BTEC HND Business Research: Motivation's Impact on Performance

This research project investigates the impact of motivation on employee performance, focusing on British telecommunication employees. The project outlines research specifications, identifies factors influencing research selection, and critically reviews key references. It details the production of a research project specification, including objectives, hypothesis, and research scope. The methodology includes both primary and secondary research, with data collection through interviews and literature review. The project also addresses ethical considerations, resource matching, and data recording procedures. Data analysis involves evaluating research techniques, interpreting results, and formulating recommendations. The research explores the relationship between motivation and employee performance, aiming to provide valuable insights for future research and organizational practices, including the use of reward mechanisms and goal setting to enhance employee work performance. The project includes a detailed timeline for the research process, from topic selection to final submission, ensuring a structured approach to the investigation.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Research project outline specifications..................................................................................3
1.2 Identification of the factors that contribute to the process of research project selection.......4
1.3 Critical review of key references...........................................................................................4
1.4 Production of a research project specification.......................................................................5
1.5 Planning the procedures for the agreed research specification..............................................6
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................7
2.1 Matching resources to Research question or hypothesis.......................................................7
2.2 Research investigation in accordance with the agreed specification and procedures............8
2.3 Recording and collating relevant data....................................................................................8
3.1 Research evaluation Techniques............................................................................................9
3.2 Interpretation and analysis of the results in terms of the original research specification......9
3.3 Recommendations and justification of areas for further consideration...............................10
Task 3.............................................................................................................................................10
4.1 Presentation of the outcomes of the research to an audience...............................................10
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................11
References......................................................................................................................................12
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Introduction
Motivation is one of the key aspects that play a vital role in determining the performance rate of
an employee. According to (Liamputtong, 2013) there is correlation between motivation and
performance rate of an employee. Organisations thereby have to incorporate strategic
implementations that would enhance the motivational levels, which thereby improve their work
performance. The understated research proposal thereby tries to explore the Impact of Motivation
on employee performance. The research proposal has been conducted into diverse subsections
each of which provides an illustrative view regarding research project. The conduction of this
research proposal on this concerned topic would pave the way for future research work.
Task 1
1.1 Research project outline specifications
 Research specifications are mostly outlined based on the selected research topic. this
helps in formulation of diverse research elements like the research objectives, questions,
data required, research methodology. All of which are through used in the conduction of
the research proposal. However, in present context the research would be conducted
based on the impact of motivation on employee performance. The research would try to
provide to determine the way motivation plays a driving force behind the workers
performance of British telecommunication. The research would later test the hypothesis
pertaining to the low impact of motivation on employee’s performance (Patten, 2016)
Objectives of the researcher are as follows:
 To acknowledge the significance of motivation in an employee’s performance rate of To
determine the impact motivation has on employee performance
 To illustrate the role of motivation in enhancing the employee’s work performance
The data collection procedures being followed by the researcher for this proposed research
would try to satisfy the above stated research objectives. Hypothesis testing that would be
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conducted for the research study would also try to align to the research objectives stated. The
research hypothesis for the concerned research topic is as follow
There is a huge impact of motivation on the employee performance
There is no impact of motivation on the employee performance
1.2 Identification of the factors that contribute to the process of research project selection
There are a range of factors that make an effective contribution in the procedure of a concerned
research project selection. A research project selection is the regarded to be a process that
analysis each aspects of a research study and selects the highest priority project. At the initial
stages the project remains suggestive for successful confirmation a brief introduction to research
project is essential. . The major factors that contributed to research project selections are as
follows:
 One of initial steps of research proposal is determination of the research problems. A
research process cannot take place without a specific research problem.
 Along with this, there must be variables in the form research hypothesis for a research
problem. It is the hypothesis that establishes the relationship between the variables and
translates a clear picture of the research problem (Blondel et al 2013.)
 The research would then depict the significance of the research problem
 The sources of the research problem would be evaluated by the researcher along with the
following up of the consideration methods and steps while developing the research
problem.
 The factors that influence the sources of research problem are mostly the people.
