LSST FY028 Inquiry Project: Importance and Ways of Motivation

This inquiry-based project delves into the critical role of employee motivation in driving business success. The project begins with an abstract and introduction providing background information, research aims, objectives, questions, and significance. The literature review explores the importance of employee motivation, diverse motivational strategies, and the direct correlation between motivation and business outcomes. The methodology section outlines the qualitative research approach used, with a focus on secondary data collection through books and journals. The discussion synthesizes the literature review findings, highlighting the necessity of employee motivation for organizational growth and success. The project also acknowledges limitations such as time constraints and sample size. The conclusion summarizes the key findings, and recommendations are provided for future research. The project is structured with a clear title, table of contents, and comprehensive references to support the analysis.

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Contents
TITLE: "Importance and ways of employee motivation"................................................................3
ABSTRACT.....................................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Background information on topic...........................................................................................3
Aim of research......................................................................................................................4
Objectives of research............................................................................................................4
Research questions.................................................................................................................4
Significance of research.........................................................................................................4
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................4
Importance of employee motivation for business..................................................................4
Different ways to motivate employees at workplace.............................................................5
Relationship between employee motivation and success of business....................................5
RESEARCH METHODLOGY.......................................................................................................6
Types of Research Methods...................................................................................................6
Types of Data Collection Methods.........................................................................................7
DISCUSSION..................................................................................................................................7
LIMITATIONS................................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
RECOMMENDATION...................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

TITLE: "Importance and ways of employee motivation"
ABSTRACT
Employee motivation is the crucial aspect of an organisation which highly contributes in its
growth and success. Foreign organisation, it is very important to keep motivated its employees so
that a healthy work environment can be developed and the productivity of workers can be
improved. The aim of research provides a direction to researcher to accomplish its purpose.
Objectives are act as the milestones that helps in fulfilling the objective. Review of different
articles helps in gathering large amount of information on the topic so that valid conclusion of
research can be drawn. Qualitative research helps in gathering non numerical data in descriptive
way. There are some limitations of research including lack of time and money due to which
researcher may face difficulty in successful completion of project.
INTRODUCTION
Background information on topic
In the current competitive business environment, employee motivation is one of the critical
aspect which is considered by which organisation. It is the level of creativity, commitment and
energy that work force bring to their jobs in the company. The management of a firm is always
concerned about find out the ways that helps in motivating employees. It is the intrinsic drive to
pull forth the required action and effort towards the activities related to work. Motivated
employees help an organisation to attain growth and success (Conrad, Ghosh and Isaacson,
2015). Moreover, it also helps in improving productivity and profitability of company as
motivated employees are encouraged to perform their roles and responsibilities effectively and
are focused towards attainment of organisational goal. It will also help in providing competitive
edge to company over the rivals that helps in attaining large number of market shares. This
project covers aim and objectives of the research along with background information on topic
and significance of research. It also includes literature review on different themes along with
research methodology that includes types of research methods and data collection methods. At
last discussion on the basis of literature review and limitations of research are provided in project
the project.

Aim of research
The aim of research is “To analyse the significance of employee motivation in success of
business”.
Objectives of research
In context of this research, the objectives are mentioned below:
 To analyse the significance of employee motivation for business.
 To identify different ways to motivate employees at workplace.
 To determine the relationship between employee motivation and success of business.
Research questions
The research questions in context of this study are mentioned below:
 What is the importance of employee motivation for business?
 What are the different ways to motivate employees at workplace?
 What is the relationship between employee motivation and success of business?
Significance of research
Performing this research is significant as this helped investigator in getting deep knowledge
on the topic along with the other areas also. This research will help investigator in determining
the significance of employee motivation for business entity as well as the different ways through
which an organisation can motivate its employees (Kuranchie-Mensah and Amponsah-Tawiah,
2016). Apart from this, it will also help in determining the relationship between employee
motivation and the success of company. All this will help management of a firm to know the
ways of motivating employees effectively.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Importance of employee motivation for business
As per the view point of Pedersen, (2015), employee motivation is referred as the
psychological forces that identifies the direction of behaviour of persons in an organisation, and
individuals’ effort level and their persistence level. Motivated employees are vital to the success
of company as they are generally much productive at workplace. Motivated employees allow
management accomplish organisational goals. It enabled a business entity to attain high output
enhance productivity. The management of organisation required to focus on staying their
employees motivated. This will help in creating a healthy workplace environment along with

