Week Two Supervision Homework
Joseph Dizon
MG271 - Principles of Supervision
Week Two Supervision Homework
28 January 2015
1. What are the differences between motivation and job satisfaction? What results are obtained from a motivated employee? What results are obtained from a satisfied employee?
Motivation is something that will keep you going further while Satisfaction is something that you are content with and don’t see any more progress to move further. Money, promotion and/or benefits are good example of motivational factors for employees to regulate performance level. Satisfied employees, however, refers to a feeling when they have completed a job or something that feels that they have done their job well. Either side of the argument will somehow make money, promotion and/or will get benefits. They’re closely related that job satisfaction can be a motivation and/or they do it for the money, promotion and/or benefits but their satisfaction will come naturally.
2. Briefly discuss several specific actions that supervisors can take to improve employee motivation.
No matter how big or small the company, motivating the team is really important to business. When people lose their motivation can create less productive, less of an asset to the business. Either way, employees’ motivation will affect the overall success in a company. Praising them when they’re doing well is probably the most common and most effective as a motivation factor. Providing opportunities for growth such as adding responsibilities or challenges.
3. Explain why many managers frequently raise the following questions: “Why didn’t you do what I told you to do?”
Managers have higher position than the employees being managed. Therefore, they have the privilege to make decisions and to say something like “Why didn’t you do what I told you to do?”
They are more experience and probably have the education to uphold the position. Since they are more experience and probably been there longer than the employees, they have gotten
MG271 - Principles of Supervision
Week Two Supervision Homework
28 January 2015
1. What are the differences between motivation and job satisfaction? What results are obtained from a motivated employee? What results are obtained from a satisfied employee?
Motivation is something that will keep you going further while Satisfaction is something that you are content with and don’t see any more progress to move further. Money, promotion and/or benefits are good example of motivational factors for employees to regulate performance level. Satisfied employees, however, refers to a feeling when they have completed a job or something that feels that they have done their job well. Either side of the argument will somehow make money, promotion and/or will get benefits. They’re closely related that job satisfaction can be a motivation and/or they do it for the money, promotion and/or benefits but their satisfaction will come naturally.
2. Briefly discuss several specific actions that supervisors can take to improve employee motivation.
No matter how big or small the company, motivating the team is really important to business. When people lose their motivation can create less productive, less of an asset to the business. Either way, employees’ motivation will affect the overall success in a company. Praising them when they’re doing well is probably the most common and most effective as a motivation factor. Providing opportunities for growth such as adding responsibilities or challenges.
3. Explain why many managers frequently raise the following questions: “Why didn’t you do what I told you to do?”
Managers have higher position than the employees being managed. Therefore, they have the privilege to make decisions and to say something like “Why didn’t you do what I told you to do?”
They are more experience and probably have the education to uphold the position. Since they are more experience and probably been there longer than the employees, they have gotten