
accomplishment of basic needs like sleep, clothes, food, and shelter and so on (Berman and et
al., 2019). A person gets motivated to work if his basic needs get achieved. An organisation can
provides these needs by giving the basic salary or wages to employees so that they could be able
to afford all these basic needs.