BMP3004: Employee Motivation, Positive/Negative Factors Analysis

This report delves into the multifaceted concept of employee motivation, examining the various factors that influence individual performance and overall job satisfaction. It begins by defining motivation and exploring its significance within the workplace, referencing Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to il...Read More

Business Management with Foundation
BMP3004
World of Work
Understanding why people work
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Contents
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
Every individual needs to do the job in regards of satisfying the requirements of the
person. It consider a common requirements that are required in the daily routine
and essential to live life like food water shelter air and many more. But the main aim
of the person is to be a financial stable and improve their standard of living. In
current report it is mentioned that every human wises to be successful in the life and
can be able to compete the others financially, as they want to live life stress free
(Watson, 2020). In this report will learn about the motivation and their factors that
encourage human moreover it will involve the positive and negative components
which experienced by the person during performing the job.
What does Motivation Mean?
It is the process which is perform with in the work space with the aim of encouraging the
employees in order to improve their working and abilities so that company can get a
benefit of achieving the success (Karathozhuvu Suresh, 2020). It plays a specific role In
the workplace so that worker can feel motivated and can perform the action according to
the needs of the venture in order to increase the profit margin of the company. This
technique involve the various methods to encourage the employees with In the work
place like rewards. Compensation and many more to make satisfied with the job role of
workers.
Maslow's Hierarchy model-
The model is used In the business to motivate the employee by analyzing the employee
behavior with the assistance of the hierarchy model. It contain a different level that
understands the interconnections between the worker and their employers, the factors
are explained below.
 Physiological needs - these are the common wants that include the water,
food, air, shelter these are required to live a life. If these are not easily
available then a person cannot live. Every person perform work to fulfill these
wants.
 social needs - this is the second level that comes after the fulfillment of the
first level these include the love and belongings, health care and stability. If
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the person is not well or not feeling satisfy with the efforts that are given in
the workplace that time person need a fiend or a good guider.
 Safety needs- these needs Includes the securities on the workplace like
health care policies and job security. These are the needs that every employs
want to fulfilled by the owner and the employers by creating a policies in the
organization that are beneficial for the workers and can satisfy them.
 Esteem needs - these are the wants that are related to the reputation and
respect in the company. That technique explains that after all the needs the
person wish to have a reputed designation in the company or the place
where individual is working (Goede, and Boshuizen‐van Burken, 2019).
 Self actualization needs - these needs are the last requirement of the person
that include the prestige and self respect. Even the labor who is working at
lower level they also wish to get a respect at the workplace.
Types of motivation -
 Intrinsic motivation - this type of motivation explains the encouragement
that comes from the inside of the person and mindset of an individual that
create a motivation of doing something great that is appreciated by the mates
and colleges.
 Extrinsic motivation- it states the motivation that comes from the outside
and from the sources like rewards and promotions and many more. It
understands the employees behavior and the performance and how they are
doing activities in the work space (Wu, 2019).
The various factors which motivate employees to work
In order to encourage the team or workers the motivation strategy that assist in
improving employees performance. These components are listed below.
Salary: it is very essential factors that directly hit the employees performance and
motivate them to perform operations more effectively (Hanaysha, and Majid, 2018).
Most of time the these are paid on fixed basis but in some companies these are paid on
the target basis. The person performs the job on the basis of salary and more services.
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The companies provides salary and other allowances so that the person can work more
actively with in the organization.
Promotion: This factor states the technique which is occurred in the organization in
the form of salary appraisal and increment in the designation. This include the growth of
the person and the increment in reputation in the company. This technique directly hit
the person esteem and feel him satisfied by the high reputed post and designation.
Work Environment: This is most important factor in the company that includes the
office culture and the happening environment in the institution. It is the responsibility of
the concern ti create a healthy environment in the firm so that employees can feel
motivated and happy with the management. The main aim of this factor is sustainability
of the workers and to satisfy them so that the productivity of the company can be
increased more (Ushioda, 2020).
The positive factors employees experience as a result of
their job roles
While working in the organisation the workers experience the aspects or learn more
about the work in the work culture. The positive factors that a person got from the job
are listed below.
 Growth opportunity- The most necessary cause which every quality
check earlier and choice the occupation is to determine that job will provide
the respective the development chance or not. Growth is the ultimate goal of
every individual as of the organism want to spend their time in useful place so
that they can learn and improve their abilities.
 Fair policies and processors - The major and compulsory constituent for
the worker who are employed in the organization to have risk-free and
fastened surroundings in the system. Every arrangement should make a fair
plan of action and procedure so that both beginning can enjoy the
administration or transaction in the work. The worker wish that they should be
activated evenly and activity in the fair and good policies.
 working culture - This factor also show a critical function in structure in
regards to prompt manpower because it doesn't substance that at what
appellation has give to the single and how much salary were they acquiring .
But if the situation is pathetic or arthritic then it can bend to the perverse effect
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for the governance (Rozmatovna, 2020).
The negative factors employees experience as a result of
their job roles
The person also get some negative points that influence them to leave their current
company and move to other one. These are listed below.
 Poor management - this is important to the manager to make a great and fair
administration for employees so that they can work decently in the institution.
This make hard for worker to work in this ambience.
 unhealthy working environment - this creates a destructive outcome on
worker and that track of unreliability of skills manpower. This creates a
denaturation of occupation for the respective. This cut down the skillfulness
of the direction and can make a battle that can track to the failure in gross
sales or employer ratio (Wigfield, and Koenka, 2020).
 Conflicts – The workforce has the different point of views that creates a
conflicts in between them in the workplace. By these conflicts the operations
get done ineffectively and create a loss in production. This can be occur by
any intellect like misinterpretation between the labor or director, or lack of
equation in the structure.
Strategies to cope with negative factors employees
experience as a result of their job roles
There are some components that are used to overcome the negative effects that were
experienced by the employees with in the organization are listed below.
 Not to give an pressure- in regards to develop the healthy environment in
the company the management should assigned the task as per the ability of
the person. If the workers feels the pressure or stress in the operations he or
she will leads to ineffective working and less productivity in the company.
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 giving recognition - every person when he start working in the company
then individual will to grow with the salary increments or the other factors that
gives a separate identity in the company.
 Healthy working environment - It plays a significant role in the workplace that
influences the worker first to participate or not. If the employers creates a
healthy atmosphere in the company the workers feels free and done the
actions creatively. This creates a good relationship between the company and
work force (Vidergor, 2021).
Conclusion
From the above report it is concluded that a person works for getting a salary so
that they can improve standard of living and to have a satisfied life. The person
works in organization to get a respect and salary so that they can have the good life
and can satisfy the personal needs. Above discussed that motivation plays the most
important function in the company that improves the work and production activity
which is performed by the employees in the structure. The main motive of the
employers to encourage the employees to improve the ability of the workers and
the production level In the organization. In current every firm organized a creative
activity to encourage the employee and crate a happening environment in the
workplace.
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Karathozhuvu Suresh, A., 2020. Could climbing up Maslow's pyramid help us solve
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Rozmatovna, A.O., 2020. The influence of integrative motivation and instrumental
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