An Assessment of Employee Motivation as One of the Factors Affecting Employee Job Performance a Case for Sameer Africa Limited, Nyeri Branch

AN ASSESSMENT OF EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION AS ONE OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING EMPLOYEE JOB PERFORMANCE A CASE FOR SAMEER AFRICA LIMITED, NYERI BRANCH 1.0 CHAPTER ONE 1.2 Introduction The issue of employee motivation is extremely important to management .It is one of the most puzzling issues in management. There are plenty of employees that just ‘punch the clock’ i.e. They go to work just for the sake of paycheck and nothing else. They have no self pride in their work and do the bare minimum for managerial satisfaction. These employees not only hurt themselves but also the company as well. Motivation is an individual thing, in other words not same thing motivates all people. However, according to motivation theories there are same constant factors relative to motivation. There have been many programs to motivate employees e.g. incentives, contests and commissions but over the years they have been proven to do little to motivate the long term employees. In an era of increasing competition it is important for organizations to effectively utilize all the available resources including human resources. The motivation of employees is important to organizations since it is one of the several factors that significantly affect the productivity of employees. Most find they in superiority position where they make all the decisions and employees just follow. This is not a good practice because they exclude the employees and they feel as if they have no say in the company. This is hierarchal structure of the work place. The first step to performance is to ensure that your employees know what is expected of them; they know what they are supposed to do and how well to do it. The practice of staff appraisal has an important of McGregor’s argument. The designation of standards occurs throughout the organizational performance appraisal system. The managers must show her or his subordinates that their abilities are and will be recognized .There