3. EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION
Employee motivation, i.e. methods for motivating employees, is an
intrinsic and internal drive to put forth the necessary effort and action
towards work-related activities. It has been broadly defined as the
"psychological forces that determine the direction of a person's behaviour
in an organization, a person's level of effort and a person's level
of persistence
Motivation at work has been defined as ‘the sum of the processes that
influence the arousal, direction,
4.
5. MOTIVATION TECHNIQUES…
Job Enlargement: The goal of this job design approach is to combine
tasks to give the employee a greater variety of work.[4]
Job Rotation: The goal of this job design approach is to move workers to
different tasks periodically.[4]
Job Enrichment: The key to job design employee motivation, this
approach aims to enhance the actual job by building up the employee
through motivational factors.[4]
Job Simplification: The goal of this job design approach is to standardize
and specialize tasks.[4] Unfortunately this approach does not always lead
to increased motivation as the jobs can become mundane.
6. HOW TO ENCOURAGE MOTIVATION
AT WORK
Employers understand that they need to provide a work environment
that creates motivation in people. But, many employers fail to understand
the significance of motivation in accomplishing their mission and vision
Employee motivation is the combination of fulfilling the employee's needs
and expectations from work and the workplace factors that enable
employee motivation - or not. These variables make motivating.
Even when they understand the importance of motivation, they lack the
skill and knowledge to provide a work environment that fosters employee
motivation.
7. Too often, organizations fail to pay attention to the employee relations,
communication, recognition, and involvement issues that are most
important to people.
Motivation is an employee's intrinsic enthusiasm about and drive to
accomplish activities related to work. Motivation is that internal drive that
causes an individual to decide to take action.
An individual's motivation is influenced by biological, intellectual, social
and emotional factors. As such, motivation is a complex, not easily defined,
intrinsic driving force that can also be influenced by external factors.
Every person is motivated. Every employee has activities, events, people,
and goals in his or her life that he or she finds motivating. So, motivation
about some aspect of life exists in each person's consciousness and
actions.