Outline how an organisations motivational practices and reward systems are informed by theories of motivation.

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Monsur AhmedUnit 16Romanus

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Outline how an organisation’s motivational practices and reward systems are informed by theories of motivation.

In this assignment I will be outlining how an organisation’s motivational practises and reward systems are informed by theories of motivation.

Motivation

Organisations will try to motivate their employees so they have the will and desire to work harder even if it’s just by a bit. There are different methods of motivation that makes employees come to work every day. There are different theories of motivation also rewards.

The main 4 theories I will be talking about is:

  • Taylor
  • Mayo
  • Maslow
  • Herzberg

Taylor

Frederick Taylor studied motivation at the Bethlehem Steel Company in the USA in the late 1800s and believed that there was a more efficient way for employees of the steel company to work using shovels. He worked out that 21.5 pounds of weight was the ideal weight of material for an employee to lift in order to work at their best level, and that all employees should be given targets of materials to move in order to earn their wages.

Taylor put forward the case that workers were only motivated by money, so work must be linked to payment. A manager should motivate a worker by using pay as a reason or by firing them if they did not work to their best of their ability.

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The positive side of this form of motivation, which relies solely on money, is that the more you produce, the better your pay is. But this can lead to issues around quality. By rushing to finish products can cause mistakes and faults in products so will not satisfy the customers.

Mayo

Elton Mayo took Taylor’s ideas and tried to explore them further, as he recognised that there may be more motivation than just better pay. Mayo found that after giving employees rest periods, hours of works, lighting and changes in heating helped productivity rise this was ...

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