Motivation


Motivation 

(Borrington & Stimpson, 2013) the reason why employees want to work hard and work effectively for a business is because of motivation. A person must be internally motivated, whether we refer to it as a need or a drive, motivation is a state of being inside of us that yearns for a change, either in the environment or in the self. When we draw from this source of power, motivation gives us the drive and direction we need to interact with the environment in a way that is adaptable, open-ended, and problem-solving. (Reeve, 2015)

Types of motivation 

There are two types of motivation intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation. An example of intrinsic motivation is when someone is motivated solely by the satisfaction of solving a task (Job satisfaction). Extrinsic motivation comes from sources other than the individual and frequently entails material benefits like medals, cash, accolades, or social recognition. (Cherry, 2022)

The outcome of a well-motivated employee

(Borrington & Stimpson, 2013)

Components of motivation

There are 3 major components for motivation, which are Activation / Persistence / Intensity. Activation is the decision to initiate a behavior, An example enrolling in a degree program in order to earn your degree. Persistence the continuing pursuit of a goal in the face of challenges is known as persistence. An example of persistence would be showing up for the degree program class even though you are tired from staying up late the night before. Intensity is the concentration and vigor that goes into pursuing a goal. (Cherry, 2022)


references 

Borrington, K. and Stimpson, P. (2013) Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies 4th edition. UK, London: Hodder Education.

Reeve, J. (2015). Understanding motivation and emotion (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Cherry, K. (2022) The psychology of what motivates us, Verywell Mind. Verywell Mind. Available at: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-motivation-2795378 (Accessed: December 5, 2022).

Comments

  1. Good Article,
    The most successful companies had ‘the big
    idea’. They had a clear vision and a set of
    joined values. They were disturbed with
    sustaining performance and flexibility. Clear
    sign existed between positive attitudes
    towards HR policies and practices, levels of
    satisfaction, motivation and commitment, and
    operational performance (Armstrong, 2014)

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    1. Thank you for your valuable information.

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    2. Thank you Ameen for the feedback and I agree with your context Motivation has three major components, which are activation, persistence, and intensity. The strength of each of these motivational factors will determine whether you succeed in reaching your objective. For instance, if you are highly activated, you are more likely to begin pursuing a goal. If you maintain working toward that objective and how much effort you put into achieving it depends on your persistence and intensity. (Cherry, 2022)

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  2. Interesting Article. agree with the content. how ever there are some disadvantages of motivation as well. According to Kwon (2022) some disadvantages are Employees that are unmotivated are uninterested in their company, They participate in the dissemination of 'rumors., Unmotivated personnel refuse to cooperate, The prospect of strikes, demonstrations, and other protests causes issues for management.

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    2. Thank you Perera for the feedback and I agree with your context, certain employees can be unmotivated and uninterested which would lead companies for loses but it is managers and leaders duties to understand their employees interest and identify what would motivate them. One of the most crucial elements of management is motivation. A motivated worker is a real asset to the company. The manager's job is to effectively inspire his team members and subordinates. High levels of motivation inside the company have various benefits. These benefits add to the significance of motivation in a company such as high Efficiency, Utilization of Resources, and reduction in Labor Turnover, Readiness for Change, Achieving Organizational Goals and Helps with Attitude of Employees. (Chand, 2014)

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  3. Good article Tharaka, in addition Perumal (2008), emphasis that the employee motivation has relationship with employee demographics further, employee gender, age, nationality and designation reflects the motivation level. The most successful motivation is self motivation therefor, Employee can apply this for personal life or organization to achieve objects and targets (Diamond and Diamond, 2010).

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    2. Thank you Shermila for the feedback and I agree with your context, there are 2 types of motivations, Extrinsic motivation arises from outside of the individual and often involves external rewards such as trophies, money, social recognition, or praise. Intrinsic motivation is internal and arises from within the individual, such as doing a complicated crossword puzzle purely for the gratification of solving a problem. (Cherry, 2022)

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  4. Great explanation Tharaka. Furthermore, Ensuring employee commitment towards organizational objective has been a critical issue faced by majority of the organization. Organizations are doing their best in understanding various factors which could motivate the employees and make sure of the required commitment towards organizational objective. The organizations failing to development such framework of organizational practices will result in to high turnover of employees which will burden organization with extra cost of hiring and training new employees as well as non execution of organization plans and strategies in the desired manner and low productivity and performance (Varma 2018).

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    2. Thank you Perera for the feedback and I agree with your context, this is why recruitment and selected plays a major role in an organization and having psychometric test would help organizations to understand the candidate and there culture, to see if the candidate would match the culture practice in the company. (Morris, 2021)

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  5. Hi Tharaka.The explanation much grate and meaning full. in my view, we can not satisfy all the workforce of an organization. Instead we shall identifies workforce those who having core competence and could bring the complete advantage and greater influence to current level of the operation. and also try to understand the this king of homogeneous workforces and shal study their behavior pattern. Then, this study will help an organization to choose most suitable motivational factors.

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    1. Thank you Dissanayake for the feedback and I agree with your context, certain employees can be unmotivated and uninterested which would lead companies for loses but it is managers and leaders duties to understand their employees interest and identify what would motivate them. One of the most crucial elements of management is motivation. A motivated worker is a real asset to the company. The manager's job is to effectively inspire his team members and subordinates. High levels of motivation inside the company have various benefits. These benefits add to the significance of motivation in a company such as high Efficiency, Utilization of Resources, and reduction in Labor Turnover, Readiness for Change, Achieving Organizational Goals and Helps with Attitude of Employees. (Chand, 2014)

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  6. A good read. Actually we need to promote and educate people on green HR policies as world needs more eco friendly solutions. (Renwick, D, et al., 2008)

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