World of Work: Employee Motivation - BSc Business Management

This report provides an analysis of employee motivation within the context of the 'World of Work' module for a BSc (Hons) Business Management with Foundation course. It delves into the meaning of motivation, differentiating between intrinsic and extrinsic types, and references Maslow's hierarchy of needs to explain psychological drivers. The report identifies various factors that motivate employees, such as salary, promotion, and work environment, and discusses positive experiences like growth opportunities and appreciation. Conversely, it addresses negative factors, including high workloads and safety concerns, and proposes strategies for coping with these challenges, such as implementing expertise management systems and providing safety measures. The conclusion emphasizes the complexity of understanding employee motivation and the importance of addressing both positive and negative aspects to foster a productive work environment. Desklib provides a platform to access similar solved assignments and study resources for students.

BSc (Hons) Business Management with
Foundation
BMP3004
World of Work
Understanding why people work
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Introduction 1
What does Motivation Mean? 1
The various factors which motivate employees to work
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The positive factors employees experience as a result of their
job roles p
The negative factors employees experience as a result of their
job roles p
Strategies to cope with negative factors employees
experience as a result of their job roles p
Conclusion p
References p

Introduction
Understanding the reason for which people work can be complex as it can be
different from person to person. The main reason for which the people are forced to get
up and work is the need of fulfilling their and their family's basic needs. The basic need of
a human nature are – food to eat, shelter to stay and clothes to wear. Once these
essential needs are met by an individual, its needs and increase and some of the wants
become the motive to work. Some examples of the increased needs and wants are – to
have efficient mode of transport such as cars and motorcycles, having luxurious items,
donating and helping for other living organisms or environmental issues and making a
role in the world (Razak, Sarpan and Ramlan, 2018). The following report is based on
analyzing the basic element that gives power to people to work – motivation. For clear
understanding the file is divided into different questions. Firstly it explains about the term
motivation with different types of motivation. Then tells about various factor that help in
motivating the employees. Certain types of positive and negative experiences that are
faced by the employees in an organization are further covered in the report with some
strategies that can be used to avoid the negative experiences.
What does Motivation Mean?
Motivation is the process that tells about and influences the effort of an individual
that he / she can put in a particular work. It provides with a reason to an individual that
makes him / her to act according to the given work and for accomplishing it. In business
context, the factor of achieving heights in business success is the motivating element for
the owner. The owner than uses the term in different ways to increase the productivity of
its employees and make them responsible towards the work. The main two types of
motivation are :
 Intrinsic – In this type, the motivation comes from inside of a personnel to
meet certain needs such as self gratitude and earning reputation.
 Extrinsic – This types tells about the derivation of motivation through external
factors that are controlled by other people such as monetary rewards.
There are different types of psychological needs for a person that are particularly
formed in a structure according to their importance (De Sousa Sabbagha, Ledimo
and Martins, 2018). Studying these psychological needs, Abraham Maslow, an
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American psychologist gave a theory in 1943. Today the theory is known as
Maslow's hierarchy theory and it is used and studied often in different parts of the
world. It includes the five types of needs that are stated in a pyramid formation
according to their level of importance. These five levels of needs according to the
Maslow's hierarchy theory are mentioned in the following points with their meaning :
 Psychological needs – It comprises of the essential needs of a human
being – food, clothes and shelter.
 Safety needs – These comprise of the needs that involve the elements of
which an individual is secured about, such as safety to health, existence,
different types of assets holded.
 Love and belonging needs – These are related to social types of needs
that tells about the want of a person to build relationship fro fillings sexual
and teamwork needs with others such as families and spouse.
 Esteem needs – These are some ego derivation related needs that leads to
acquiring value in the society such as respect.
 Self actualization needs – The highest level comprise of the needs that are
released and felt by an individual itself such as potential and responsibility.
The various factors which motivate employees to work
Salary: This is the remuneration provided in the form of monetary resources to an
employee in return of the work done by him / her. This is main source of motivation for an
employee that makes him / her to work in an organization. This is provided according to
the verbal or written agreement between the employer and employee that generally
happens before practicing a piece of work (Lin and Zhang 2021). It is mostly given
according to the complexity, difficulty level and remuneration rendered by other
