People Management Report: Motivation Factors at Sainsbury's, UK

This report analyzes people management and employee motivation, using Sainsbury's as a case study. It begins with an introduction to people management and defines motivation, differentiating between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. The report then explores factors influencing employee motivation, including rewards and recognition, career development, work-life balance, work environment, relationships with colleagues and leadership, and organizational culture. The report also includes a reflection on the skills developed during the project, such as academic, reading, writing, time management, and communication skills. The report emphasizes the importance of these factors in enhancing employee performance, engagement, and retention within an organization. The report highlights how Sainsbury's utilizes various strategies to motivate its employees and maintain a positive work environment, leading to improved productivity and organizational success.

Introducing people
management

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK1.............................................................................................................................................3
Discuss Motivation and the factors that influence employee motivation....................................3
Factors that influence employee motivation..............................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
Reflection.....................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
People management is the defined as the function that focus on employee recruitment their
management as well as providing them direction in order to enhance their performance and
productivity level within organisation. Appropriate and positive working environment and
culture is developed by the management department to enhance employee positive work
experience and retain them with organisation for long period of time. Effective people
management is a strategic approach that manage people appropriately and gain various
competitive advantages than other competitors. It maximises employee performance level so,
they help business to attain all defined goals and objectives with efficiency. Motivation is the
factor that affect the performance and productivity level of employees as well as guide them to
work in efficient manner (Banfield, Kay and Royles, 2018). In this report the chosen
organisation is Sainsbury which is second largest chain of supermarket of United Kingdom that
is founded in 1869 by the John James Sainsbury. Headquarter of respective organisation is
situated in London, England, United Kingdom. 1,428 shops offered goods and services to
customers that are situated different locations. This report is divided in two parts. In first part
concept of motivation as well as factors that influences the motivational level of employee are
discussed. Apart from that in second part reflection on learning skills are being covered.
TASK1
Discuss Motivation and the factors that influence employee motivation
Motivation: Motivation is the defined as the process that includes various activities such as
initiating, guiding as well as maintaining goal-oriented behaviour of employee that leads them
towards attaining all personal as well as organisation goals and objectives in effective and
efficient manner. Motivation is related to the various internal and external factors that leads a
individual to stay committed towards specific goals and objectives. It includes various biological,
social, emotional forces that direct the behaviour of employees to perform all defined task in
determined way (Ansoff,2018). . It is driven for various factors such as willingness, actions and
goals that satisfied the needs and demands of employees. Sainsbury motivates its employees
through providing them financial as well as non-financial rewards and training in order to attain
career opportunities. All these factors motivate employee to achieve high work performance

objectives. There are various internal as well as external factors that plays important role to
motivate employees to perform a particular task in defined manner to attain all defined personal
and professional goals and objectives within defined period of time efficiently (Canitez, 2019).
There are different type of motivations are used by the Sainsbury to motivate its employees in
effective manner that are discussed below:
Intrinsic motivation: Intrinsic motivation is defined as the factor when motivation comes
from the internal factors to attain all personal goals and objectives. As it is related with internal
factors that inspire people to complete particular task with efficiency because tasks are related to
personal core values.
Extrinsic motivation: Extrinsic motivation are external factors that motivates people to
work in defined manner and get desirable outcomes such as compensation, experiences and
promotions as well. It drives from external efforts that fulfil all needs and demands of people
effectively. Some external factors that motivated and lead employees to compete their task in
defined way like achievement of bonus, awards and promotions that help them to maintain their
livelihood in better way.
Usages of motivation: Motivation is the most important factor that guides human behaviour and
their needs and demands in effective manner. Sainsbury use motivation at every hierarchical
level of organisation to lead employees to enhance their performance and accomplish defined
task in efficient manner within time period. It enhances the efficiency of employees and lead
them towards attaining all goals and objectives in efficient manner (Ebrahimpour, S., Zakeri, M.
and Esmaeili, 2020). Motivation facilitates employees to enhance overall wellbeing as well as
happiness to become more satisfied with organisation and its working procedure. It helps
business as well as to take efficient decisions and actions that lead the organisation and
employees towards attaining all organisational goals and objectives.
Factors that influence employee motivation
Motivation is the essential thing that helps the organisation to run in efficient manner and
guide, lead and motivated employees to attain high work performance and productivity as well. It
facilitates to enhance employee engagement and retention rate that provides various sustainable
competitive advantages than other respective competitors. Sainsbury provides proper motivation
to its employees through maintaining strong relationship with them and provides various
financial and non- financial rewards that enhances their value within organisation. Sainsbury

