BUSN20019 Professional Project Plan: Employee Motivation Analysis

This assignment presents a project plan focusing on the impact of employee motivation on employee performance within Allphones, an Australian telecommunications retailer. The research explores the relevance of employee motivation in enhancing employee performance, referencing key studies and data sources. The plan outlines research questions related to motivational goal setting, financial incentives, and reward programs. It identifies relevant search terms for Google Scholar and includes three peer-reviewed scholarly articles. The assignment also details the use of secondary data sources, such as journals, to investigate the relationship between employee motivation and organizational outcomes. The project aims to provide insights into how management can leverage motivation to achieve positive results for both employees and the organization.

BUSN20019 Professional Project T3 2017 Tutorial activity
A statement detailing your ‘field of research’ - in this, you must clearly explain the relevance
of your field of research for the profession, towards which you are studying.
The research will be made on the impact that employee motivation has on the performance of the
employees of Allphones which is a telecommunication retailer of Australia that offers broadband
related service.
The relevancy of the research lie in the fact that employee motivation plays a crucial role in
augmenting the performance of the employees (Petrou, Demerouti & Schaufeli, 2018). The
employees can be encouraged with the help of motivations to perform in a better manner that can
increase the profit made by an organisation.
A source of secondary data linked to your chosen field of research. You will be required to
either include a website with a link to a publicly available secondary data set, or a short
description of how you will use publicly available sources as secondary data.
The information in the journals can act as a useful source that can help in communicating important
information about the topic. The influence that rewards have in creating a positive relationship
between the employees and the organization can be researched for coming at a conclusion about
this topic (Peoplematters.in ., 2018).The management providing motivation to the employees can
lead to positive outcome both for the employees and the organization.
A research question or questions that can be answered with the secondary data set you
identified; this requires clarity on the questions and possibly a more detailed definition of
variables or key themes to be explored.
How does the factor of motivational goal setting have an effect on performance of the employees?
How does the financial incentives impact the employee performance in a company?
How does the reward programs impact on the employee performance?

BUSN20019 Professional Project T3 2017 Tutorial activity
The search terms you propose to use in Google Scholar to identify literature in the field of the
research question.
The search terms that can be used in Google Scholar for identification of the literature related to the
research question are that of employee motivation, intrinsic reward, employee training and
employee performance (Zameer et al., 2014).

BUSN20019 Professional Project T3 2017 Tutorial activity
Pick (at least) THREE peer-reviewed scholarly articles that arise from the result of your search
and that you think will be suitable to become part of your project's literature review. Write two
sentences that combine ALL THREE (or more, if you have chosen more) of these sources
(referenced correctly) and provide them in a reference list.
References:
Peoplematters.in. (2018). People Matters - Interstitial Site. Retrieved from
https://www.peoplematters.in/article/performance-management/impact-of-employee-
motivation-on-job-performance-14553
Petrou, P., Demerouti, E., & Schaufeli, W. B. (2018). Crafting the change: The role of employee job
crafting behaviors for successful organizational change. Journal of Management, 44(5),
1766-1792.
Zameer, H., Ali, S., Nisar, W., & Amir, M. (2014). The impact of the motivation on the employee’s
performance in beverage industry of Pakistan. International Journal of Academic Research in
Accounting, Finance and Management Sciences, 4(1), 293-298.