highly motivated employees which are productive and encouraged to work enthusiastically
towards accomplishment of organisational goals. It also creates satisfied employee base and
reduce absenteeism of employees at workplace (Lau, and Roopnarain, 2014).
Different ways to motivate employees at workplace
As per the view point of Naile and Selesho, (2014), there are different ways that an
organisation can use to motivate employees and keep them satisfied. Providing employees with
monetary and non-monetary rewards is one of the way that helps in effectively motivating the
employee. Rewarding employees will help in improving the motivation level satisfy them as
satisfied employees are more encouraged to work effectively towards achieving organisational
goals. Appreciating and recognising employees for the work they have done is also the way to
motivate employees. Firm can appreciate workers for their good performance. This helps in
creating a sense of belongingness among them and they stay happy and satisfied at workplace.
Enable positive communication at workplace is also the way to motivate employees. If good
communication takes place in the organisation, all the information provided to them will be clear
and transparent that helps in understanding their roles and responsibilities appropriately and
performing them effectively. Providing employees with healthy workplace also helps in
motivating them encouraging them to perform well. It improves their productivity and
performance (Mostafa, Gould‐Williams and Bottomley, 2015).
Relationship between employee motivation and success of business
As per the view point of Pinder, (2014), employee motivation and success of business are
directly proportional to each other. They are interlinked with one another. As motivated
employees are within organisation, as much as the chances of organisation to get success. If
employees are motivated within the organisation, then they work more effectively and highly
contribute in attaining success. When they are motivated to work, the put their complete efforts
in performing a task which are allotted to them. For each organisation, satisfaction of workforce
is very necessary as it leads them towards positive growth and success. Motivation can support
an individual in attaining their personal goals as well as self-development. Once the initial goals
will be mitigating by the employees, they realise link between results and their efforts which will
again motivate them to contribute their whole efforts towards accomplishment of organisational
as well as personal goals. The qualifications and abilities are not only the basis of efficiency
level of employees, but a good balance between ability and willingness to perform a particular

task is also necessary. This will lead to enhance productivity along with improve efficiency
which ultimately leads organisation towards high success. So, it can be said that there is high link
between motivated employees and success of a company as one factor completely depends on
another (Robescu and Iancu, 2016).
RESEARCH METHODLOGY
Research Methodology covers all the approaches, methods and techniques that are used
by researchers in order to gain crucial information about the research topic. Hence, in context to
this, below is a detailed insight within the type of research methods and information that is being
used for this research:
Types of Research Methods
There are different types of research methods that are used by individuals depending upon
the topic and nature of information required to be gathered. Hence, in context to this, these types
are explored as under:
 Qualitative Research: This type of research is the one which is exploratory in nature and
tends to analyse and evaluate set phenomenon in qualitative terms, i.e., in a rather more
descriptive manner rather than numeric. One of the positive elements associated with this
type of research is that there are no limitations in gathering information as there are no
limited methods and hence, effective explanations could be given. Moreover, this adds
flexibility in the approach towards data analysis. However, one disadvantage related to
the same is that this type of research could easily be influenced towards gaining an
anticipated outcome. Moreover, the spectrum of this research is narrow due to limited
sample size and questions (Strauss, Parker and O'Shea, 2017).
 Quantitative Research: This type is associated with observation of relevant data using
numeric methods, such as mathematical and statistical techniques. The aim of this
research is to get accurate responses which could be used later to analyse the data and
interpret the nature of information. An advantage associated with this method is that it
could not be influenced and could very well be tested by using several quantitative
methods. Moreover, it does not work on interpretations and a straightforward evaluation
could be attempted. As for disadvantages, it is quite complex in nature that could add to
additional cost or time. Moreover, it could mislead due to its scientific nature.

