Employee Motivation: Importance, Strategies, and Productivity at TESCO

This report delves into the critical role of employee motivation in enhancing organizational performance, specifically within the context of TESCO. The study begins with an introduction that outlines the research aim, objectives, and questions, emphasizing the importance of employee motivation in improving productivity. A comprehensive literature review examines existing research to determine the benefits of employee motivation for organizations, analyze strategies for keeping TESCO employees motivated, and ascertain the relationship between motivation and productivity. The methodology section describes the qualitative research approach, inductive reasoning, and the use of secondary data sources. The discussion highlights findings on motivation's impact, emphasizing the importance of employee engagement, rewards, and communication. The report concludes that employee motivation directly affects performance and provides recommendations for fostering a motivated workforce, such as appreciation, rewards, and employee involvement in decision-making. The study underscores the need for continuous improvement in human resources management practices to align employee goals with organizational success.

Importance and ways of
employee motivation
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CONTENTS
Contents...........................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Overview and background...........................................................................................................3
Research aim................................................................................................................................3
Research Objective......................................................................................................................3
Research questions.......................................................................................................................3
Importance of study.....................................................................................................................4
Contribution of study...................................................................................................................4
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................4
To determine the benefit that an organisation get with employee motivation............................4
To analyse ways through which TESCO can keep its employees motivated..............................4
To ascertain the relation between motivation of employees and their increasing productivity
within TESCO.............................................................................................................................5
METHODOLOGY..........................................................................................................................5
DISCUSSION..................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
RECOMMENDATION...................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTION
Overview and background
Employee motivation is defined as the level of commitment, creativity and emery which
an organisation’s worker brings to their job role. The employee motivation is considered to be a
crucial part of human resources management as it directly influences the actions performed by
workers and performance they exert within workplace. The study focuses on determining the
importance of employee motivation as well as relations it have with eth performance of
employees in order to present the ways through which an organisation can maintain its
competitive advantage (Lau and Roopnarain, 2014). For performing this study TESCO is
consider which is a larger multinational retailer that operates in several countries in order to offer
the grocery and food items. It maintains a chain of supermarket and to manage them maintain a
vast workforce, so this study would support TESCO in learning about the role of employee
motivate in enhancing productivity. This research is performed in structured form where first of
all there is an introduction to the study, then followed with literature review in section two and in
section three there will be research methodology, then their will be discussion and at last their
will a section of conclusion and then recommendation.
Research aim
To investigate about eth importance of employee motivation in improving their productivity at
workplace. A study on TESCO.
Research Objective
 To determine the benefit that an organisation get with employee motivation
 To analyse ways through which TESCO can keep its employees motivated
 To ascertain the relation between motivation of employees and their increasing
productivity within TESCO.
Research questions
 Explain about the benefit that an organisation get with employee motivation?
 What are several ways through which TESCO can keep its employees motivated?
 Describe about the relation between motivation of employees and their increasing
productivity within TESCO?
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Importance of study
The main significance that study holds is that it represent the importance of employee
motivation for an organisation and manner in which it can be used to enhance the overall
performance of the company. Other than this the study will also put light over the ways through
which employee can be motivate toward organisational goals.
Contribution of study
The study will contribute toward improving the human resources management practices by
attracting the Ficus of managers toward importance of employee motivation for an organisation
growth and success. The finding of study will provide a evidence to the importance of employee
motivation in several part of organisation and how it all contribute to the organisation al growth
and success by importing the overall performance.
LITERATURE REVIEW
To determine the benefit that an organisation get with employee motivation
According to Xaxx J., (2017) Motivation is important because it allows the management to
achieve their prominent goals and objectives as without motivated employees company can
become in a risky position. Moreover, motivated employees tend to enhance the productivity of
company and allow them to achieve prominent level of outcome. Despite from this when the
employees of Tesco are highly motivated then they give their best efforts to the task that are
assigned to them. Moreover for the enhancement of motivation employee satisfaction is
important for every organisation as it leads the positive success and growth for the company.
Moreover in terms of Tesco motivations facilitate their employees to achieve their personal goals
as well and also helps them for their self development stop with the help of motivation Their
employees analyse the probable connection among the efforts and results. Along with this it is
also useful in improving the efficiency of employees by maintaining probable balance among the
ability to perform the task and willing to perform the task.
To analyse ways through which TESCO can keep its employees motivated
According to Geraghty S., (2017) Seeking to enhance the motivation of employees can
become difficult task for the managers but it should not seems like that as the right information
and the proper technique can also helps the managers to enhance the motivation of the
employees. Despite from these involving employees within the decision making process and
development of the company is also leads to enhance the motivation of employees. Despite from
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this by offering suitable rewards to employees incomes of a praising their efforts is also helpful
to encourage them for the development and enhancement of their performance and efforts
towards the hard work. Along with this the manager and leader of the company need to set
transparent and suitable performance standard to their employees that are achievable for them as
it leads to enhance their performance and productivity of Tesco as well. Along with this the
rewards are distributed on the grounds of objectives as employees are more likely to review the
procedure and concentrate on the understanding of what is expected from them. Therefore it
automatically leads to increase their motivation towards the achievement of desired performance
outcome.