conducts various training programmes and workshops that enhances skills and competencies of
employees of specific field are area that motivates employees to perform that task with full
efficiency. Respective organisation includes employees in decision-making process that help
them to perform activities in more efficient manner. There are some factors that influences
employee motivation level are defined below:
Rewards and recognition: Rewards and recognition are some factors that influences
employee motivational level. Sainsbury provides various career development opportunities,
promotions and financial and non-financial rewards such as bonus, incentives and funds that
motivates employee to perform organisational functions and activities in effective manner. As
some exceptional work deserves appropriate rewards on the other hand in some cases recognition
is sufficient that attract and motivate employee to compete extra work that facilitates the
organisation to attain all organisational goals and objectives in defined manner (Jahn, 2019).
Properly motivated employees enhance the productivity and profitability of organisation.
Respective organisation announces various rewards starting of functions and activities that
enhances employee performance level. Recognition in front of all staff members enhance the
value of employee that motivate them to retain with organisation for long period of time.
Career development opportunities: Development is the important factor for motivating
employee to engage with organisational functions and activities in efficient manner. Sainsbury
provides various training and development programmes and workshops in order to enhance
various skills and competencies to perform task in efficient and effective manner. Employee
prefers the job if it continuously career development opportunities so, organisations provide
various monetary rewards to engage employee with organisation for long period of time. As
development facilitates employee to become self-dependent and it allow them to contribute at
workplace in more efficient manner (Lanxia, Jiayi and Ying, 2017). Motivations helps
employees to enhance their performance and outputs. Sainsbury provides various facilities to
their employees that enhances employee loyalty, retention and motivation level as well.
Employees are more appreciate when various career development opportunities are provided to
them. As development facilitates employee to work harder in order to accomplish all defined
goals and objectives in efficient manner.
Work life balance: Effective work life balance motivates employees to perform in
defined manner. Sainsbury facilitates its employees to maintain their work life in efficient

manner that motivates them to take less sick days, enhances employee retainment rates as well as
prepare them to work for more hours in effective and efficient way. On the other hand, if there is
no healthy work life balance is maintained than employees are not like to work with organisation
and it reduced the performance as well. Well-motivated employees are more productive of
respective organisation and give their best in organisation activities. Sainsbury ensures that
employee are work for reasonable hours as well as combine all activities and functions that
facilitates them to promote their health and wellbeing (Manatos, Sarrico and Rosa, 2017). So,
work life balance is the effective factor that help in motivating and influencing employee to
perform their all task in defined manner.
Work environment: Effective and positive working environment influence employee
motivational level. Work environment includes physical and non-physical environment. The
physical environment is referred as the office space and surroundings. As employee work in
efficient manner in open space. Sainsbury maintains good relationship with employees and
provide them open space to work that facilitates employee to work in effective and efficient
manner. Effective working environment enhances the casual collusion among all employees and
organisation that promote creativity and enhances the production and motivational level of
employees. Sainsbury promotes supporting work environment that increased the employee
engagement and communication in effective manner (Masri and Jaaron, 2017). There are various
factors such as regular feedbacks, providing development opportunities and effective
communication facilitates the respective organisation to retain employee with organisation for
long period of time. Strong employee relation and open communication creates the workplace
that make employees comfortable and facilitates to contribute in attainment of organisational
goals and objectives in desirable way.
Relationship with colleagues: As employee are spend their most of time with their
colleagues so the relationship and interaction level with them plays significant role in motivating
employees to perform their daily task and functions in efficient manner. Effective relationship of
employees with rest employees enhances motivational level on the other hand, negative
experiences and attitudes of colleagues leads employees towards isolation, loneliness, enhance
work dissatisfaction as well as reduce motivations to perform task in defined manner. Sainsbury
implements strong work relationship that enhances team sprit to compete all desirable task
within defined period of time.

