Influence of Organisation Growth on Employee Motivation: M&S Case

This report investigates the impact of an organisation's growth on employee motivation, focusing on a case study of Marks and Spencer (M&S). It aims to understand the need for employee motivation, assess the impact of organisational success, and evaluate ways to enhance it. The literature review highlights the importance of employee motivation for productivity, innovation, and commitment, noting a direct correlation between company growth and employee motivation. The research methodology employs an interpretivist philosophy and inductive approach, utilizing a descriptive research design with mixed qualitative and quantitative investigation methods. Data collection includes both primary data from a survey of 30 respondents and secondary data from articles and journals related to employee motivation. The report covers topics such as the need for employee motivation, the impact of organisational success, and strategies to enhance motivation, providing a framework for understanding the dynamics between organisational growth and employee engagement. Desklib provides similar past papers and solved assignments for students.

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Table of Contents
Topic of the research is influence of organisation's growth on employee motivation ...................3
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
Research aim ..............................................................................................................................3
Research objective .....................................................................................................................4
Research questions .....................................................................................................................4
LITERATURE REVIEW ...............................................................................................................4
The need and importance of employee motivation within a company .....................................4
Relation between organisation's growth and employee motivation............................................4
Positive impact on employee motivation due to organisation growth .......................................5
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ....................................................................................................5
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................8

Topic of the research is influence of organisation's growth on employee
motivation
INTRODUCTION
There are different companies across the world which are highly competitive and they are
putting best efforts for sustaining successful in the business environment. It is easy for successful
and profitable companies to motivate employees more. Each and every company wants to retain
the best employees and overcome the challenges of business world. There are various strategies
developed by companies so that they can attain success. A research is conducted for evaluating
the affect of organisation's growth on employee motivation. This research is done in context of a
UK retail organisation naming Marks and Spencer.
Research aim
“To analyse the influence of organisation success on employee motivation. A case study of
Marks and Spencer”
Research objective
 To understand the need and importance of employee motivation within a company
 To assess impact of organisation success on employee motivation
 To evaluate the ways to enhance employee motivation
Research questions
 What is the the need and importance of employee motivation within a company?
 What is the impact of organisation success on employee motivation?
 Describe the ways to enhance employee motivation?
LITERATURE REVIEW
The need and importance of employee motivation within a company
It is concluded by the views of Fatra, and Heryanto, (2019) , employee motivation is
termed as the activities which increases the urge to do more effective work for the company in
order to increase productivity. Employee motivation is known as the key for success of company.

In the same manner if the company is growing in fast manner then employees feel motivated.
There is utmost importance for companies to manage the effectiveness of employee functioning.
Employee motivation is very important as it consists of different aspects such as level of
commitment, innovation and energy. There is also requirement of maintaining and improving the
motivation in order to enhance the level of business efficiency. There is need for managing the
efficiency of the company properly by maintaining the motivation among employees. There are
different benefits that a company can have when employees are motivated. An employee who
has more motivation can work in a more productive manner and this will lead to more output.
New innovations within the company can be done when there are motivated and enthusiastic
employees. There are different ways for managing the employee motivation and these are needed
for improving the condition of business working.
Impact of organisation success on employee motivation
From the viewpoint of Campos-García, I. and Zúñiga-Vicente, (2019), It is concluded
that there is direct relation between company's growth and employee motivation. There are
various multi national companies like Marks and Spencer and these are making profits all over
the world. These companies do not have to focus much upon employee motivation. The workers
and employees working in such companies are directly motivated for working in a reputed
company that is making more profits across the world. It is concluded that employees in
profitable companies are given various benefits, incentives and bonuses. These increase the level
of their working efficiency. Moreover, when the company is making more money and profits, it
is easy to influence the employees to work more harder and attain organisational goals. There is
need for managing change and development within companies which are growing. It is basic
need for the company to have motivated employees in order to attain success. Organisational
success can be achieved by managing the efficiency and effectiveness of work.
Ways to enhance employee motivation
This is concluded from the views of Kurniawan, and Heryanto, (2019), employee
motivation is affected in a positive manner by organisation's growth. The main objective of
different business is to enhance the profit and money earned. The generation of profit within
business environment provides indication for providing a quality service and product within
market. There is positive effect of employee motivation on employee motivation. This is helpful
in managing the business activities and achieving organisational goals and objectives. There are