Problem, phenomena and program
1.3 Critical review of key references
According to (Oso and Onen, 2016) a motivated employee has the ability to help a firm in
attaining its organizational objectives. An organisation can well exploit is employee only when
they are ready to deliver their best effort into their respective work functions. For the effective
work performance, the employees need to have a driving force that helps them to take the initial
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step. In context to this motivation is regarded to be the ultimate driving force that not only
enhances the performances if the employees but even upgraded the overall organizational
performance. Some of the previous researches claimed that often it has been observed that the
organization that had a organizational structure, culture or management that focused on
motivational aspect were noted to have a strong work force. The employee turnover rate of such
organization was regarded to be quiet low. As opined by (Burgess et al. 2017) work,
performance of an employee depends on a range of factors among which motivation has greater
part to play in influencing their rates. For enhancing the work performance of the human
resources the management of an organization incorporate a range of activities like reward
mechanism, goal setting challenges etc all with the sole motive of motivating the employees.
Since as stated by (Lazaroiu, 2015) employees are one of the major aspects that determine the
production rate
1.4 Production of a research project specification
Research objectives
 To determine the impact of motivation on employee performance
 To establish the relationship between motivation and employee performance
Rationale
The concerned topic has been selected for the research proposal to determine the motivation as a
important factor that influence the performance rate of the organizational employees.
Hypothesis
H1: Motivation affects the employee performance
HO: Motivation does not influences the employee performance
Research scope
With the conduction of this research the future researcher would get a in detail knowledge
regarding the concerned topic and this would help them conducting a better research study in
future. In addition to this, the proposed research study would demonstrate the complex
relationship between employee performance and motivation levels of the workers
Literature review
Employee performance rate are one of the critical factors that can affect the overall growth and
development of a firm. In lieu to this (Butler and Dengel, 2013) stated that employee
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performance is directly proportional to the motivation of the individual employee. Increase in
motivational levels thereby means increases in the performance rate.
Methodology
Both primary and secondary research has been selected for the concerned research proposal.
Primary quantitative research study and secondary qualitative research study has been selected
by the researcher for the concerned study. Under the primary quantitative research, methodology
the personal interviews of diverse organizational managers have been considered. While for the
secondary qualitative research study journal, book magazines etc would be considered. A
systematic data collection method would be involved along with a descriptive style of the
research study. In addition to this a well defined sample size for both secondary and primary
research had been undertaken by the researcher (Goldenberg et al. 2015)
Ethical considerations
The researcher would ensure that all the ethical considerations are undertaken for the proposed
research study. The Ethical issues would mainly arise in the form Participants’ privacy,
authorization to the secondary resources etc.
1.5 Planning the procedures for the agreed research specification
Activities and
phases
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Literature
Review
Research plan
development
Research
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Data analysis
Interpretatio
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Concluding
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Final
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Task 2
2.1 Matching resources to Research question or hypothesis
In order to state that the researcher has made compliance with the ethical standard matching of
the resources to the started research hypothesis is important. The researcher has foiled up the
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ethical forms to obtain clearance in terms of ethical standards. For providing credit to the
relevant authors correct referencing method has be used in the study. Along with this, the
proposed research study would be original in all terms. Data collection process would be
executed after proper consent and authorization. The researcher would ensure that no adverse
impact is created on the participants. The researcher throughout the research study would follow
all the legal formats and guidelines ( Deming, 2015).
2.2 Research investigation in accordance with the agreed specification and procedures
The researcher for conducting the concerned research study has to implement the research plan
and the data collection plan in a systemic manner so that it can be used to collect and interpret
the data. For the concerned research study, the sample size of the data collection sources would
be followed by the researcher to ensure that it is followed in the specified time plan allotted in
context to the proposed research study. the researcher for meeting up the standards established
fir the data collection plans would implement validity standards that would do the needful. In
addition to this reliability, measures would also be incorporated in the proposed research study.
This measure would ensure are relevant, reliable and are consistent to the research results. The
concerned researcher would also incorporate pilot testing. This would ensure that that
respondents of the interviews are able to understand the questions and do not misinterpret the
question. All of these measures reliability, validity and pilot testing implemented by the
researcher would ensure that the major research objectives for the concerned research study are
fulfilled. In addition to this the research results aligns with the desired objectives of the proposed
research study. With this, the researcher would conduct the study in accordance to the formulated
research plan (Silverman, 2016).
