P3 outline how an organisation motivate its employees
M2 compare the use of motivation theories in an organisation
D1 suggest, with justification, ways of improving motivation in an organisational setting
In this assignment I will outline how Matthew Boulton College motivates its employees and I will
also compare how the motivation theories are used in the College. I will also suggest and justify
ways of improving motivation in an organisational setting.
Motivational Practices
Motivation is the set of reasons that helps determine to bring a positive behaviour in a person.
There are many practices that motivates and helps trigger the behaviour of someone in a
positive way that can be very helpful.
Reward Systems
These are the ethics, rules and events which are linked with sharing of benefits and return to
employees. They also contribute to motivation as workers are rewarded with different types of
benefits such as money or advancement to their current position and this will help to increase
employees’ will power so that they work hard.
The college has adopted these methods to apply incentives such as career breaks. This will
enable them to work to the best of their ability so they can produce good outcomes for the
students and the college. This push the particular staff to work harder so they can be recognizes
and receives the reward such as promotion, increase in salary or certificate etc.
Taylor:
Taylor had his ideas put forward in a way that he believed that workers are only motivated by
money, his theory of Scientific Management urged that employees naturally do not enjoy to
work and hence they are required close supervision and strict control. Hence managers should
break the longer tasks into smaller ones and employees should be handed the right equipment
and adequate training so that they can work efficiently on one particular task rather than
worrying about the longer ones. Employees are then paid according to the number of items they
manufacture in that given time period, which is called piece-rate pay. As a result employees are
motivated and more focused in the production as they are paid for the products they
manufacture. Many business today use Taylors theory as they saw the increased income
generated due to the productivity which also overcomes the expenditures of the business as
during the same number of hours everything is used the same but the productivity increases.
Elton Mayo:
Elton Mayo believed that money is not the motivator but having their social desires met whilst
they worked motivated employees. Mayo also introduced Human Relation School of though,
that particularly focused on managers taking more interest in the workers, treating them as the
people who have a say in the business which made employees smile whilst they interacted with
each other. But trying to find the real motivation amongst employee helped him to get on to a
conclusion that the productivity increased if the working conditions remained of high quality
which led Mayo to also discover that if the managers have a better communication amongst
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