For this particular research topic, Qualitative research is being used as the descriptive data
is required to be analysed which covers opinions and mind-sets of individuals that are not
quantifiable.
Types of Data Collection Methods
In terms of information, researchers could use different techniques that allow them to
gather desired data regarding their research topics. Hence, below are several types relevant to
this research.
 Primary Data: This type of data is collected through first-hand sources and is fresh in
nature, i.e., similar data has never been acquired before and is independent of all study.
Its major advantage is associated with the fact that it allows researcher in gaining latest
and up-to-date information. Furthermore, it also allows individual to exercise control on
the information that is to be acquired. However, it might be time consuming. Moreover, it
could also lead to misinterpretation due to uneven and untrue responses (Zareen, Razzaq
and Mujtaba, 2015).
 Secondary Data: This data is associated with second-hand information through a range
of sources, such as past books, journals and previous researches. A major advantage in
this part is that it saves time. Furthermore, it also saves cost of preparation of
questionnaires or surveys and is accessible. However, it might provide information that
has been tampered with, which would lead to ineffective information. Moreover, it might
not be accurate as it is not necessary that latest and relevant information is acquired.
Out of these two types of data, Secondary data is being used for the research in which data is
gathered through various sources using books, journals etc.
DISCUSSION
As per the above provide literature review, it can be said that employee motivation is very
necessary for an organisation as this is the key to success. Employees are key assets of company
and without them no organisation can perform their activities and operations effectively. A
motivated employee highly contributes in success of an organisation. If employees are motivated
in a company, the work more effectively which enables firm to accomplish its goals and
objectives. So management requires to put efforts towards motivating their employees so that
they stay motivated at workplace and put their cent percent efforts in performing their duties and

accomplish organisational goals. There are various ways through which an organisation can
motivate its employees (Bulto and Markos, 2017). This includes providing them with rewards
and incentives, recognise and appreciate them for their work, encourage effective
communication at workplace etc. All these will help management of company in motivating their
employees and ensure organisational growth and success.
LIMITATIONS
The research has some limitations including lack of time. If the time to conduct the research
is not adequate, then it will affect the completion time of research. Apart from this lack of money
is also a limitation of research due to which the quality of findings may be impacted. The another
limitation of research is sample size as it relies on nature of research issue. If the sample size is
small, then the test will not able to determine significant relationship within information or data
set (Strauss, Parker and O'Shea, 2017).
CONCLUSION
As per the above mentioned report, it has been concluded that it is very necessary for an
organisation to motivate its employees and keep them satisfied as this helps them in improving
productivity and attaining success.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended to firm that it should motivate its employees by providing them with
rewards and recognition for their good performance. This help in motivating them and
encouraging them to perform well in future.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Bulto, L. and Markos, S., 2017. Effect of performance appraisal system on employee
motivation. Prestige International Journal of Management & IT-Sanchayan, 6(2), pp.25-
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Conrad, D., Ghosh, A. and Isaacson, M., 2015. Employee motivation factors. International
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Kuranchie-Mensah, E.B. and Amponsah-Tawiah, K., 2016. Employee motivation and work
performance: A comparative study of mining companies in Ghana. Journal of Industrial
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Lau, C.M. and Roopnarain, K., 2014. The effects of nonfinancial and financial measures on
employee motivation to participate in target setting. The British accounting review, 46(3),
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Mostafa, A.M.S., Gould‐Williams, J.S. and Bottomley, P., 2015. High‐performance human
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Naile, I. and Selesho, J.M., 2014. The role of leadership in employee motivation. Mediterranean
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Pedersen, M.J., 2015. Activating the forces of public service motivation: Evidence from a low‐
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Pinder, C.C., 2014. Work motivation in organizational behavior. psychology press.
Robescu, O. and Iancu, A.G., 2016. The effects of motivation on employees performance in
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Strauss, K., Parker, S.K. and O'Shea, D., 2017. When does proactivity have a cost? Motivation at
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Zareen, M., Razzaq, K. and Mujtaba, B.G., 2015. Impact of transactional, transformational and
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