Understanding Why People Work

UNDERSTANDING WHY
PEOPLE WORK

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Motivation....................................................................................................................................1
Factors motivating the employees to work..................................................................................2
Experience of positive factors through job roles.........................................................................3
Experience of the negative factors through job roles...................................................................3
Strategies to improve the employee experience...........................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Motivation can be defined as the driving force that helps in maintaining or guiding the
employees of the company towards the path of goals and objectives of the organization. It helps
in boosting the morale which contributes to the operational efficiency of the business. The
project shall be highlighting the concept of motivation and shall identify the factors that motivate
the employees at work. Apart from that it also shows the positive and the negative factors in the
job roles that are experienced by the employees. Lastly, the strategies are suggested to improve
the experience of the employees.
MAIN BODY
Motivation
Motivation is the factor that drives, guides and directs the actions of the employees
towards the organizational objectives of the business. They are the driving forces that shall boost
the morale of the employees and guide and maintain their goal oriented approach which can be
further directed on the path of fulfilment of the company's objectives.
Motivation plays a significant role in the organization by contributing to the operational
efficiency, reducing the employee turnover, management of better relations in the business and
achievement of the organizational objectives of the company (Kanfer, Frese and Johnson, 2017).
The leaders and the management of the company must ensure that the workforce in the company
stay motivated so that productivity and profitability can be determined such that the future
growth prospects are driven for the company.
The Maslow's need hierarchy theory of motivation states that the organizational objective
must be integrated with the personal objectives of an employee so that their motivation level can
be driven. The needs begin with the basic level of necessity like the food, clothing and shelter.
Further it shall motivate the employees if their safety and security needs are met. Post that they
want love, care and feeling of belongingness from the society that shall boost their morale.
Lastly the self-esteem and the self-actualization needs must be fulfilled which are associated
with respect and recognition.
There can be two types of motivation in a company, one is the intrinsic motivation and
the other is the extrinsic motivation. The extrinsic motivation is when the goal oriented
behaviour is due to the factors like external rewards and the punishments (Differences of
Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation, 2021). If the employees are driven by the rewards and
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