Workplace Motivation
Examine how various motivational strategies affect productivity in a selected workplace of your own or one with which you are very familiar. Include an explanation of organizational efforts to improve performance, employees' resistance to increasing productivity, and the management's philosophy of motivation and its practices.
Identify and analyze the implications of applying any two motivational theories not currently in practice in the selected workplace and how these motivational theories would impact both management and employees.
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Examine how various motivational strategies affect productivity in a selected workplace of own or one with which you are very familiar. Include an explanation of organizational efforts to improve performance, employees' resistance to increasing productivity, and the management's philosophy of motivation and its practices.
Identify and analyze the implications of applying any two motivational theories not currently in practice in the selected workplace and how these motivational theories would impact both management and employees.
According to Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory of motivation, an employee may be dissatisfied on the job if he does not receive an adequate salary. Receiving an adequate salary won't necessarily make him motivated or satisfied with his job. Some aspects of this job may lead to job satisfaction, such as his interest in personal growth, recognition, responsibility and having interesting work. While the job description does not specifically offer a future and higher paying job, he feels that there is a good possibility that he will be recognized in the future. This will lead to a higher ...
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According to Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory of motivation, an employee may be dissatisfied on the job if he does not receive an adequate salary. Receiving an adequate salary won't necessarily make him motivated or satisfied with his job. Some aspects of this job may lead to job satisfaction, such as his interest in personal growth, recognition, responsibility and having interesting work. While the job description does not specifically offer a future and higher paying job, he feels that there is a good possibility that he will be recognized in the future. This will lead to a higher salary and that is a motivating factor for him. These organizational efforts will improve performance and productivity (Muchinsky, 2008).