2.3 Recording and collating relevant data
The data would be collected in context to the concerned research topic of the impact of
motivation on employee performance. As it has been stated that both primary and secondary
research methods would be undertaken for the proposed research study. The primary research
study would be conducted by undertaking personal interviews in order to collate data from the
participants. A sample size of 10 managers had been selected for the concerned data collection in
context to the research study. Random sampling method had been used for conducting the
interviews sessions as per the convenience of the participants. The interview data was collected
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through filling physical interview questionnaires by contacting the managers of diverse
organisation through emails. Secondary data in regards to the impact of motivation on employee
performance had been obtained from diverse business journals, books, business related
magazines and articles. With the conduction of Pilot testing on the results of the interview of the
10 participants demonstrated that managers could understand the interview questions well. Most
of the secondary data would be collected from the recent journals and an article is that the
existing perspectives in relation to the topic could be gained. With this data collection method all
the relevant data in accordance to the research topic could be obtained that would favor the
proposed research study (Shields et al. 2015).
3.1 Research evaluation Techniques
With the analysis of the research evaluation techniques the researcher would be able to
comprehend to comprehend that whether the research objectives determine the initial stages of
the research study have been accomplished or not. Research evaluation would in concern to the
research study would involve tracing all research objectives and hypothesis. Along with this
tracking, the two will be framed to understand whether they have achieved or not. For evaluating
the research results, it is essential that reliability and validity of the results are tested. Both will
test the accuracy and determine if there has between any kind of compromise in the data
collection process. In addition to this, it would also help in identifying the possible flaws during
the research conduction process. Correct results would determine that the research her is able to
follow to research plan perfectly and has undertaken the ethical considerations as well. The
timely results of the research project would be tracked to determine that the research objectives
have been clearly demonstrated. In addition to this, the reliability of the concerned collected data
would ensure that relevant data has been collected from multiple resources it even compares the
relevant data (Chen et al. 2014).
3.2 Interpretation and analysis of the results in terms of the original research specification
Collection, evaluation and interpretation of the data in diverse ways that is secondary qualitative
data had been collected from diverse literatures of journals articles books etc while the primary
quantitative data s collected through the interview sessions all these were involved in the current
research. The effective comparison of the two research results would determined the evaluation
of the research objectives and the testing would state the acceptance and rejection of the research
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hypothesis. The comparison method between the two data collection method would help in
understanding the importance of the research results that had been obtained from both the diverse
resources. The similar studies could determined whether in all possible manner the predestined
research hypotheses had been approved or rejected by the other researchers. The stated version
or rather the perspectives of the previous researcher’s matches to what extent to current research
study would demonstrate whether the research objectives determined by the researcher had been
full filled or not. in addition to this the data collected from multiple sources would critically
analyzed to identify any biases or misinterpretation of data . With this evaluation the errors could
be identified and this would protect the research results of the current study from being
influenced from these errors (Pinder, 2014).
3.3 Recommendations and justification of areas for further consideration
The recommendations for the proposed research study would be mainly in terms of the improves
in the motivational levels of the employees to enhance their working efficiency. As it had been
clearly obtained from the research study high motivational levels can upgrade the overall growth
of the organization, therefore in this respect the organization have to undertake the initial step.
Since ultimately it is the responsibilities of the firm to well exploit its employee. For profitable
exploitation of its employees it has to fist provide its employees its basic needs. Among these
basic needs, motivation is one of the most vital needs. Therefore, in the form of a suggestive
recommendation the organisation need to incorporate strategic actions that regular motivates its
employees. Owing to the significant importance of individual employer performance rate it is
important that the form seriously undertake s this aspect and makes all the possible effort to
improve the motivational levels of its employees.
Task 3
4.1 Presentation of the outcomes of the research to an audience
With effective presentation and appropriate use of media the researcher would be able to
demonstrate and educate the audience with the outcomes the current research proposal. With a
small group of audience in an auditorium, the presentation could be executed. With the use of
Microsoft Power Point Presentation, the researcher could deliver the outcomes of the proposed
research study. In addition to this researcher must for a hard copy of the current research copy
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this would help the audience to provide an evaluative feedback on the proposed research. This
would provide to find the gaps of the research study and promote further research study on the
concerned topic.
Conclusion
On drawing conclusion, it could be stated that the proposed research study has tried to conduct a
evaluative and critical analysis on the impact of motivation on the employee performance. The
research study has paved a way for future researchers to conduct their research study keeping
this current study as the foundation of their research work. The research study on the concerned
topic has created diverse avenues for the researchers to depict a more illustrative research work
in the near future
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