Research Project on Employee Motivation and Its Impact on Performance of Employees

UNIT 8 RP

Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................1
1.1 Research Project Description................................................................................................1
1.2 Research aim and objectives.................................................................................................2
1.3 Literature Review..................................................................................................................2
1.4 Research Methodology..........................................................................................................3
1.5 Structure of Research Project................................................................................................4
CHAPTER 2 -Literature Review.....................................................................................................6
2.1 Introduction ..........................................................................................................................6
2.2 Literature Review..................................................................................................................6
CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY...........................................................................11
3.1 Methodology, Methods and Techniques.............................................................................11
3.2 Sampling.............................................................................................................................13
3.3 Data Collection....................................................................................................................13
3.4 Ethical Considerations........................................................................................................14
CHAPTER 4 – Data collection and analysis ................................................................................15
4.1 Data collection....................................................................................................................17
4.2 Data analysis and Discussion..............................................................................................17
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CHAPTER 5- Conclusions and recommendations........................................................................29
5.1 Conclusions.........................................................................................................................29
5.2 Recommendation.................................................................................................................29
5.3 Areas to further study..........................................................................................................30
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................31

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Research Project Description
Title: “Employee motivation and its impact on the performance of employees and growth of
business. A case of Tesco.”
Introduction
In order to increase the productivity and profitability and to sustain in the competitive
market economy, it is essential for the business manager to keep their employee motivated and
satisfied (Závadský, Hitka and Potkány, 2015). Employee motivation is the degree of energy,
commitment and creativity that organisational employee brings to their job. Whether the
economy is growing or shrinking, finding ways to motivate employees is always a management
concern. Competing theories stress either incentives or employee involvement (Conrad, Ghosh
and Isaacson, 2015). In according with this context, the following research project will aid in
analysing the impact of employee motivation on their performance and growth of the
organisation by examining case of Tesco. The research project will be precisely and
systematically structured so that end users will able to comprehend it adequately. Appropriate
research methodology will be use in the following research project to increase its effectiveness.
Data will be collected as questionnaire format which will be given to the employees of Tesco, so
that their views can be gather. Eventually, recommendations will be provided by the researcher
to the management of Tesco so that they can move forward and made certain changes to increase
their effectiveness.
Background of study
In the era of globalisation and trade liberalisation, many new emerging organisations are
establishing and capturing market rapidly (Kampf, Hitka and Potkány, 2014). This lead to
increase in the competitive market situations in the market economy of United Kingdom. Tesco
is one of the leading British multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer with
headquarters in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England. There are over 6553 stores
currently operating within and outside the boundary of United Kingdom with more than 475000
employees (Naile and Selesho, 2014). Thus, the organisation is suitable to analyse the impact of
employee motivation on their performance and growth of business.
Rationale of study
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The research project is based on analysing the impact of employee motivation on their
performance and growth of business by examining the case study of Tesco. The reason for
conducting the research project is to gather the information about the importance of employee
motivation and satisfaction. This will help the researcher, end users as well as managers of Tesco
to identify the level of motivations and changes they need to incorporate so that effectiveness in
the quality of products and profits can be increases.
1.2 Research aim and objectives
Aim
“To analyse the impact of employee motivation on their performance and growth of
business at Tesco.”
Objectives
 To explore the motivational level of employees at Tesco.
 To identify the impact of motivation on the performance of employees at Tesco.
 To investigate the commonly used motivation theories and approaches by the managers
of Tesco. To provide recommendations so that improvements can be made in the organisation.
Research Questions
 How to explore the motivational level of employees at Tesco?
 How do you identify the impact of motivation on the performance of employees at
Tesco?
 How you will investigate the commonly used motivation theories and approaches by the
managers of Tesco?
1.3 Literature Review
Literature review is the second chapter of research project where researcher will identify
and analyse the relevant articles and journals which are written by senior authors and scholars.
Literature review is an essential chapter of research project. It gives strong evidence to the
research and researcher will able to expand the level of knowledge about the title of study. In the
