Management is the organization and the coordination of activities within the business in order to achieve a missions. An important component of management is motivation. Motivation aims on increasing efficiency within the organization by focusing on the staff needs.
Within Motivation there are the content theories, which focus on the factors that arouse and initiate motivated behaviour. Maslow 's Hierarchy of needs, and Hertzberg two factor theory aim to discuss the factors that motivate staff in order to produce better results.
This essay will discuss the concept of motivation and how beneficial it is to the organization.
Maslow Hierarchy of needs 1954 outlines five levels of human needs. Firstly, the lower order needs comprised of physiological needs and Security needs. Physiological needs include food, water, and money. Security needs include the desire to live and work in a secure environment. Secondly there is the Upper needs, comprised of social needs, Esteem needs, and Self-actualization. Social needs include the desire for friendships, relationship with others, and a sense …show more content…
As for the workers that feel left out they need to have a feeling of esteem, the need to be valued in this case job enlargement will be useful. By entrusting them with more tasks they will feel more important and will take measures to keep their status. Since everyone cannot have the same amount of payment it would be more realistic to pay them according to their level of work the senior workers will get greater wages than the junior ones, and if job enrichment is limited then job enlargement will always be a beneficial as it increase the task for each member of staff and potentially increase his wages while making him feel
Within Motivation there are the content theories, which focus on the factors that arouse and initiate motivated behaviour. Maslow 's Hierarchy of needs, and Hertzberg two factor theory aim to discuss the factors that motivate staff in order to produce better results.
This essay will discuss the concept of motivation and how beneficial it is to the organization.
Maslow Hierarchy of needs 1954 outlines five levels of human needs. Firstly, the lower order needs comprised of physiological needs and Security needs. Physiological needs include food, water, and money. Security needs include the desire to live and work in a secure environment. Secondly there is the Upper needs, comprised of social needs, Esteem needs, and Self-actualization. Social needs include the desire for friendships, relationship with others, and a sense …show more content…
As for the workers that feel left out they need to have a feeling of esteem, the need to be valued in this case job enlargement will be useful. By entrusting them with more tasks they will feel more important and will take measures to keep their status. Since everyone cannot have the same amount of payment it would be more realistic to pay them according to their level of work the senior workers will get greater wages than the junior ones, and if job enrichment is limited then job enlargement will always be a beneficial as it increase the task for each member of staff and potentially increase his wages while making him feel