BSc Business Management: Understanding Employee Motivation - BMP3004

This report provides an analysis of employee motivation within the workplace, beginning with a definition of motivation and an overview of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. It identifies several factors that motivate employees, including salary, promotion opportunities, and a positive work environm...Read More

BSc (Hons) Business Management with
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BMP3004
World of Work
Understanding why people work
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Contents

Introduction 3
What does Motivation Mean? 3
The various factors which motivate employees to work
4
The positive factors employees experience as a result of their
job roles 5
The negative factors employees experience as a result of their
job roles 5
Strategies to cope with negative factors employees
experience as a result of their job roles 6
Conclusion 7
References 8

Introduction
It is an important aspect for an individual that he/ she is working in their life in
order to gain a advantage of it. There are various reasons for which can individual work
which can be for earning money, self independence etc. the people work for the money
as they need food, shelter and to have fun with family and friends. Also, it gives an
Independence for an individual where the people have an objective in their lives. It is
very necessary that an individual aims t do something in life by making the various goals
and objectives. Also,people work to be apart of the communities as the working of an
individual in particular job docent help an individual but it also serves benefit to the other
people and the society(Oliver and Sapey, 2018). This report will include the discussion on
the various topics such as meaning of motivation, various factors which motivates
employees, the positive factors which is experience by the employees, the negative
factors, strategies to cope up with negative factors.
What does Motivation Mean?
It is defines as the act or the process of giving someone a reason to work more and that
to eff3ectively and efficiently. (Stebbins, 2017) It is also said that the motivation is
considered as an important aspect in the life of a individual as at every stage the
individual requires the motivation in term of the incentives or the power to influence to
work better in the job roles. For the better understanding of the motivation a theory is
been discussed below:
Maslow hierarchy need theory
This theory was proposed by Abraham Maslow which states that there are 5 level of
needs hierarchy which is an important aspect for an individual so that they can perform
the various activities in day to day life. The different level of needs are discussed
below:
 Physiological need- This is the considered the most important and first most
need in the hierarchy where the people require human needs to survive. Such need can
be food, shelter, water.
 Safety need- This is another level of need where is the person is satisfied with the
first need then there is required of the safety needs. Such needs are the health,
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education, job security, financial need etc. this is an important for an individual to live in
the society.
 Love and belonging need- This is the social need which is on the third level
where the human requires the interaction with the different p3eople. Such
needs are related to the the family and frie4nds bonds. The human requires
the emotional attachment and requires the love and care from the other
people(Heckhausen, and Heckhausen, 2018).
 Self esteem need- This is the higher level of need where if the person is satisfied
with the above need there is the requirement of the self esteem need which includes the
self respect. In this level the individual requires the personal growth and the respect in
the particular designation .
 Self actualization need- This is the most highest level of need where an
individual is highly satisfied and now at this stage the individual know his/ her self worth
in the particular position. These need require the skill development and personal
development of an individual.
The various factors which motivate employees to work
Salary: This is considered an an important aspect for motivation of the
employees where the compensation play a vital role. In this the organization
should focus on the reasonableness compensation which is been offered to
the employees. (Rheinberg, and Vollmeyer, 2018)
Promotion: This is the another technique which can be used by the
business organization in order to motivate employees. It is been observed
that if the employees are appreciated by offering incentives or the promotion
there is the effectiveness seen in the work of an employees. This motivates
individual to perform better in their work.
Work Environment: This is another most important for the motivation pf the
employees as the work environment is related to the he4atly culture within
the workplace. It is important factor for the organization to keep the health
and cooperative environment which will help the employees to work together
and perform effectively in the workplace./
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The positive factors employees experience as a result of their
job roles
there are various positive factors which is experienced by the employees in their job
roles such as :
 Modern performance management- This is an important factor which
has a very positive impact on the minds of the employees. If the
organization focus on the efforts which is been put by the employees
then they feel that the company has value for their employees and this
lead t motivation. (MacIntyre, Gregersen, and Mercer, 2019).
 Work environment- This is the another positive factor which is
considered as important for the motivation of the employees. If the
organization focus on keeping a healthy and modern culture in the
environment which has a free flow of communication which will help the
employees in working effectively and efficiently.
 Trust in leadership- This is defined as the degree of trust the
employees have in their leaders directly impacts the overall
performance of the employees. The employees expect that the leaders
treat them as individual and guide them properly in order to perform
better. It bis important for the managers to invest in their employees to
have a positive way of thinking in the minds of the employees.
The negative factors employees experience as a result of their
job roles
there are various negative factors which is faced by the employees in their
respective roles which are discussed below:
 Conflicts between the employees and interpersonal interaction- This is
related to the different view point of an individual within the workplace which
leads to conflicts within the team . This creates the negative impact on the
behavior of an individual.
 Time management related issues- This is the another factors which has a
negative impact in the particular job role of the employees. This is impacted
and experienced by the employees when they are unable to manage the daily
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task which is needed to be completed. This creates to the demotivate within
the individual in their work.
 Failures, interruptions and annoyances- These are related to the certain
circumstances which arises during the work which impacts in the behavior
and the performance of the individual. Suppose in a tea if someone is not
performing good which impact the whole team and this leads to the negative
impact on the other as well in their performance (Sorić, Penezić, and Burić,
2017).
Strategies to cope with negative factors employees
experience as a result of their job roles
There are various strategies which can be can be adopted by the
business disorganization in order to cope up with the negative factors
which is experienced by the employees. Some of them are discussed
below:
 The use of the consistent and the fair tre4atment with the every
employees within the organization. This is considered as an
important strategy for an organization in order to cope up with the
negative factors w3hich leads in unproductive work within the work
place.
 It is very important for the managers to have full trust and respect
for their employees so that employees can focus on performing its
task. If the employees is trying to adjust in the environment it is the
responsibility of the managers to make them conformable and
believe in them so that they can perform more better in future. s
 The another strategy which can be us3ed by the business
organization is that the managers need t provide the various
opportunities for the growth of an individual. As this will increase
the motivation level of an individual to push themselves forward in
their respective job roles. (Weiner, 2018)
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Conclusion
From the above report it is concluded that people work for the
different reasons which can be revealed to the money, self
independence and for the the society. It is an important aspect for an
individual to work in order to earn money and to have food, shelter for
the survival and growth. The motivation is describes as the ability of a for
e person or the organization to influences in order t work effectively and
efficiently. The Maslow hierarchy theory of need is explained as an
important theory which clearly defines the motivation and need of an
individual within the workplace. There4 are various positive and negative
factors which have a influence of an individual in order to perform
effectively and efficiently. It is very important for the managers to adopt
different strategies in order to overcome with the negative aspect which
is been experienced by the employees.
References
Heckhausen, J. and Heckhausen, H., 2018. Motivation and action: Introduction and overview.
In Motivation and action (pp. 1-14). Springer, Cham.
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MacIntyre, P.D., Gregersen, T. and Mercer, S., 2019. Setting an agenda for positive
psychology in SLA: Theory, practice, and research. The Modern Language Journal.
103(1). pp.262-274.
Oliver, M. and Sapey, B., 2018. Social work with disabled people. Macmillan International
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Rheinberg, F. and Vollmeyer, R., 2018. Motivation. Kohlhammer Verlag.
Sorić, I., Penezić, Z. and Burić, I., 2017. The Big Five personality traits, goal orientations,
and academic achievement. Learning and individual differences, 54, pp.126-134.
Stebbins, R.A., 2017. Between work & leisure: The common ground of two separate worlds.
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Weiner, B., 2018. The legacy of an attribution approach to motivation and emotion: A no-
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