Motivation
3.What is motivation..?
Internal and external factors that stimulate desire and energy in people to be continually interested and committed to a job, role or subject, or to make an effort to attain a goal.
Motivation results from the interaction of both conscious and unconscious factors such as the intensity of desire or need, incentive or reward value of the goal, and expectations of the individual and of his or her peers. These factors are the reasons one has for behaving a certain way. An example is a student that spends extra time studying for a test because he or she wants a better grade in the class. (Business Dictionary.com)
Motivation is a general team applying to the entire class of drives, desires, needs, wishes, and similar forces. To say that managers motivate their subordinates is to say that they do those things which they hope will satisfy those drives and desires and induce the subordinates to act in a desired manner.
3.1 Why is motivation important for businesses?
It is often said that the best businesses have the best motivated workers. Why might this be important? Because well-motivated employees are usually characterised by:
Higher productivity (i.e. they produce more for a given level of resources than poorly-motivated workers)
Better quality work with less wastage
A greater sense of urgency (things happen quicker - when they need to)
More employee feedback and suggestions made for improvements (motivated workers take more "ownership" of their work")
More feedback demanded from superiors and management
Working at 80-95% of their ability
3.2 Motivational strategies in business Employee Input:
One strong motivational strategy is to maintain open communication with your employees. When employees feel like their ideas are being heard, and that they have a say in the direction the company FutureU is going in, then they are more apt to take a direct interest in the victory of the company. Allowing employees
Internal and external factors that stimulate desire and energy in people to be continually interested and committed to a job, role or subject, or to make an effort to attain a goal.
Motivation results from the interaction of both conscious and unconscious factors such as the intensity of desire or need, incentive or reward value of the goal, and expectations of the individual and of his or her peers. These factors are the reasons one has for behaving a certain way. An example is a student that spends extra time studying for a test because he or she wants a better grade in the class. (Business Dictionary.com)
Motivation is a general team applying to the entire class of drives, desires, needs, wishes, and similar forces. To say that managers motivate their subordinates is to say that they do those things which they hope will satisfy those drives and desires and induce the subordinates to act in a desired manner.
3.1 Why is motivation important for businesses?
It is often said that the best businesses have the best motivated workers. Why might this be important? Because well-motivated employees are usually characterised by:
Higher productivity (i.e. they produce more for a given level of resources than poorly-motivated workers)
Better quality work with less wastage
A greater sense of urgency (things happen quicker - when they need to)
More employee feedback and suggestions made for improvements (motivated workers take more "ownership" of their work")
More feedback demanded from superiors and management
Working at 80-95% of their ability
3.2 Motivational strategies in business Employee Input:
One strong motivational strategy is to maintain open communication with your employees. When employees feel like their ideas are being heard, and that they have a say in the direction the company FutureU is going in, then they are more apt to take a direct interest in the victory of the company. Allowing employees