Employee Motivation in Strand Palace Hotel: Monetary Rewards Analysis

This research project investigates the effectiveness of monetary rewards in enhancing employee motivation within an organization, using the Strand Palace Hotel as a case study. The research aims to understand the importance of monetary rewards, analyze implementation strategies, and identify challenges associated with monetary reward systems. The report includes a literature review exploring existing research on employee motivation and monetary incentives, covering topics such as the impact of financial rewards, employee engagement, and retention. The methodology employs an interpretivism philosophy with an inductive approach and utilizes a survey strategy for data collection and analysis. The findings discuss the benefits of monetary rewards, such as increased productivity and enhanced engagement, while also addressing potential challenges. Recommendations are provided to optimize monetary reward systems and improve employee motivation, and the report concludes with a reflection and suggestions for further research. The report also includes an abstract, introduction, research questions, and a discussion of the rationale and scope of the study, providing a comprehensive overview of the topic.

Research Project

ABSTRACT
Employee motivation is the critical aspect of an organisation. motivate employees highly
contributes in growth and success of a business. Monetary rewards are one of the crucial
component through which an organisation can effectively motivate its employees. Strand Palace
Hotel is one among the leading hotels of United Kingdom with rating 3 star. This research is
based on effectiveness of monetary rewards in improving employee motivation. Providing
employees with monetary rewards proves to be very effective for the hotel as it helps in
increasing motivation level of employees and keep them retain within the hotel for long term. It
get various benefits of providing rewards to its employees in terms of increasing productivity,
enhance engagement of employees etc.

Contents
Research Project ABSTRACT.........................................................................................................1
TOPIC..............................................................................................................................................4
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................4
Background of the study.........................................................................................................4
Research Aim.........................................................................................................................4
Research Objective.................................................................................................................4
Research Question..................................................................................................................4
Rationale of the research........................................................................................................5
CHAPTER 2: LITERETURE REVIEW.........................................................................................5
CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.............................................................................9
CHAPTER 4: DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION....................................................12
Data Analysis........................................................................................................................12
Data Interpretation................................................................................................................14
CHAPTER 5: CRITICAL APPRAISAL, RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR
FURTHER WORK........................................................................................................................23
Reflection.............................................................................................................................24
CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSION......................................................................................................24
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................26

TOPIC
“Effectiveness of monetary rewards in enhancing employee motivation in an organisation
– Case study on Strand Palace Hotel”
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
Background of the study
Employee motivation is a very crucial aspect for an organisation which needs to be taken
into consideration by manager. It is very necessary for an organisation to keep its employees
motivated so that they are enable to perform their roles and responsibilities effectively and
accomplish organisational goals (Anitha, 2014). This report is based on Strand Palace Hotel
which is one of the well-known hotel in United Kingdom that offers various products and
services to its customers and satisfy their needs. This report is based on the topic “Effectiveness
of monetary rewards in enhancing employee motivation in an organisation – Case study on
Strand Palace Hotel”. It aims to analyse the effectiveness of monetary rewards in improving
employee’s motivation.
Research Aim
The research aim is “To study the effectiveness of monetary rewards in enhancing
employee motivation in an organisation – Case study on Strand Palace Hotel”
Research Objective
 To understand the importance of monetary rewards in improving employee motivation
within organisation.
 To analyse the ways in which company can implement monetary rewards to enrich the
employee motivation.
 To determine the challenges that establishment face while handling monetary system of
employees.
Research Question
 What is the importance of monetary rewards in improving employee motivation within
organisation?
 What are the ways in which company can implement monetary rewards to enrich the
employee motivation?

 What are the challenges that establishment face while handling monetary system of
employees?
Rationale of the research
The main purpose of conducting research on topic “To study the effectiveness of monetary
rewards in enhancing employee motivation in an organisation – Case study on Strand Palace
Hotel” is to analyse the effectiveness of monetary rewards. This research will help in
determining the ways to implement monetary rewards system within firm as well as ascertaining
the challenges that managers face while implementing monetary rewards. This will further help
in developing effective ways and strategies to overcome the challenges and effectively motivate
employees (Ashraf, Bandiera and Jack, 2014). This research has wide scope as this act as a base
for the scholars who conduct further study on the same topic.
CHAPTER 2: LITERETURE REVIEW
A Literature review is conceptual process of summary and description about the research topic
on the basis of review of scholarly paper and articles, books and online websites which are
relevant resources through particular research (Rao, 2014). It helps to determine the research
requirement and determining the nature of current research approaches. The topic which has link
between literature review is to base on employee motivation impact in organizational.
a) To understand the importance of monetary rewards in improving employee motivation
within the organisation.
According to the Shauna Geraghty, 2017, the monetary rewards are linked with the financial
incentives which are used to directly to motivate employees towards making a power of being
formation of status and respect plays a bigger role in sense of satisfying the social and
psychological needs of person (Ashraf, Bandiera and Lee, 2014). As by doing this particular
employee get appraised that his /her performance is getting recognized through big peers as well
as it is important that o retain those employees who are contributing for the company which is
more reliable assets towards the further goals, as there is following importance of monetary
reward which helps to improvising the employee performances as well as motivation are:
 By involving all employees in the development and implementation with revision of
reward programs.

