Analyzing the Influence of Motivation on Employee Effectiveness

This essay examines the influence of motivation on employee performance and efficiency within an organizational behavior context. The student analyzes a research article, identifying its strengths, such as its focus on motivation and managerial approaches, and weaknesses, including a singular view of motivation and the absence of work-life balance and workplace health and safety considerations. The essay emphasizes the relevance of employee motivation in today's competitive business environment, highlighting the importance of leadership, employee welfare schemes, and the link between motivation and performance. It concludes that while the article covers certain aspects of employee motivation, it overlooks crucial elements for managers to consider, using various research papers to support its arguments. The essay underscores that addressing these aspects can enhance the overall understanding of employee motivation.

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Topic: Influence of motivation on efficiency of employees
Introduction
The key objective of this article is to determine the influence of the motivation on the
performance and effectiveness of the employees in their workplace (Guclu and Guney 2017). It
is been seen in the article that a survey have been done with 229 respondents in order to identify
the influencing factors of motivations on the employees as well as the factors that the upper level
managers considers in motivating their subordinates. However, according to me, there are few
weakness are present and relevant in the article. This essay will discuss about the identified
strengths and weaknesses of the article along with some valid points that upon added may have
enhanced the objective of the article.
Identified strengths
The key strength of this article is the deep penetration of the concept of motivation in
enhancing the efficiency of the employees in the workplace. It is been evaluated that, the
concentration of the theory in the article is more on determining the efficiency of the employees
by enhancing the level of motivation. In addition, this article has also discussed about the
measures that are being initiated by the managers in order to enhance the level of motivation for
the employees. According to me, the measures being discussed here in this article cover all the
possible areas being tapped by the upper level managers.
Another key strength of the article is the consideration of the aspects other than
motivation of the employees but is related to. It includes the reason of having low efficiency of
the employees in the contemporary business organizations. According to this article, the key
reason for this issue is the ineffective working environment, not so positive relationship of the
employees with their managers. This point is the most valid point being covered by this article.
This is due to the reason that, in the current business scenario, it is been seen that, several
managers follow the autocratic style of leadership for the internal management in the
organization. This made the employees having no opinions in their workplace and eventually it
lead to the reduction in the level of motivation for them.

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Identified weaknesses
However, apart from the strengths being identified in this article, there are various
weaknesses that are also being identified from this article. According to me, one of the key
weaknesses of this article is determining the singular approach of the concept of motivation. This
is due to the reason that, this article have only discussed about the enhancement of the level of
efficiency of the employees with the change in their level of motivation in their workplace.
However, in the practical terms, enhancing the level of motivation for the employees will only
increase their efficiency in their workplace, but also increase their level of job satisfaction and
more organizational citizenship (Chiang and Hsieh 2012). This is due to the reason that, the more
will be the level of motivation for the employees, the more will be their satisfaction with their
job. They will feel more involved in their job profile and they will take more added
responsibility in their workplace apart from their core responsibilities. These aspects are not
being considered in this article.
Another weakness that is being identified in this article is the absence of work-life
balance of the employees as one of the key measures to enhance the level of motivation for the
employees. This article have discussed about various measures being initiated by the managers to
enhance and maintain the level of motivation of the employees. However, in the present business
state of affairs, employees are being burdened with extra work pressure and stress. Thus, for the
contemporary business organizations, initiation of effective work-life balance will help the
employees to have more motivation in their job, which further helps the organizations in
enhancing the effectiveness of the employees (Lyness and Judiesch 2014).
Another weakness of the article is not mentioning the effect of workplace health and
safety in motivating the employees. In this article, it is been given that, non adhering to basic
workplace amenities such as ventilation, cleaning and illumination is the only reason for the low
level of efficiency of the employees in the organization (Goetzel et al. 2014). However, the
sections stating the various measures being initiated by the managers to enhance the level of
motivation of the employees have not mentioned any point related to the workplace and health
and safety. According to me, effective maintenance of the health and safety of the workplace is
one of the key measures to enhance the level of motivation of the employees. Initiation of
workplace health and safety includes implementation of the various schemes of employee

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welfare to have positive impression on the employees (Weiss 2013). It will make the employees
more motivated in their workplace.
Relevancy of the thesis statement
The thesis statement of the influence of motivation in enhancing the efficiency of the
employees is quite relevant in the contemporary business scenario. This is due to the reason that,
contemporary business organizations have to operate in more competitive business scenario and
thus they have to consider various means in gaining more competitive advantages in the market
(Campbell, Coff and Kryscynski 2012). According to the contemporary business organizations,
one of the key sources or methods that are being initiated by the managers is the effective
management of the internal organization. This enables them in enhancing the efficiency and
effectiveness of the employees, which in turn helps the organization to enhance their overall
performance.
According to Lazaroiu (2015), enhancing the level of motivation of the employees is
directly proportional to the performance of them in their workplace. The more motivated they
will be in their organization, the more will be their level of performance of the employees.
According to the author, it is the responsibility of the organization as well as the upper level
management, various schemes or policies should be initiated in order to enhance the level of
motivation of the employees. Thus, as stated by the author, enhancing the motivation level of the
employees will help the organization in gaining competitive advantages due to the fact that they
will be more motivated in having new and diversified knowledge.
As stated by Gallie, Zhou, Felstead and Green (2012), initiation of various employee
welfare schemes helps the organization to enhance the level of motivation of the employees.
According to the authors, initiation of the employee welfare schemes not only helps the
employees to have more motivation in their workplace, but also it helps the organizations in
generating positive word of mouth from the existing employees, which eventually enhance the
employer branding. Thus, initiation of the schemes of employee welfare will have favorable
outcome both for the employees as well as for the organizations.
Another key aspect of employee motivation is being stated by Yidong and Xinxin (2013),
is about the effectiveness of leadership and managerial skills in enhancing the level of motivation

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of the employees. According to them, apart from initiating various schemes and policies in
enhancing the level of motivation of the employees, the leadership qualities of the managers also
influence in maintaining the level of motivation among the employees. The more will be the
visionary power of the managers along with their attitude of gathering opinions from the
employees, the more will be the level of motivation of the employees. Effective leadership
qualities also help in enhancing the generation of innovative ideas from the employees.
Conclusion
Thus, it can be concluded that, the above discussed article have covered a certain part of
the concept of motivation of the employees. However, it skipped some of the key aspects, which
is necessary for the managers to consider in order to enhancing the motivation level of the
employees. The weaknesses and strengths of the article are being identified and discussed in this
essay. The key weaknesses that are being identified are the absence of some of the key aspects or
measures that are being initiated by the managers in order to enhance the level of motivation of
the employees. Various literatures from different authors are being used in order to provide
evidence to the theories being used in this essay. It is being concluded that the discussed aspects
in this essay will help the article to cover a broad portion of the concept of employee motivation.

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