Addressing Employee Motivation
Addressing Employee Motivation
Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 A problematic work situation relating to a HRM concept in Book 2 4 1.1 A description of the work problem 4 1.2 Analysis of my experience using my chosen concepts 5 1.3 Proposed solutions to the problem 6 Relevant Web sites 8 References 9 Part 2 – TGF discussions 10
Executive Summary
Tom was seen to have a loss of motivation at work which was investigated.
An analysis showed the main cause to be a lack of communication from his manager, a need for role definition, and a lack of publicity for the success of his project initiative.
Recommendation is for Tom’s manager to be informed so they are hopefully able to address these issues and retain and develop Tom’s skills.
A problematic work situation relating to a HRM concept in Book 2
1.1 A description of the work problem
Tom has a well paid job as a project manager.
He created an idea and initiated a project to design and implement a website. After setting up the design and defining the stakeholders, without discussion, another person was brought in to chair the project meetings and keep track of actions for the software team. He felt a lack of clarity in his role and without clear guidance and credit did not feel motivated to push the project as hard as before. Weekly work hours fell back to a normal 40 hours from 50 or 60, and his other ideas were not pushed to management with the same enthusiasm. Motivation was clearly falling.
This example relates to motivation and Session 1 of Book 2 can be used to analyse what motivates Tom to go to work.
1.2 Analysis of my experience using my chosen concepts
To understand Tom’s motivation level’s I have analysed his situation using Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs (1954) from session 1 (The Open University, B120 Book 2).
According to Maslow, “a satisfied need is not a motivator”. Matching which needs are met on the pyramid of five categories will give an
Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 A problematic work situation relating to a HRM concept in Book 2 4 1.1 A description of the work problem 4 1.2 Analysis of my experience using my chosen concepts 5 1.3 Proposed solutions to the problem 6 Relevant Web sites 8 References 9 Part 2 – TGF discussions 10
Executive Summary
Tom was seen to have a loss of motivation at work which was investigated.
An analysis showed the main cause to be a lack of communication from his manager, a need for role definition, and a lack of publicity for the success of his project initiative.
Recommendation is for Tom’s manager to be informed so they are hopefully able to address these issues and retain and develop Tom’s skills.
A problematic work situation relating to a HRM concept in Book 2
1.1 A description of the work problem
Tom has a well paid job as a project manager.
He created an idea and initiated a project to design and implement a website. After setting up the design and defining the stakeholders, without discussion, another person was brought in to chair the project meetings and keep track of actions for the software team. He felt a lack of clarity in his role and without clear guidance and credit did not feel motivated to push the project as hard as before. Weekly work hours fell back to a normal 40 hours from 50 or 60, and his other ideas were not pushed to management with the same enthusiasm. Motivation was clearly falling.
This example relates to motivation and Session 1 of Book 2 can be used to analyse what motivates Tom to go to work.
1.2 Analysis of my experience using my chosen concepts
To understand Tom’s motivation level’s I have analysed his situation using Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs (1954) from session 1 (The Open University, B120 Book 2).
According to Maslow, “a satisfied need is not a motivator”. Matching which needs are met on the pyramid of five categories will give an
References: The Open University (2012) B120 An introduction to business studies, Book 2 ‘An introduction to human resource management in business’, Milton Keynes.