Motivation In Increasing Productivity
Motivation
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| |Since motivation influences productivity, supervisors need to understand what motivates employees to reach peak performance. It is not|
| |an easy task to increase employee motivation because employees respond in different ways to their jobs and their organization's |
| |practices. Motivation is the set of processes that moves a person toward a goal. Thus, motivated behaviors are voluntary choices |
| |controlled by the individual employee. The supervisor (motivator) wants to influence the factors that motivate employees to higher |
| |levels of productivity. |
| |Factors that affect work motivation include individual differences, job characteristics, and organizational practices. Individual |
| |differences are the personal needs, values, and attitudes, interests and abilities that people bring to their jobs. Job |
| |characteristics are the aspects of the position that determine its limitations and challenges. Organizational practices are the rules,|
| |human resources policies, managerial practices, and rewards systems of an organization. Supervisors must consider how these factors |
| |interact to affect employee job performance. |
| |Simple Model of Motivation |
| |The purpose of behavior is to satisfy needs. A need is anything that is required, desired, or useful. A want is a conscious |
| |recognition of a need. A need arises when there is a difference in self-concept (the way I see myself) and perception (the way I see |
| |the world around me). The presence of an active need is expressed as an inner state of tension from which the individual seeks...
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