motivation
Assignment 6
Motivation is known as the powerful force that causes the change from desire to willpower in life. Hunger is one example of motivation which creates the desire to eat. Motivation can also be defined as the procedure that starts guides and continues goal oriented actions. Motivation is generally used to explain the reason for a person’s actions. Another example of motivation is when a student is really motivated to get into medical school, so he/she studies every night for it. There are many theories of motivation proposed by various psychologists. Instinct theory, drive theory, and humanistic theory are some of the examples of motivation theories
Motivational studies are very important especially for managers in big companies. These studies deliver insights into the way employees perform at work and this gives the employer or the manager the techniques required to increase worker productivity.
During the summer of year 2012 I worked at a construction site in Colombo Sri Lanka. I was undergoing training for a field supervisor job. We were building a twelve story office complex building in Colombo. The construction company I worked for was called Sierra Construction Company which is one of the leading construction contractors in Sri Lanka. During the time I was working for them, they were working on three different projects. As I remember, the total number of employees working this company was around 300 employees. There were around fifty laborers, ten supervisors, one site engineer, one project manager, one safety guy who was not an actual qualified safety engineer. We worked six days a week. Every Saturday was a half day and Sunday was a holiday.
There were several motivational issues at my workplace. One of the issues we had was that the field supervisors and laborers were not happy with their weekly income. Every one of the employees worked a minimum of eight hours from Monday to Friday and then a minimum of five hours on Friday.
Motivation is known as the powerful force that causes the change from desire to willpower in life. Hunger is one example of motivation which creates the desire to eat. Motivation can also be defined as the procedure that starts guides and continues goal oriented actions. Motivation is generally used to explain the reason for a person’s actions. Another example of motivation is when a student is really motivated to get into medical school, so he/she studies every night for it. There are many theories of motivation proposed by various psychologists. Instinct theory, drive theory, and humanistic theory are some of the examples of motivation theories
Motivational studies are very important especially for managers in big companies. These studies deliver insights into the way employees perform at work and this gives the employer or the manager the techniques required to increase worker productivity.
During the summer of year 2012 I worked at a construction site in Colombo Sri Lanka. I was undergoing training for a field supervisor job. We were building a twelve story office complex building in Colombo. The construction company I worked for was called Sierra Construction Company which is one of the leading construction contractors in Sri Lanka. During the time I was working for them, they were working on three different projects. As I remember, the total number of employees working this company was around 300 employees. There were around fifty laborers, ten supervisors, one site engineer, one project manager, one safety guy who was not an actual qualified safety engineer. We worked six days a week. Every Saturday was a half day and Sunday was a holiday.
There were several motivational issues at my workplace. One of the issues we had was that the field supervisors and laborers were not happy with their weekly income. Every one of the employees worked a minimum of eight hours from Monday to Friday and then a minimum of five hours on Friday.
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