Research paper for Training and Development.
Employee Motivation
Webster University
Employee motivation
I. Introduction
The purpose of this research is to examine the factors, which motivate employees, what are their personal goals and how this motivation could be increased in order to enhance organization's performance.
This research aims to analyse, which factors motivate workers and what could inspire them to fruitfully perform, hence to increase effectiveness of the organization by pursuing its objectives.
Based on theoretical aspects of motivation, this research will also present a number of techniques to be implemented in order to increase employees' motivation.
Employee motivation has always been the most vital and important issue for all the companies, managers and leaders. The most successful and profitable companies are those with the most motivated and productive employees. And visa versa, unmotivated, apathetic employees with no effort and desire to reach the goals and actualize him/herself are usually a heavy burden for the employer and for organization, as they always weigh the company down and make it suffer from losses. There have been many studies on motivation and the problems that are directly dealing with it, which suggest different methods and practices on how to make employees motivated.
Motivation is one of the core issues for every organization, which goes along with planning, organizing and controlling. So, the managers should clearly identify the main pillars of motivation, which do not include only the matter of incentives, salary and bonuses, as many managers mistakenly think. Employees’ performance does not necessarily depend on incentive programs, nor does it mainly depend on performance appraisals, commission pay or production. Managers should also bear in mind that employees find motivation in their own successful performance, an adequate feedback and even