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This document discusses theories of employee motivation. It explains that motivation aims to maintain employees and enhance their performance. Common reasons people work include money, interest in work, power and status. To motivate employees, managers must understand their needs. Motivation can use positive or negative incentives. Theories discussed include Maslow's hierarchy of needs, McGregor's Type X and Y theory, and Herzberg's hygiene-motivator factors theory. Strategies to motivate employees include compensation, rewards, career growth, goal setting, and negative consequences for poor performance.

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Employee Motivation

This document discusses theories of employee motivation. It explains that motivation aims to maintain employees and enhance their performance. Common reasons people work include money, interest in work, power and status. To motivate employees, managers must understand their needs. Motivation can use positive or negative incentives. Theories discussed include Maslow's hierarchy of needs, McGregor's Type X and Y theory, and Herzberg's hygiene-motivator factors theory. Strategies to motivate employees include compensation, rewards, career growth, goal setting, and negative consequences for poor performance.

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Module 10

Employee
Motivation
Module 10

Employee Motivation
Motivation of employees is a very significant role of the Human Resource
Manager.
The aim of the manager will be to initially maintain the employee in the
employment of the organization and then to enhance the performance of that
employee by keeping the employee 'on board'.

- Why do people work?


Before we determine how best to motivate employees, we need to establish
why people work. Here are some of the many reasons why people work:
- Money
- Travel
- Power
- Interest in the work area to associate with other people
- Opportunity
- Authority
- Security
- Status

- Needs of the employees


to successfully motivate employees, management will need to clearly
establish the essential needs of the employees and understand how best to
meet and to satisfy those needs.

- Positive and negative motivators


the motivators used by management may be positive motivators or negative
motivators, that is, they may use opportunities or threats as the basis of their
motivation.
Motivational theories
There are many motivational theories that Human Resources Managers may
use. However, what HR Managers must be aware of is that no two individuals
are alike and that what motivates one individual will not necessarily be
appropriate for the next employee.
The following are the well-known motivational theories which have been
developed and adapted in the workplace:
• the classical approach to motivation
• the scientific approach
• the organizational theory approach
• the behavioral approach

The classical school of thought said what will motivate employees is constant
repetition of tasks associated with the division of labor within the workplace so
that their skill levels improve accordingly.

The scientific approach extended the classical approach and used


remuneration based on output as the motivating force in the workplace
together with careful monitoring of work practices.

The organizational theory approach used the approach that if employees were
correctly managed then motivational levels would improve.

The behavioral approach adopted the approach that the employees will be
motivated if management meets their psychological needs. There were
numerous strategies adopted by theorists that adopt this approach. These
theorists include:
• Mayo
• McGregor
• Maslow
• Herzberg
Motivational Theories
The behavioral approach to motivation adopted the approach that the
employees will be motivated if management meets their psychological needs.
There were numerous strategies adopted by theorists that adopt this
approach. These include:
- Abraham Maslow
- Douglas McGregor
- Frederick Herzberg
- Elton Mayo

- Maslow
Maslow established a hierarchy of needs that must be met if employees are to
be motivated.
The lower levels of need should be met first and management should work
their way up the hierarchy in order to fully motivate employees.
The hierarchy of needs is:
- Self-actualization needs
- Ego and self-esteem needs
-Social needs
- Safety and security needs
- Psychological needs

- McGregor
McGregor adopted a theory that stated that employees were motivated
according to what type of person they were - type X or type Y.
Type Y people are best motivated by encouraging them to achieve their goals
and treating them as individuals.
Type X people are best motivated within a controlled environment where they
are told what to do and how to do it.

- Herzberg
Herzberg also established a motivational theory based on Maslow's theory.
He distinguished between needs that he defined as job satisfiers (higher order
needs) and those he defined as job dissatisfies (lower order needs).
Management must find the means to make jobs more enjoyable and
challenging for employees in order to motivate them. The dissatisfi es are
associated with external or extrinsic needs whilst the satisfiers are associated
with internal or intrinsic needs.

- Mayo
Mayo stated that motivating employees was associated with giving adequate
attention to the employees and improving the social environment of the
workplace.
Other theorists including Alderfer, Skinner and McClelland all attempted to
establish how best to motivate employees in order to improve their
performance level and to ensure that they stay with the organization.

Maslows Hierarchy of needs

Strategies for Motivating Employees


Order to motivate employees, management can adopt a wide range of
strategies. Some techniques that are used by management to motivate
employees are listed below.

- Wage and salary consideration


Organizations pay salaries that match or exceed the industry average.

- Non-monetary rewards and benefits


Organizations can offer non-monetary rewards and benefits such as
education allowances or car allowances.

- Power and authority


Organizations can put a career structure in place where employees can
assume positions of increasing responsibility within the organization.

- Goal Settings
by setting goals employees know exactly what is expected of them within the
organization.

- Negative Motivators
Termination of employment can be used for persistent poor performance by
an employee.

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