Organizational Behavior Issue: Lack of Motivation in Tesco

Running head: Tesco
Organization behavior and leadership

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Introduction
This paper will highlight the organizational behavior issue which is present in Tesco. The
organizational issue which exists in the Tesco Company is Motivation. Motivation is one of the
factors that should be there in the company so that positive outcome can be attained. This paper
will discuss on the organizational and also in the next part the focus will be given on the
challenges which are faced by Tesco, due to lack of motivation in company. In the last part of the
paper, various alternatives will be discussed with the recommendations that will help to
minimize the challenge related to motivation in the company.
Motivation Issue in Tesco
It can be observed that in Tesco, the issue is related to motivation. Tesco faced various
challenges at the time of motivating the employees and it is necessary to reduce the problem
which exists in the workplace as it can help in boosting productivity level of the employees.
Lorana Bryson emphasizes on the apprenticeship of Tesco and he said that workers who are in
the age of 17 to 24 are not motivated towards their work. In the workplace, the challenge which
is faced is concerned with motivation and it is important for the company to give training to the
management of the company to control the generation Y as they need care in context to the
operations of company. So, it is important to enhance motivation of the workers so that it can be
simple to attain the positive outcome towards the work. If the level of motivation is not high in
the company then it can impact the efficiency of the employees. To attain growth, productivity is
considered as one of the major factor and in Tesco, this factor is impacted just because of lack of
motivation in the employees in the workplace (Tesco, 2018).
In Tesco, there are more than 20,000 workers who are of the age 17 to 24. To attain growth in
the market it is necessary for Tesco, to consider the various programs and theories so that
employees can have positive attitude towards work. With the concept of motivation, it has been
simple to provide the right career path to the candidates and it can help in guiding the employees
and it will help in maintaining the overall efficiency in the highly competitive market. It has
been observed that in Tesco, there is a challenge in context to the motivation level of the workers
and this is impacting overall structure of working of the workers (Tesco, 2018).
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Lack of motivation as a challenge
The challenge in the workplace is related with lack of motivation and it is also affecting the
productivity level of the employees. Just because of lack of motivation, the employees are not
able to enhance the overall productivity level and it is impacting the growth of the company.
Lack of motivation also results in the conflicts and it is enhancing the difficulty of the
management in the company. Just because of lack of motivation in the workplace, the employees
are not able to cooperate with each other and due to this the conflict takes place (Pinder, 2014).
The next challenge related to lack of motivation is gossips and constant complaints which are
received by the human resource department. Due to this the negative environment is also created
in the workplace. It is important to emphasize on controlling the conflict of the employees and it
can be done when motivation is given by the management. The next challenge is lack of
confidence in the employees. Due to lack of motivation the impact can also be evaluated on the
confidence level of the employees in the workplace (Perryer, Celestine, Scott-Ladd & Leighton,
2016). If motivation is not there in the employees, then the interest will not be generated towards
the work for the long time. In this it can be stated that employees in the workplace will not be
confident towards the assigned activities and it can be difficult for the company to attain the
positive results. All these are the challenges which are faced by the organization and this is just
because of the lack of motivation in the workplace (Chen, 2014).
Motivational theory: Maslow hierarchy of needs
To motivate the employees, one of the motivational theories could be “Maslow hierarchy of
needs”. This is the best theory that helps to fulfill the workers requirement. If a requirement of
the workers is fulfilled then it can be simple to boost productivity level of the employees towards
the assigned work. It is necessary for Tesco to emphasize on satisfying the requirement of the
employees. If the needs of the workers are not satisfied then it can be simple to enhance the level
of motivation within workers (Hur, Moon & Jun, 2016).
It is important for Tesco, to consider Maslow hierarchy of needs theory so that the satisfaction
level and also confidence level of the employees can be boosted towards the work. According to
the Maslow hierarchy of need, there are five stages that are necessary to be considered. The first
stage of Maslow hierarchy of needs is physiological stage in which the focus is given on the
biological needs for human survival. In this food, drink and shelter is necessary to be considered.
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