Motivation in the Work Place
LaTashia L. Bing
Motivation in Today’s Workplace: The Link to Performance
Eastern Michigan University
Majors:
Entrepreneurship Hotel & Restaurant Management
Winter 2012
Synopsis
Abstract
In 2010 with a highly competitive workforce, understanding what pushes and drives employee motivation and organizational performance is important for managers, business owners, human resource departments and HR professionals and/or HR managers. In this Article I will analyze the definition of motivation, motivation in the workplace, what influences motivation, human resources responsibility in motivating employees within the workplace, motivational theories, modern approaches to motivation, and important ways that HR professionals and HR Managers can motivate and retain employees within the workplace.
Introduction Motivation is defined as the desire within a person causing that person to act. Thus motivation is a goal-directed drive and it seldom occurs in a void. (Human Resource Management, 12th Edition, Robert L. Mathis & John H. Jackson, Chapter 3: Organization/ Individual Relations and Retention.) According to the Article Motivation is generally defined as the psychological forces that determine the direction of a person’s persistence in the face of obstacles. The direction of a person’s behavior refers to the many possible actions that a person could engage in, while persistence refers to whether, when faced with roadblocks and obstacles, an individual keeps trying or gives up. Motivation is important within the workplace and plays an important with Human Resources and Management to retain employees and maximize work performance. In today’s work force being very competitive marketplace, companies are continuing to seek competitive individuals with talent and its Human Resources job to create a work place that is engaging and motivating where employees want to stay, grow, and contribute their knowledge, experience, and expertise.
Motivation in Today’s Workplace: The Link to Performance
Eastern Michigan University
Majors:
Entrepreneurship Hotel & Restaurant Management
Winter 2012
Synopsis
Abstract
In 2010 with a highly competitive workforce, understanding what pushes and drives employee motivation and organizational performance is important for managers, business owners, human resource departments and HR professionals and/or HR managers. In this Article I will analyze the definition of motivation, motivation in the workplace, what influences motivation, human resources responsibility in motivating employees within the workplace, motivational theories, modern approaches to motivation, and important ways that HR professionals and HR Managers can motivate and retain employees within the workplace.
Introduction Motivation is defined as the desire within a person causing that person to act. Thus motivation is a goal-directed drive and it seldom occurs in a void. (Human Resource Management, 12th Edition, Robert L. Mathis & John H. Jackson, Chapter 3: Organization/ Individual Relations and Retention.) According to the Article Motivation is generally defined as the psychological forces that determine the direction of a person’s persistence in the face of obstacles. The direction of a person’s behavior refers to the many possible actions that a person could engage in, while persistence refers to whether, when faced with roadblocks and obstacles, an individual keeps trying or gives up. Motivation is important within the workplace and plays an important with Human Resources and Management to retain employees and maximize work performance. In today’s work force being very competitive marketplace, companies are continuing to seek competitive individuals with talent and its Human Resources job to create a work place that is engaging and motivating where employees want to stay, grow, and contribute their knowledge, experience, and expertise.