following research project, the researcher will analyse academic articles, journals, books for
literature review purpose. It will aim to give a robust theoretical framework for the research
project.
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1.4 Research Methodology
Research methodology is the third chapter of research project where researcher will aim
to use precise tools of research. In order to accomplish the aim and objectives of the research
project, it is very important for the researcher to use appropriate research methods. In this
context, the appropriate research methods are described below: Research Philosophy: Research philosophy the belief of the way through which the data
will be collected, analysed and interprets (Mackey and Gass, 2015). There are four types
of research philosophies and in this research project, the researcher will aim to use
positivism research philosophy. It relies on quantifiable observation that drive themselves
to statistical analysis. Research Approach: Research approach is the way through which the research will
going to conduct (Flick, 2015). There are three types of research approaches and in this
research project, the researcher will use both deductive and inductive approach of
research. This will help the researcher to accomplish the aims and objective of research. Research Strategy: Research strategies are general plan and guidelines through which the
researcher will able to achieve the goals and objective of research. In the following
research study, researcher will use both qualitative and quantitative research strategy. Research Design: Research design is the plan through which the researcher will answer
the research questions (Gast and Ledford, 2014). In the following research project,
researcher will use descriptive research design to answer the research questions. Data Collection: Data collection is the process of collecting and gathering relevant data
and information so that researcher will able to attain the aims and objectives of research
project. There are two sources of collection of data which are primary and secondary
source of data. In primary source, the data has been collected by researcher himself or
herself. Data will be collected as questionnaire format which will be given to employees
and workers working at Tesco. It will comprise both close and open ended questions. Sampling: Sampling is the process of taking small proportion of data from large pool of
information. In the following study, the researcher will take sample of 50 employees by
using simple random sampling method.
 Data Analysis: In the present research project, researcher will aim to use thematic
analysis for interpreting collected data adequately.
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1.5 Structure of Research Project
To accomplish the aim and objectives of research project, it is important for researcher to
construct research study precisely and systematically. The structure of research study is
described below: Chapter 1: Introduction- This is the first chapter of research project where researcher
will provide brief information about the title, rationale, research methodologies and
structure of research study. This chapter will aid in providing guidelines through which
end users will easily able to comprehend the aims and objectives research project. Chapter 2: Literature Review- This is the second chapter of research study, where
researcher will analyse the reviews of other authors and scholars to provide theoretical
framework for the research study. Chapter 3: Research Methodology- Research methodologies is the third chapter of
research project. Here researcher will describe the methodologies used by the researcher
for accomplishing the aims and objectives of the research study. Chapter 4: Findings and Analysis- This is the fourth chapter of research project, where
researcher will analysis and generate meaningful information from the data he or she has
collected. Chapter 5: Conclusion and Recommendations- This is the fifth and last chapter of
research project where researcher will provide synopsis of the present study. Further,
recommendations will be provided so that improvements can be made efficiently.
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CHAPTER 2 -Literature Review
2.1 Introduction
The current knowledge, substantive findings, statistical ad methodological contributions
to specific topics are been included in literature review . They are secondary sources and are
mostly linked with academic- oriented literature. In order to remain competitive and survive in
the long run organization mustLazaroiu, G., 2015 adapt to he changes in the market. The
managers seek for competitive advantage to stay competitive (Fu and Deshpande, 2014). On the
individual performance if the employees the overall organizational performance is dependent. It
is essential to study the factors that affect the individual and group performance in order to
increase the level of performance of employees. The factors such as motivation, job satisfaction,
organizational commitment etc affect the performance of the employees. In this chapter 2 the
employee motivation in context with performance of employees in the company will be
discussed. The research variable of the current study is employee motivation and employee
performance. In order to evaluate the impact of employee motivation on employee perforce this
research will be making use of research findings derived from literature review. A conceptual
framework is been framed by the researcher after examining the research findings that is been
obtained from the literature review.
2.2 Literature Review
Employee motivation
As stated by Lazaroiu, (2015), employee motivation can be defined as the creativity,
commitment and energy level in the organization. In order to motivate or encourage employees
an organization make use of different techniques for enhancing the economy and organization
performance. To motivate the employees that are working in the organization the life insurance,
health care, child care availability, company cars etc are some benefits that are been provided by
the company to its employees. On various factor such as performance appraisals, employee
motivation , employee satisfaction, compensation etc the performance of employees are
dependent on functionally. Among employees in the organization employee motivation is one of
the polices of managers to enhance the effectual job management. More success if been
formulated in the workplace due to motivation as the employees areas enhancing for improved
practices to complete their work. In order to motivate and retain skillful employees the different
methods of motivation are implemented by corporate organization. For enhancing the
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