Involving all employees through different position from significant department are
involved to encourage them and discuss about the procedure of reward system where the
awareness is enhancing towards the workforce of organisation in which they can shows their
interest in rewards program as with it making the assurance about the employees and the top
level management are appearing the on board reward system (Raziq and Maulabakhsh,
2015).
 To making ensures that employees are creating view as worth the effort for it.
As in the employee rewards system is a process in which the to making ensuring about
the perspective of reward system in employees view should be creates a worthy efforts by
which it brings the enhancement of rewards and efforts which make it employee productivity
increases (Cecere, Mancinelli and Mazzant 2014). In organisation the mangers should have
to mapped the employees inputs as well as by valuing their contribution and deliver the
rewards to them accordingly. Those employees who genuinely get the worthy view of the
reward the efforts will be more motivated to work by obtaining the favourable outcomes
toward the organization structure.
 Providing the better understanding about to earn reward through employee
perspective:
In organisation the managers responsibilities is to making clear about the proper
understanding of rewards earning through work deliverables as when it depends upon the
employee understanding about that what their managers are expected from them on that note
they develop their competencies and provides the more efficiency in work productivity to
meeting up the standards (Cerasoli, Nicklin and Ford, 2014).
b) To analyse the ways in which company can implement monetary rewards.
According to the Michelle Reynolds, 2019. As to enhancement of rewards system in the
organisation to encourage the employees as well as to development the structure of the
company norms and policies where the employees try to shows the interest in the rewards
program, but the optimum procedure to implementing of monetary rewards system in the
organisation as it following are:

Measurable Business Strategy: As the reward system promote the optimum utilisation of
power as influencing for employee productivity which bring to accomplish the organisation goals
and objectives. Before implanting of rewards system in monetary format first is to mapped about
the business configuration as in form strategy where it helps to lead towards the analysation of
scenario on what situation can it be formulated to completion of employees duties through
achieving the goals a reality.
Job Efforts and performance: As through the theory of expectancy is driven about the inner
feeling of generates the importance of particular thing as same for employees get influence the
importance about the monetary reward system only when they provides sort of efforts and
performances on which it decides the value and amount of reward system (Chetty, Saez and
Sándor, 2014).
Employee commitment towards the organisation objectives: For employee commitment is
not very much influences as it exchange process of work completion within given of time
duration with extra efforts will facilitates the reward and incentives are supposed to appraised on
basis of performances quality through individual.
Attendance and retention: The system of monetary reward is to monitor the employee
decision making process effective through which shows the attachment and work responsibility
towards the organisation (Singh, Burgess, Heap and Mehrzi, 2016).
Enhancement of employee engagement activities: Through enhancing of employee
engagement in the organisation premises it derives the employee involvement toward the
managerial activities which helps to reduce the stress free regarding work load in the
organisation as well as it emphasis the creativity and innovation of employees on which they can
represents their talents as well as it is rewards strategies to retain the employees as for the
satisfactory assurance towards the organisation further needs (De Gieter and Hofmans, 2015 ).
c) To determine the challenges that establishment face while handling monetary system
of employees.
According to the Luxemburg, 2019. While to implementing the monetary rewards system
in the organisation for betterment to employees stakes has to faces the challenges where it
enhancing the conflicts regrading with optimum program implement in the policies and

norms through which employees can easily generates the productivity develop their skills and
knowledge. There are following challenges which creates the barrier while to implement the
rewards system in any organisation are:
To diminishes the effective performances: As to implementing the rewards system it
compresses to be creating the negative influence of decreasing the efficient level of work
proficiency as to appraising the other employee where the rest other get demotivate and it direct
effects into their performances (Dee and Wyckoff 2015).
It destruct the creativity or innovation: As in the organisation premises once the
productivity get touches the hierarchy or expected level it allows to get destroy the creativity
skills of non-performer employees as it all appraise about the performance level and it totally
depends upon the productivity which has comes through the hard work and dedication towards
the employees.
High cost incurred: To encouraging the rewards as in monetary type format to employees it
will creates the high cost effect to the financial year or it may constraint the budget of particular
company initial capitalism (Strohacker, Galarraga and Williams, 2014). As to facilitating the
rewards as in money term can required the high structure of capitalism where organisation can
able to conduct this system successfully.
It can distract the good behaviour workforce: By enhancing rewards system can make the
employees light skill of behaviour by which they cannot reflect the satisfactory behaviour skills
which suits to employee as in organisation fit standards.
As above discussion are on Monetary rewards basis on the behalf of company development
as it comes under to encourage the employee as per their competencies to approach work in the
organisation as per the rewards are being decided on that (Flammer and Luo, 2017). Job
satisfactory is one of the alternative factor which emphasis about the employee need to work in
those organisation where the work appraisal should be presence which increases its productivity
as well as proficiency.

CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research methodology refers to the procedures which are utilized to determine, choose and
analyses data over a particular topic (Wang and Hou, 2015). In conducting research
appropriately and in systematic way, different research methods are taken into consideration by
the researcher. In relation to this particular research, the methods used are mentioned below:
Research philosophy: two types of research philosophies are there including positivism and
interpretivism. In this particular research, interpretivism philosophy is utilized by investigator as
it involves humanistic qualitative methods (Gupta and Shaw, 2014). This research philosophy is
applied by investigator as it will help researcher in giving deep insight on the topic so that valid
conclusion of research can be drawn.
Research approach: inductive and deductive are two types of research approaches which
are utilized by investigator in the study. In relation to this study, inductive approach is utilized by
researcher as it is based on observations and provide them with the flexibility to reach to the
conclusion effectively.
Research strategy: different strategies are used in the research including interview,
experimental research, survey, case study, systematic literature review etc. In context of this
study, survey strategy is utilized by researcher it helps in gathering accurate data which for the
support researcher to validate the outcome of research ( Hameed, Ramzan and Zubair, 2014).
Data collection method: primary and secondary are the two types of Data collection
methods which are utilized by researcher in this study. Both types of methods are used in this
particular study by researcher in which primary data is collected through questionnaire and the
secondary data is gathered through using books, journals, previously published articles and other
sources. The questionnaire regarding this study is mentioned below:
QUESTIONNAIRE
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Add:
Mail ID:
Q 1) Do you have any knowledge about monetary rewards and non-monetary rewards?

A) Yes
B) No
C) Neutral
Q 2) According to you, what is the significance of providing employees with monetary
rewards for firm?
A) Increased Motivation of Employees
B) Improved Organisational Performance
C) Increasing Satisfaction Level of Employees
D) Improved Workforce Engagement
Q 3) How Strand Palace Hotel can implement monetary reward to enhance motivation of
employees?
A) Tie rewards to company goals
B) Reward behaviours
C) Get employees involved
D) Be specific and consistent
Q 4) As per you opinion, which is the challenge that Strand Palace Hotel may face at the
time of handling monetary system of employees?
A) Rewards not linked to employee performance
B) Rewards not understood by people
C) High cost incurred
D) Conflicts of interest
Q 5) To what extent do you think that providing employees with monetary reward will be
effective in improving their motivation level?
A) Highly effective
B) Effective
C) Neutral
D) Ineffective
E) Highly Ineffective
Q 6) According to you, which benefit Strand Palace Hotel will get by providing monetary
rewards to employees?
A) Increased retention of employees

B) Improved satisfaction level
C) Enhanced operation’s effectiveness
D) Maximised profitability
Q 7) How often employees of Strand Palace Hotel get rewarded?
A) Monthly
B) Annually
C) Half Yearly
D) Quarterly
E) Occasionally based on accomplishments
Q 8) How frequently do Strand Palace Hotel bring modifications in the monetary reward
system practice followed within organisation?
A) In every 6 months
B) In every one year
C) In every 2 years
D) In every 3 years
E) None of the above
Q 9) In Strand Palace Hotel, on which basis the employees are considered for getting
monetary rewards?
A) Increased productivity
B) Customer Satisfaction
C) Innovative and Creative ideas
D) Performance
Q 10) Are the suggestions provided by employees considered by Strand Palace Hotel at the
time of reviewing monetary reward program?
A) Yes
B) No
Q 11) Provide any further suggestions to improve monetary reward system of Strand
Palace Hotel
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Research choice: qualitative and quantitative method are the two types of research choices
that are utilized by researcher in the study. In relation to this study, quantitative research method

is applied by the researcher as this helps in gathering numerical data which helps in ensuring
validity and reliability of research outcome. It enables a researcher to draw valid conclusion off
the research (Imas, 2014).
Sampling: for collecting sample size, sampling method is used. In this study, probability
sampling method is utilized by researcher in which simple random sampling is selected to collect
sample from the large population. This method is selected as it reduces the chances of biasness
by providing each individual with the equal chances to get selected. 30 respondents are selected
in the study who are the employees of Hotel (Krishnamurthy, Ou and Tripathi, 2014).
CHAPTER 4: DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
Data Analysis
Q 1) Do you have any knowledge about monetary rewards and non-
monetary rewards?
Frequency
A) Yes 20
B) No 6
C) Neutral 4
Q 2) According to you, what is the significance of providing employees
with monetary rewards for firm?
Frequency
A) Increased Motivation of Employees 9
B) Improved Organisational Performance 8
C) Increasing Satisfaction Level of Employees 8
D) Improved Workforce Engagement 5
Q 3) How Strand Palace Hotel can implement monetary reward to
enhance motivation of employees?
Frequency
A) Tie rewards to company goals 7
B) Reward behaviours 8
C) Get employees involved 7
D) Be specific and consistent 8
Q 4) As per you opinion, which is the challenge that Strand Palace Hotel
may face at the time of handling monetary system of employees?
Frequency