Relationship with leadership: As employees have the defined need of hierarchy that
should be properly addressed and responsibilities to fulfil employee needs are depends upon line
managers. Effective and strong relation and communication between employees and leaders
build trust among the organisation. Sainsbury maintains effective leadership that facilitates
employees to talk about their needs and demands clearly to leaders that help leaders to select
proper medium of motivating employees and team members appropriately (Niccolucci,
Coscieme and Marchettini, 2021). A clear and appropriate modes of communications are adopted
by the leaders that facilitates them to convey all related information and data quickly as well as
motivated employees to perform in defined manner as well. Effective relationship between
employee and leaders motivates employees to perform all activities and functions in effective
and efficient manner.
Organisational culture: Organisational culture is the most important factors that plays
vital role in motivating employees. Sainsbury has supportive and positive culture that motivates
and lead employees to work efficiently. As employees are conscious about organisational culture
that align all personal and professional goals with organisational goals and objectives. Alignment
of employee goals with business objectives influences the strengths as well as clarity to the
organisational mission statements and values. There are various factors of organisational culture
such as organisational working environment, mission, ethics, values, goals and expectations that
help employee to align with organisation. lack of understanding about organisational mission
enhances the low job satisfaction, low commitment and negative attitudes as well.
All these factors play important role in motivating employees of organisation in effective
manner. As there are various factors are included such as success, recognition, team work and
success that motivates employees to attain all defined goals and objectives in efficient manner
(Nicholas and Steyn, 2020). Sainsbury must evaluate all employee needs and demands than
identify appropriate motivational factor that enhances employee performance and productivity.
TASK 2
Reflection
What have you learned, what skills have you developed
In the process of completing this project report I have developed various skills and knowledge
that develops my overall personality in order to attain all defined goals and objectives in defined

manner. I have learnt academic skills, reading and writing skills, time management,
communication skills that helps me to complete project on time. I have set all objectives with
respective time that enhance motivational level to achieve all objectives in efficient manner.
During the project I have been completed various task that rains the skills of identifying potential
threats and opportunities that are relevant to motivating employees. through this project I have
been interact with many people and use various sources in order to collect relative information
that enhances interactive skills, proper utilisation of supports and their management. There are
various decisions are taken by me after evaluating all internal as well as external factors and
attain defined objectives through ensuring optimum utilisation of resources. I have measured
various success factors that contribute in preparing project efficiently. I have decided various
aims and objectives to motivates individual to perform their functions in effective and efficient
manner. All these skills help me to compete project is desirable manner.
What went well, what did not — what have you learned from that experience
Proper identification of threats and opportunities help me to assess all factors effectively in
order to ensure success. Time management and optimum utilisation of resources contribute in the
accomplishment of assignment. As I have collected data from various primary and secondary
sources, all respondent response in positive manner and provides relevant information that help
to competing project on time as well as ensures the success. Apart from that I have faced various
difficulties in assessing the project that affect the overall success of project. As the execution
activities are done according to planning that help me to attain success and desirable outcomes.
The overall project provides various real-life experiences that facilitates to attain defined
objectives of future. As I have learnt various knowledge, skills and capabilities that plays
important role in personal as well as professional development and provides different career
opportunities in order to attain specific goals and objectives.
What can and will you be able to do going forward
As I have learnt various skills and competencies throughout the assigning that help me to
attain all defined goals and objectives in efficient manner. These skills guide as well as motivates
in my personal and professional development. I will do all these project and assignment that
enhances various skills in my personality. These skills and competencies help me in future to

attain all defined goals and objectives in effective and efficient manner. Furthermore, I have
gaining various knowledge that help in defining future goals and determine strategies that are
implemented by me to attain success. I have get training from various sources to develop defined
skills that help me to complete all aim in effective manner that enhances future opportunities that
are used in career development.
CONCLUSION
As per above report, it can be concluded that management of people is important part that
facilitates organisation to attain all organisational goals and objectives in effective and efficient
manner. There are various activities and functions that are implemented by the organisation to
manage their employees in efficient manner. Motivation is the most efficient factors that guide
and lead employees to perform their defined functions and activities in effective manner. There
are various factors that influence employees enhance high work performance, productivity and
profitability. Organisation evaluate all needs and requirements of employees than select most
appropriate motivational factors that enhances overall performance of organisation. There are
various skills and competencies that facilitates employees to attain all goals and objectives in
defined manner. There are various skills and competencies that facilitates individual to attain akll
define goals and objectives in effective and efficient manner.

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