To ascertain the relation between motivation of employees and their increasing productivity
within TESCO
According to Scott S., (2019) Most of the employees need motivation to perform their job
in the significant manner. Along with this some employees are money motivated and few of
them want recognition at the workplace that directly impacts the performance of employees and
when the employees perform in the efficient and effective way then it automatically leads to
enhance the productivity of company. In terms of this employers of Tesco use various types of
incentives to increase the production numbers of employees considering bonus cash and travel
incentives. Therefore incentives drive the motivation of employee as they offer more strive in
comparison to regular pay check. Away with this there are some employees that are motivated
with the feeling of sense of accomplishment that leads to achieve both personal and professional
objectives as these employees are self discipline and self motivated towards their work and carry
suitable confidence regarding their capabilities for the sake of personal challenge that leads to
enhance the overall productivity of Tesco.
METHODOLOGY
Research methodology is consider to be ion of the most essential; part of an investigation
as iot support the reader in providing an guidance about the type of methods , tools, approaches
to be consider for performing an investigation toward proving the aims and objectives behind the
study. It mainly includes the gathering, arranging, analysing and interpreting eth information so
that valid findings ca be presented in relation with the aims and objectives. The methodologies
adopted by the researcher plays a significant role in presenting the validity and reliability of the
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study (Kumar, 2019). The methods used by the researcher for the investigation is explained
below:
Type of investigation: - The findings of a study is highly depended over the type of
investigation conducted by the researcher. There are mainly two kind of research such as
qualitative and quantitative. In order to conduct this investigation the qualitative method will be
taken into consideration as it help in performing the in death investigation about a particular
topic associate with the range of theories as well as concept to make the information more clear
and understandable. It is more time consuming but help in gathering the larger amount of data
which allow a greater scope to extract more evidence about a concept that develop better
understanding (Omland and Thapa, 2017).
Research approach: - The approach selected is purely based on the type of investigation
adopted by the researcher as the reserve approached focuses on analysing the gathered data to
covert it into meaningful information. The approaches are of two type within an investigation
such as inductive and deductive. Among these two inductive will be adopted by the researcher as
it allow in analysing the qualitative data by using a theoretical framework where the data in
effectively evaluated and most appropriate finding out eth data is represented to support the aim
of study (Scotland, 2012).
Sources of data collection: - The data collection sources are those mediums through
which etch information about a particular area of study is being gathered. The data collection
sources are of two type such as primary and secondary sources. In order to conducted this study
effectively the secondary data collection sources are used where information will be collected
with eth help of online sources using books, journals, articles. The secondary sources are used
where the already investigated and published data is gathered about a particular topic and the
view point fo several authors are critically evaluated so that best possible understanding from the
finding of several; scholars can be presented top provide a deep understanding about a research
area.
Resources: For performing an investigation, researcher require range of resources so that
each activity can be performed effectively among them the financial resources are very much
required as it help in collection the other resources like computer system, internet connection and
other stationer for performing investigation. Other than this financial resources also help in
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getting access to several online journals or articles that are helpful for performing literature
review over importance of employee motivation.
DISCUSSION
As per the investigation performed it has been found that motivation plays a significant
role among employees within an organisation, as it help in keeping employees connected with
the main goal of organisation. Other than this the motivation helps in developing an intensive
motive which encourage people to perform in particular direction. By keeping its employees
motivated an organisation would be able to maintain a workforce that know how to use their full
potential to achieve common goal (Conrad, Ghosh and Isaacson, 2015). As when the employee
are motivated toward the work they put all their efforts toward the responsibility assigned to
them which in turn also bring maximum job satisfaction that further support in retaining the
employees.
There are several ways through which TESCO can keep its employees motivated toward
their work such as by providing appreciation to them over their work and reward them when
employee perform well (Malik, Butt and Choi, 2015). Other than this, a manner can also involve
employees within decision making process which in turn support in developing a positive view
among the worker toward the management as they feel valued and also easily get agreed with the
instructions to perform work. Despite of a;l this the communication also platys a significant role
in keeping employees motivated. This is so because when the employee have an actual idea
regarding the work they are performing is moving in which direction the it will be easier for the,
to keep their work adjust and align accordingly (Deci and Ryan, 2014). Among them all reward
and appreciation work best for motivating employee this is so because when employee get
reward and appreciation over their work then it automatically act as developing a positive image
of company as well as working environment so they likely to get adjust with it and try to perform
more effectively so that they get reward and recognition again and again over their efforts. Hence
it can be said that their remains a direct relationship between employee motivation and
improving performance.
CONCLUSION
From the above performed study it can be summarised that the employee motivation
plays a significant role within improving the organisational performance. This is so because the
motivation act as a factor that encourage employees to perform action in particular direction
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which in turn help in improving tehri performance. As when the employees remain happy and
motivated with their job then they put their efforts totally toward giving their best which ensure
regular improvement in performance and hence it contribute toward regularly upgrading the
skills and improving performance that leads to accomplishment of organisational objective
RECOMMENDATION
The motivation brings up passion and positivity among employees toward there work that
support in improving their performance. So, TESCO is recommended to adopt following tactics
for keeping employees motivative,
 The managers of TESCO must maintain a reward system where employees get reward
over their performance on regular basis that not only help in motivating them but also
support in keeping other motivated.
 The leaders of TESCO must focuses toward regularly guiding and monitoring the work
of employees so that they remains motivated and engaged in work when they get proper
support from leaders.
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