INTRODUCTION
The word Motivation is a common terminology which most employers are familiar with and in every organisation the employers has different techniques and strategies the use in motivating their employees. Many scholars have argued on different forms of motivation and argued that to be motivated should be individual employee’s responsibility and the employers responsibility, this theory was criticized by some school of thought. This research is aim to determine the understanding of employees about motivation and know what forms of motivation actually motivates each employees, this study also elaborate on various forms of motivation and proves that it is not just financial incentives that motivates employees. It was established that not all employees has been motivated in many organisation. However, the importance of motivation in an organisation has proving to be a crucial issue.
Various organisation strive to optimize the performance of its employees so as derive the best ability from every individual and use it at it’s maximise advantage in order to achieve greater standards in all areas such as competence, effectiveness and level of productivity. The use of various forms of motivation in achieving this goal. This approach according to different school thought has generated different opinions. According to Jennifer Rowley (1996), motivation is regarded as the key to stability and further development of quality in any establishment. Going by the vibrant nature of the recent business environment and the constant increase of competitiveness among organisations and the liberation of national economy in line with international politics and dictates, it is important to concentrate on methods of achieving an enduring motivation which would drive people put in their best ability .According to maslow motivation was define as a driving force to satisfy every individuals need he went ahead to say that before individual higher level need is achieved