IMPACT OF MOTIVATION ON ORGANIZATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY, University Study

The essay examines the impact of employee motivation on organizational productivity at Toyota Australia, where low morale and lack of motivation have led to decreased productivity. The research questions explore the role of employee motivation in enhancing productivity, strategies for motivating employees, and the chain impacts of low motivation, such as increased absenteeism and turnover. Studies by Shaban et al., Olafsen et al., and Howard et al. highlight the importance of managerial support, fair pay, and a competitive environment in fostering intrinsic work motivation. The analysis underscores the necessity of addressing motivational challenges to maintain competitiveness in the automobile industry.

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Impact of Motivation on Organizational Productivity
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Problem Statement
Employees in Toyota Company, Australia has been facing low productivity from their
workers, which resulted in huge job loss of the workers. This has been due to lack of motivated
form the employers and the organization. Reduction in motivational aspect of the employee was
due to increasing pressure within the organization and low pay slab. Because of this, the workers
were not being able to give their best and were more focused in meeting targets (The
Conversation, 2017). This is the biggest problem that they are facing in their company that might
also lead to their downfall in the competitive environment of the automobile industry. Thus, they
need to motivate their employees by making them feel good about the responsibilities that they
have been given which will automatically improve productivity. (Shaban, et al., 2017).
Research Question
 What role does employee motivation play on organizational productivity?
 How can a company motivate the employees in an organization?
 What are the chain impacts of lack of employee motivation?
Shaban, O. S., Al-Zubi, Z., Ali, N., & Alqotaish, A. (2017). The Effect of Low Morale and
Motivation on Employees’ Productivity & Competitiveness in Jordanian Industrial
Companies. International Business Research, 10(7), 1.
Low motivational spirits among employees such as low morale can affect the
productivity in an organization badly. This is because due to lack in working spirit the
absenteeism and sabotage rate among the employees increases.

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Olafsen, A. H., Halvari, H., Forest, J., & Deci, E. L. (2015). Show them the money? The
role of pay, managerial need support, and justice in a self‐determination theory model of
intrinsic work motivation. Scandinavian journal of psychology, 56(4), 447-457.
Employees needs to get the right amount of motivation from their employers and
organization. thus, high pay, support from managers and justice in organization plays a great role
in motivating the employees.
Howard, L. W., Turban, D. B., & Hurley, S. K. (2016). Cooperating teams and competing
reward strategies: Incentives for team performance and firm productivity. Journal of
Behavioral and Applied Management, 3(3).
Lack of employee motivation has a chain impact on the organization. Such chain affect
arises from low productivity caused by low motivational spirit and consists of high employee
turnover, low revenue, and low profit and loss of customers.

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References
Howard, L. W., Turban, D. B., & Hurley, S. K. (2016). Cooperating teams and competing
reward strategies: Incentives for team performance and firm productivity. Journal of
Behavioral and Applied Management, 3(3).
Olafsen, A. H., Halvari, H., Forest, J., & Deci, E. L. (2015). Show them the money? The role of
pay, managerial need support, and justice in a self‐determination theory model of
intrinsic work motivation. Scandinavian journal of psychology, 56(4), 447-457.
Shaban, O. S., Al-Zubi, Z., Ali, N., & Alqotaish, A. (2017). The Effect of Low Morale and
Motivation on Employees’ Productivity & Competitiveness in Jordanian Industrial
Companies. International Business Research, 10(7), 1.
The Conversation. (2017). Toyota's 'low-productivity' workers and the problem of performance
assessment. Retrieved 24 November 2017, from https://theconversation.com/toyotas-low-
productivity-workers-and-the-problem-of-performance-assessment-6492