Cultural Changes In The Workplace Essay

The workplace is very different today than it was fifty years ago. Among many obvious differences, a lesser seen difference is the change to employee motivation. Social, technological, and economical changes to the world have changed the way that people are motivated in the workplace. As a manager, it is his or her job to motivate their employees to work their hardest for the good of the company and the reciprocal benefit of themselves. Fifty years ago there were lots of changes to the social, technological, and economical aspect of the workplace. The first aspect that has changed in the workplace is the number of minorities and women in the workplace. Fifty years ago the workplace was dominated by white men. Today that is not the case, the workplace is a very diverse demographic containing numerous people from different races, ethnicities, genders, and backgrounds. Changes to the workplace demographic can be attributed to companies such as Office of Workplace Diversity (OWD) and Equal Employment Opportunity (EOO) who make sure that companies stay fair in the hiring process of minorities and genders (Office 1). How this affects motivation is that a manager must
The combined effect of both inflation and how far the dollar goes has changed how employers can motivate their employees through financial means. It is no longer very motivating to work more than forty hours a week and receive minimal pay. Today, employees expect all sorts of financial motivation for their hard work, such as: bonus pay, time off pay, sick leave, insurance benefits, and compensation benefits. Some companies even reward their employees through stock in the company. Fifty years ago, none of that was even a consideration. Employees were expected to take a minimal pay for an extreme amount of work. The effect of this financial motivation has drastically changed how companies and managers can motivate their