Motivating your employees is vital to any business. A motivated workforce means a highly productive staff, all of which will help you achieve your business goals. And this should be a main objective in your organizational and business plan.
Motivation theory
Taylor
According to Taylor’s research, people worked purely for money. This is why he found out that the more an employee works, the greater their pay, and the less they work the less they get paid.
In short: Workers are paid according to the number of items they produce in a set period of time- piece-rate pay.
The outcome was giving the workers an opportunity, encouragement or time for employees to think for themselves or be creative in what they did. This limited people’s development …show more content…
He believed that motivation was improved through making employees feel important, giving them a degree of freedom to make choices and acknowledging their social needs.
According Tesco, communication is a very important factor in motivating employees. Tesco uses different communication methods such as: one-on-one interviews with managers, Internet communication or through more formal structures such appraisals.
Maslow
Needs of individuals can be ranked into a hierarchy according Maslow. Maslow suggested that achieving one level motivates us to achieve the next.
• At the lowest rank of the pyramid are basic needs such as, food and shelter.
• Once these needs are met through pay, individuals want safety and security through.
• Social needs refer to the need to belong, to be part of a group.
• Self-esteem may arise from a promotion.
• Right at the top is Self fulfilment.
Herzberg
His research showed that certain factors were the true motivators or satisfiers. Hygiene factors, in contrast, created dissatisfaction if they were absent or inadequate. Dissatisfaction could be prevented by improvements in hygiene factors but these improvements would not alone provide …show more content…
Theory X assumes that employees dislike work, not ambitious, wanting to avoid responsibility, not of change and self-centred.
Definition and Assumptions of Theory Y
Theory Y is based on an optimistic view of employee motivation and behaviour. Theory Y assumes that employees enjoy work that is meaningful, are willing to take on responsibility, and are willing to work for organizational goals or causes they believe in.
McClelland
David McClelland proposed that one's needs are acquired over time as a result of their experiences - a notion that soon turned into what is now known as the acquired needs theory. As McClelland studied the needs of various individuals, he was able to classify them as either being achievement-, power- or affiliation-based. That is, every person holds an aspiration for achievement, power or affiliation. Interestingly, each person has a tendency to be motivated by one of these needs more so than by the other two. Consequently, a person's behaviour and performance at work is strongly influenced by the most meaningful of the three needs.
Motivation theory
Taylor
According to Taylor’s research, people worked purely for money. This is why he found out that the more an employee works, the greater their pay, and the less they work the less they get paid.
In short: Workers are paid according to the number of items they produce in a set period of time- piece-rate pay.
The outcome was giving the workers an opportunity, encouragement or time for employees to think for themselves or be creative in what they did. This limited people’s development …show more content…
He believed that motivation was improved through making employees feel important, giving them a degree of freedom to make choices and acknowledging their social needs.
According Tesco, communication is a very important factor in motivating employees. Tesco uses different communication methods such as: one-on-one interviews with managers, Internet communication or through more formal structures such appraisals.
Maslow
Needs of individuals can be ranked into a hierarchy according Maslow. Maslow suggested that achieving one level motivates us to achieve the next.
• At the lowest rank of the pyramid are basic needs such as, food and shelter.
• Once these needs are met through pay, individuals want safety and security through.
• Social needs refer to the need to belong, to be part of a group.
• Self-esteem may arise from a promotion.
• Right at the top is Self fulfilment.
Herzberg
His research showed that certain factors were the true motivators or satisfiers. Hygiene factors, in contrast, created dissatisfaction if they were absent or inadequate. Dissatisfaction could be prevented by improvements in hygiene factors but these improvements would not alone provide …show more content…
Theory X assumes that employees dislike work, not ambitious, wanting to avoid responsibility, not of change and self-centred.
Definition and Assumptions of Theory Y
Theory Y is based on an optimistic view of employee motivation and behaviour. Theory Y assumes that employees enjoy work that is meaningful, are willing to take on responsibility, and are willing to work for organizational goals or causes they believe in.
McClelland
David McClelland proposed that one's needs are acquired over time as a result of their experiences - a notion that soon turned into what is now known as the acquired needs theory. As McClelland studied the needs of various individuals, he was able to classify them as either being achievement-, power- or affiliation-based. That is, every person holds an aspiration for achievement, power or affiliation. Interestingly, each person has a tendency to be motivated by one of these needs more so than by the other two. Consequently, a person's behaviour and performance at work is strongly influenced by the most meaningful of the three needs.