various companies which reinvest in amount of profit for expansing business opportunities.
There is importance for the companies to manage and increase market share by generating
effective future. There is need for the companies to allow livelihood of owners, employees and
managers for generating positive goodwill.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research methodology provides help in conducting the research effectively and attaining
success (Avci, 2020). Research methodology will includes research philosophy, approaches,
design, data collection and so on.
Research philosophy – It is defined as values and beliefs of an individual for collecting
and gathering information about the research topic. Basically, there are two type of research
philosophies such as intrepretisism and positivism. In context of intrepretisism research
philosophy, there is process of identifying small sample size and collecting accurate data. There
is a qualitative information evaluated in the this type of research (Flick, 2020). For conducting
this research, investigator is using intrepretisism research philosophy.
Research approach – The two type of research approaches used for completing research
are inductive and deductive approach. The inductive approach requires to analyse particular
theory for conducting the research. On the other hand, deductive approach includes examining
present theory in context of research topic. Inductive approach is used for completing this
research.
Research design – This can be describe as the research practice that is used for
developing or creating strategy for collecting data and analysing it in proper manner. Research
design are classified into three parts such as descriptive, exploratory and experimental. In this
research, investigator is considering descriptive research as this will help identifying and
analysing information in correct and accurate manner.
Type of investigation – There are different types of investigation used for completing
the research work. This includes following -
 Qualitative investigation – It is the research for managing in depth analysis of the
research topic (.Dion, M.L., Leonard, and Gabel, 2020). This focuses upon managing the
need and importance of research topic effectively.
 Quantitative investigation - This is known as systematic approach used by the
researcher for collecting information and data for conducting research work.

In this investigation process researcher is considering mixed approach that includes both
qualitative and quantitative approach.
Data collection sources – Data collection refer as a process of identifying data as well as
gather it form different sources.
 Primary data collection - This is known as the first hand information used for
completing the research work.
 Secondary data collection – Secondary data collection sources includes online data,
interest sources, books and journals, government papers, business documents and many
more.
In this research project, investigator has used both secondary and primary data collection
methods.
In this research, survey is conducted in which 30 respondents are chosen. Also,
secondary data is used for making interpretations. There are several articles and journals related
to employee motivation used for making conclusions for this research. This research is useful for
managing and developing interpretations about employee engagement and motivation. A survey
is conducted and questionnaire is made. Different respondents are asked questions about
employee motivation and involvement. It is helpful in knowing about thoughts and views of
respondents and making interpretations.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Fatra, A. and Heryanto, H., 2019. THE EFFECT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF POPULATION
ADMINISTRATION POLICY AND EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION ON QUALITY OF
SERVICE AND ITS IMPACT ON COMMUNITY SATISFACTION IN ISSUANCE
OF BIRTH ACCESS (Case in: The Department of Population and Civil Registration of
the Dharm. Archives of Business Research, 7(7), pp.155-165.
Campos-García, I. and Zúñiga-Vicente, J.Á., 2019. The impact of a leader’s demographic and
professional characteristics on employee motivation. Employee Relations.
Kurniawan, H. and Heryanto, H., 2019. Effect of Work Discipline and Work Environment on
Employee Performance with Work Motivation as an Intervening Variable in
Department of Tourism, Youth and Sport of Padang District. Archives of Business
Research, 7(7), pp.88-101.
Avci, B., 2020. Research methodology in critical mathematics education. International Journal
of Research & Method in Education, pp.1-16.
Flick, U., 2020. Introducing Research Methodology: Thinking Your Way Through Your
Research Project. SAGE Publications Limited.
Dion, M.L., Díaz Ríos, C., Leonard, K. and Gabel, C., 2020. Research Methodology and
Community Participation: A Decade of Indigenous Social Science Research in
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