Theories of Motivation and Their Application in Modern Workplace

Discuss theories of
motivation and how to
apply them in modern
workplace

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
Motivation- ....................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
The enterprise, whether it is owned by the private or the state, motivation plays the
crucial role for the employee's to achieve the organisation goals. There are many theories of the
motivation, and most of them are introduce to influence the outcomes of the employee's job
satisfaction. There are three main categories of the theory; Content theories, process theory and
the contemporary theory. In these heads of the motivational theories various eminent jurist gives
the theories on the motivation such as; Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Herzberg's motivator-
hygiene theory, Equity theory and the McClelland's need theory. In the process theories, how the
motivation work and how it leads to the satisfaction is discuss. The theories of motivation are
categorised according to the definitions and purpose, all the theories are connected with each
other, which is all about to serve the satisfaction in employee's. Both the category of theories put
into practice to motivate the employees effectively in the workplace. It is the duty of the
employer to give all the perks and advantages which help the employee's to give their full effort
for achieving the organisation goals. The idea of motivation is generally provide the sureties of a
job, better working conditions or environment and loyalty. In this essay, the organisation in
London known as TESCO, in respect of this company the different theories of motivation will
discuss, and how the theories helps the organisation is also discuss below in this
essay(Fallatah,and Syed 2018).
Motivation-
The term motivation is defined by the Locke as, “a pleasurable or positive emotional state,
resulting from the appraisal's of one's job experiences”. This definition has two parts, one is
discussing about the emotions of the employee's towards their job, and the other part is
discussing the deliberate review of an employee's work by the employer. To give the review
about the performance of the employee's is like an appraisal to them, and the appraisals at work
has determined standards, and the result may provoke the employee's to show their emotions,
and their emotions will determine that, how satisfied or dissatisfied an employee is. For the
employee's the motivation is to treat them in a well manner at workplace, and also the outside
factors such as rewards, leaves, bonus etc.
The organisation like Tesco, which deals with the groceries in London, got popular in the
country by expand their outlets to fulfil the customers need. It also started to offers alternative