organizations for a related type of work. Increasing the quantity of salary is one of the
common and best proved method to increase the motivation level of an employee.
Promotion: This factor tells about the increasing of an employee's level of position in
a company increasing his / her value and responsibility. The factor of promotion also
provides motivation to an employees in different ways such as increased authority and
new or developed work experience other than increasing of remuneration.
Work Environment: This element tells about the situation or surroundings that is
provided to an employee for working. It plays a huge role in rendering the motivation to
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an employee. The working environment includes many different elements such as
hygiene level of place and the relationship / bond of the workforce between each other. A
healthy working environment promotes the productivity of a worker by making the source
for concentration particular and increasing the level of creativity through getting different
ideas with the involvement of different authorities and workers. It also leads to lowering
the retention level of firm that decreases its expenses which are incurred in hiring new
people.
The positive factors employees experience as a result of their
job roles
 Growth opportunities – This factor tells about the chances that a employees
for building its career and achieving growth in the life and job. This factor is so
important as nobody wants to be stuck in a same place throughout their life
and wants to be promoted and keep climbing the stairs of success in their
lives according to their goals. For this, a company can render with some types
of training programs to the employees. These can help in the growth process
for the workers and organization both by increasing the efficiency and
knowledge about the work through analyzing various techniques and study
programs. The possibility of growth hugely fills motivating factor in the
workforce (Hanaysha and Majid 2018).
 Appreciation – This is the element of a making a person feel honored and
valued. The activity of giving the employees with appreciation that must be
actual can work in filling them with enthusiasm to put their best level of effort
in the provided role. Higher authorities of a company must overview the work
of its workforce and give them feedback according to their performance.
Positive reviews and feedback can help in building the relationships and
loyalty of the workforce with the business entity.
The negative factors employees experience as a result of their
job roles
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 High work load – This elements states about the over filling of work and
responsibility to the employees. Some business owners and mangers do not
understand the practicability of load and just want to book most profits. The
providing of high work loads to the employees can supply with high
profitability for a short term but will move towards building a negative impact
on the workforce in a long term (Kim, Park and Kang, 2019). The capacity of
the employees must be analyzed by the higher authorities and provide them
roles according to it confirming that they are not being over burdened. To due
setting of high target, employees feel failure and do not have the motivation to
even their own best points.
 Safety and security – The need of feeling safe is a very important need of a
worker in its company. When he / she feels the factor of any element that
harms his /her level of safety and security, the productivity and working
environment will be harmed. The concentration and focus will move form the
supplied operation to the measurement of feeling safe. This also leads to
conflicts in the organization, harming its image in the business environment.
Strategies to cope with negative factors employees
experience as a result of their job roles
 Achieving expertise management system – High level management
system of an organization mean by the involvement of individual in the
management that handles the managing factor in the company effectively
and efficiently (Kusdemir and Bulut, 2018). A good management structure
can help in providing the work the employees according to their capacity
and assure to do not over load them for maintaining a good working
environment in the organization. This can also help in rendering the
employees with several opportunities that can lead to increasing the
creativity level of the organization.
 Providing safety measures – The need to feel importance to any
individual is important. For assuring the safety and security of the
employees, a business entity can render its surrounding with the use of
various safety equipments and measures such as fire extinguishers,
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security guards and cameras. This can lead to making the workforce to
focus on their operations and increase the productivity (Heimer, Alheid and
Zahm, 2019).
Conclusion
From the above report it has been concluded that, understanding the reason
for which people work is complex and includes various factor. The force to work in an
individual is analyzed and influenced by the level of motivation that the person feel
regarding to the provided work. Motivation are of tow types intrinsic and extrinsic.
There is a theory given by Abraham Maslow that tells about the psychological needs
of person in an according formation through a pyramid diagram. There are various
types of positive and negative experiences that are felt by an employee in an
organization.
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Hanaysha, J.R. and Majid, M., 2018. Employee motivation and its role in improving
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Kim, E.J., Park, S. and Kang, H.S.T., 2019. Support, training readiness and learning
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