Factors effecting Motivation.

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MOTIVATION

FACTORS EFFECTING MOTIVATION

There are different factors that motivate people, everyone is not similar, each factor

depends on individual needs.

Most people tend to work, because hey know that at the end of the day they will get paid for

it. And knowing that they will get paid motivates them during the day. By researching I

have found out that most unskilled workers are motivated only because they get paid and

with this money they are able to provide shelter and food for there family. Where as skilled

workers who have qualifications and have been on training schemes are motivated by other

factors. I asked an employee who works at Insys what motivates them, below are the

answers I got

  • Job satisfaction: if workers get job satisfaction they will enjoy working which will mean high quality work is being produced. Workers will come early to work, they will have good attendance at work, workers will take pride in their work, workers will want to work overtime, and would want to help the business meet its objectives and goals.

If employees do not get job satisfaction they will not be motivated at work and will become really lazy, will not put time and effort into the quality of the work, targets which are set will not be met because employees are not enjoying themselves.

  • Challenge: if you are in a monotonous environment you are in a day in day put routine where you have no motivation, you feel your work is not challenging enough. Therefore it is necessary for employees to have a challenging role within the work place. By having more challenges employees will set themselves targets, work harder more importantly they will feel the necessity to work to their best potential.

  • Rewards: if employees are given rewards it will motivate them to work more harder. Rewards may be shares for the business, profit related pay, performance related pay, introduce schemes such as employee of the year, company cars etc.

  • Money: money is one of the greatest factors for motivation, when pay rises are given employees tend to work much more harder. However apart from money there are factors that motivate employees such as social status, recognition, responsibility, opportunity for promotion etc.

  • Promotion/Career development: if employers offer employees chance to develop their career, it will be a great method of motivating employees, because they will want to work towards the companies goals and also will want to work up the organisational structure.  

  • Training: Having training schemes within the business is another motivating factor. If employees feel that employers are spending time and effort on them they will feel appreciated and in return will work really hard during the training and will try there best to put the training skills in practise.

THEORIES OF EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION AND BEHAVIOUR

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Abraham Maslow and ‘the hierarchy of needs’

Abraham Maslow (1908 – 1970) said that all motivation comes from meeting unsatisfied

needs.

He stated that there was a ranking of needs which must be achieved in the correct order –

from the bottom to the top of a ‘pyramid’ (see diagram below) Basic physiological needs

(e.g. food, water,)are at the bottom and self actualisation is at the top.  

Abraham Maslows Hierarchy of needs was first formulated in 1943. Maslow suggested that human motivation was dependent on the desire to satisfy ...

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