BSc Business Management: World of Work - Employee Motivation Report

This report, submitted for the BSc (Hons) Business Management module BMP3004, explores the multifaceted aspects of employee motivation in the workplace. It begins by defining motivation and distinguishing between intrinsic and extrinsic motivators. The report identifies various factors that contribute to employee motivation, including salary, promotion, and work environment. It also delves into positive factors experienced by individuals, such as fostering relationships, increasing engagement and learning opportunities, and highlights negative aspects, like lack of creativity and job dissatisfaction. Finally, the report suggests strategies to mitigate these negative impacts, such as offering increments, aligning job roles with employee interests, and promoting employee participation in decision-making. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of understanding and addressing employee needs to foster a positive and productive work environment.

BSc (Hons) Business Management with
Foundation
BMP3004
World of Work
Understanding why people work
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Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................1
What does Motivation Mean?....................................................................................1
Factors which contribute to motivate individual for work.....................................2
Various positive factors feel by individual while performing job role..................2
Various negative factors feel by individual while performing job role.................3
Strategies to cope with negative factors employees experience as a result of
their job roles..............................................................................................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................4
References..................................................................................................................6

Introduction
This report reflects that why people work and what makes them motivated towards
working at workplace and different factors that motivate the employees in an
organisation. Motivation is an important tool that stimulates an individual for work with
more determination and dedication in a workplace (Gerhart and Fang, 2015). thus,
delivering motivation in the workplace works like an effective tool that brings productivity
and positive working environment in the organisation. This report covers what is
motivation and what are different factors that motivates the employees, the positive and
negative factors of work and strategies to cope up with the negative factors at work.
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What does Motivation Mean?
Motivation in simple language is defined by encouraging an individual to do certain
actions. Workplace motivation is very important to brings the performance of the
employees as per the determined standards, these includes two types of motivation
such intrinsic and extrinsic motivation (Hennessey and et.al., 2015). Delivering
motivation to the employees works like coordinating the efforts of the employees in the
right direction to achieve group goals. there are different motivational theories, one of
which includes Maslow’s Hierarchy theory which involves that an individual is driven by
different set of needs which are in hierarchical structure and he/she moves to the
another needs to the upward direction in the hierarchical as soon he/she fulfils the
needs below in the hierarchical structure. On the same manner, different employees in
the workplace have different set of needs, which an employer must identify and deliver
the desired motivational tool for each employee which satisfies their needs. Maslow’s
Hierarchy theory states that in the hierarchical structure there are different set of needs
where in intrinsic needs of an individual involves the basic needs that includes the
physiological needs like food, water, accommodation and other an individual wishes to
accomplish for the survival. On the other hand, extrinsic needs involve recognition,
rewards and others that stimulates an individual by external factors. Human relation
management theory states that an employee is driven by external factors that involves
rewards, recognition and others in order to motivate an individual in order to deliver
effective motivational tool and development highly efficient working employees at the
workplace.
Factors which contribute to motivate individual for work
There are different factors that drives an individual to work better and motivates them to
attain productivity and efficiency at work (Heyns and Kerr, 2018). When employees in
an organisation are motivated effectively they tend to stay loyal towards the
organisation and reduces the employee attrition. Employee motivation is important as it
helps to develop positive working environment at the workplace. These motivational
factors include salary, promotion, working environment which are discussed below in
brief:
Salary: Salary is an important tool which involves delivering the basics monetary
rewards in return to the work performed by the employees. It is the fundamental right of
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an employee to get the fair remuneration of the work performed by them. When an
employer renders fair salary an individual stay loyal and stay for longer period in an
organization. Thus, salary is an important motivational tool, an employer must render
fair salary so that employees are able to satisfy both their financial and psychological
needs at the work.
Promotion: Promotion involves transfer, promotion to other job position, appraisals
that helps employees to feel valued and recognized at work. The human relation
management theory determines that promotion is important to encourage employees so
that they feel responsible and completes the assigned work effectively.
Work Environment: It is no brainer that positive working environment helps
employee to feel satisfied, ethical and driven to work better. Positive working
environment reduces the workplace conflicts and clashes of opinion and helps the
employees to behave in accordance to the ethical code of conduct (Koster, 2017).
Herberg’s two factors theory defines their different factors that involves satisfaction and
dissatisfaction to employees at work. An employer has to identify these factors and
deliver right motivational tool to the employees at work.
Various positive factors feel by individual while performing
job role
Positive factors in a working environment encourages at work. These positive factors
include both financial and non-financial tools. Before delivering the motivational tool,
employer must address the main motive of delivering motivational tools that includes
satisfaction, social relationship, professional growth and opportunities. It also includes
different learning and development opportunities so that employees are able to address
the skill development and professional development at the workplace (Maslach, 2018).
Other non-financial motivational tools involve compensation and incentives for the
employees who are highly efficient. Employer must also render feedbacks in order to
find out the effectiveness of employee performance. These factors are as follows:
Fostering relationship: Fostering relationship is one of positive factors experience by
individual while performing their job role. This relationship helps them to provide moral
as well as emotional support to employees. This factor motivates employees to work
with dedication and adjust at work place. This helps organization as employees is
working with more dedication. This factor also contributes in retaining employees for
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long period and contribute in growth as well as success of enterprise. This factor helps
employees to adjust in working environment and helps them to understand working and
environment of company.
Increase engagement: Increase engagement is also one of factor feel by individual
while performing their job role. It helps them in enlacing their knowledge and skills which
increase their productivity as well as their engagement with work. This also contribute in
providing future opportunity to individual (Ro, 2018). At work place, employees perform
job role of their interest which create interest of employees in work that result in
increase commitment of employee with their work. This engagement provide opportunity
to for career growth to a person.
Various negative factors feel by individual while performing
job role
Job role is performed by employees and they feel both positive as well a negative
aspect related to job. Some factors increase their satisfaction whereas some make
them dissatisfied. Some of negative factors feel by employees are as follows:
Lack of creativity: Lack of creativity is one of problem face by business due to
performing their job role. At work place, employees are performing same task again and
again. This proves foes not allow to build creativity skills in employees. Also, if job role
is not of interest and capabilities of employee, it can create negative impact on
employees as well as their working. Not doing work of their interest create negative
feelings in minds of employees as they do not have knowledge related to that work.
Dissatisfaction: Dissatisfaction in employees experience due to various factors of job
role. This is because of salary, environment, perks ad benefit, policy of organization.
This can impact on performance as well as productivity of organization (Cairns, 2021).
This dissatisfaction increases employee’s turnover in organization as employees does
not feel secure in environment of organization. It does not provide opportunity for
individual for career growth and employees level business to find better opportunities.
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Strategies to cope with negative factors employees
experience as a result of their job roles
There are various strategies adopted by business to reduce negative impact on
performance of employees. These strategies also help company it increases their
productivity and retain employees for long period. These strategies are as follows:
Increment: Organization can offer increment to their employees as it helps organization
to increase satisfaction of employees. It also reduces conflict between management and
employees. It makes employees to focus on their work as they are getting increment on
basis of their performance. It also helps employees to be retain with company as they
are providing them increment.
Job role as per interest: There are different job role performance by employees in
organization. These job roles require different skills and capabilities. While assigning job
role to employees, it is important or organization to perform this task as per interest of
employees. This create intrinsic motivation in employees and they work more willingly.
Participation in decision making: Company should include their employees in
decision making process as it helps company to get more choices to make any decision
related to a problem (Alaskar and Shen, 2016). It also provides sense of belonginess to
employees with organization and also result in positive impact on performance of
employees. This reduce conflict between management and their employees.
Conclusion
From above mention project report, it can be concluded that people work for various
reason as there are various factors which create motivation in individual for perform
their job role. This motivation factors include salary, perks ad benefit of company.
Working environment. Salary provide financial stability to a person and provide them
finance to fulfil their basis needs. Working environment provide opportunity to make new
friend to individual which provide them moral and emotional support. Promotion
provide them career growth which helps employees to increase their position and
power. This fulfill esteem and self-actualization need of employees. There are various
positive and negative factors feel by employees while performing their duties. To
overcome these negative impacts, managers can adopt can adopt strategies like
participation of employees in decision making, increment and many ore.
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