Motivation within an Organization

Discuss about the Motivating People in Organisations.

Motivation is a force within a person that leads to the impact on the direction, intensity and persistence of the voluntary behaviour. Motivating people within the organisation is becoming an important role that is performed by the managers as this the resolution of numerous issues faced by organisations. These issues include employee turnover and low performance which takes place due to lack of motivation among the employees. The managers of the company carry an objective of the company for which they motivate the employees as it is essential for organisation management. This paper includes the analysis of the articles written by Lazaroiu and Udrescu with Gheorghe on the motivation of people within an organisation. The articles throw light on the how employee motivation that helps in improving the employee’s performance and leads to employee satisfaction.

Lazaroiu, 2015 reflect the evaluation of motivational determinants that are available at the workplace, personnel job performance and motivational factors of conduct in the work organisation. The paper includes the contribution to the literature by offering the evidence on the causal link between the employee job performance and need satisfaction. Along with this, the analysis related to the impact of need contentment within the organisation on work behaviour is discussed.

The findings of the article of Lazaroiu, 2015 shows the motivational determinants which are used by managers for motivating the employees present within the organisation. This shows that the successful manager of the company leads the way by embracing and advancing the new management procedures that bring the changes in the types of operations that are required for the success. Moreover, the author has reflected that a motivated employee contributes to the success of a business. Manager ensures that they try to motivate the employees to be energised to work, focus on the responsibilities and roles and supporting the efforts of employees to achieve the goals of a business. There is a critical discussion on the motivated employees lead to increase in performance within the organisation (Lazaroiu, 2015).

Lazaroiu, 2015 article reflects the need for the further research in which the author will include analyses of motivation theories and their implementation on organisation along with the challenges that are faced by the managers within an organisation. The leaders ensure that they keep their employees motivated due to which the turnover of employees get reduce and they get involved in the activities of the organisation which will do in further research with the help of secondary research method. 

Article Analysis of Lazaroiu

Udresc and Gheorghe, 2017, presented details in their article about the concepts of organisation work that is together with the two categories of motivation which is organisation management and employees or workers. The author believes that the competitive added value has the particular way in which personnel of organisation are motivated and make use of their skills for achieving success. Along with this, the two types of motivation which are essential for smooth working and success are manager’s motivation and employee’s own motivation. The analysis related to the motivation and organisation behaviour is explained with the support of research which includes the national and international data mainly in specialized literature.

The motive of an author was to throw light on the importance of motivation and organisation behaviour that can bring the value added to the company. the author includes the analysis that shows that the organisation depends on how manager manage 3 types of managerial expectations which include organisation expectations, expectations of personnel and expectation of customers (Udrescu and Gheorghe, 2017). Moreover, the manager is able to meet the expectation when they will be able to understand the behaviour, promote the individuals and group of employees. This correlation can be formed by the manager by providing the promotion to employees and meeting their commitments that are present within the organisation.  

Udrescu, M.A. and Gheorghe, 2017 article reflects the scope for the further research is link or connection of motivation with the customer expectations. This is the fact that the motivated employee achieves the organisation goal which is to meet the needs of the customers. This is possible with the further research on motivation and its relation with employee’s performance that ultimately leads to the customer satisfaction and loyalty. In addition, the author can easily analyse the commitment of employees towards the organisation and achieve the goals.

Dobre (2013) have reflected their findings in their article related to employee motivation and organizational performance. The market is volatile due to which the organizations have to compete for survival. The organizations can attain success only when their employees are motivated. The article also provides that there is a direct relationship between the organizational performance and employee motivation. The article further provides the drivers of employee motivation which assist in increasing the level of organizational performance. The employee motivation is said to be increased by factors such as recognition and empowerment. With the increase in recognition and empowerment, the motivation level of the employees to work also improves along with their accomplishments and the performance of the organization. The organizational performance also weakens when pressure from clients and monotonous jobs results in dissatisfaction among the employees. This further leads to increase in the job absenteeism rates and employee turnover of the organization. The employees might join the competitors in which better work conditions and higher incentives are being offered. Also, different strategies are required to be adopted for every individual because no two individuals are same. For example, the motivation for one employee can be higher incentives, while some other employee might get motivated by a better work environment or job satisfaction.

Article Analysis of Udrescu and Gheorghe

The employees are motivated towards higher performance through financial rewards as they can use money for the purpose of satisfying their needs. The commitment and diligence of the employees is significantly impacted by their pay. Therefore, pay acts as the key motivator for the employees. However, pay is incapable of motivating an individual for a long term and does not further result in the improvement of their performance. There are some non- financial factors which also plays a great role in motivating the employees of the organization. Such non- financial factors include social recognition, rewards and performance feedbacks. Moreover, there is also an influence of empowerment on the performance of the organization. Responsibility and authority is granted to people with the help of empowerment which, in turn, provides them with the control of their own destinies. Productivity and profits of the organization also improve when top- down decision making and autocratic leadership is followed in an organization. Such form of decision making and leadership assists in creating a rigid work environment where orders are given to the employees regarding the performance of the tasks.  The article further provides that the achievement of customer satisfaction becomes easier through empowerment as it facilitates quick decision making by the employees without waiting for the instructions of the manager.

Manzoor (2011) reflect the factors affecting employee motivation and examines the relationship between employee motivation and organizational effectiveness. This article has also identified the same factors namely empowerment and recognition as the factors that positively affect the motivation of the employees. It provides that with the increase in the recognition and empowerment of the employees the motivation to work also enhances. The success of the organization depends on the motivation of the employees because provoked employees keep on searching for improved practices for performing a task; therefore, it is important for the organizations to motivate their employees. The employees can be encouraged to give their performance in every circumstance only by way of motivating them. According to this article, the development of the organization is dependent on organizational effectiveness. Great productivity is attained by the industrial workers when money motivated them. There is a direct influence of reward on the satisfaction level of the employees. In other words, the effectiveness of the organization is influenced by rewards by influencing group and individual behaviour. Therefore, high level of performance can only be increased when the employees are motivated and encouraged by increasing the pay, providing bonuses, promotions and other kinds of rewards.

Article Analysis of Dobre

For providing a direction to the employees, leadership plays a key role. Leaders have the capability of motivating the employees and guiding them in their acts. The organizations are also benefited by empowerment as it brings a sense of pride and belonging in the workforce. Finest novelties and thoughts will be executed by the employees when they will feel enthusiastic in the organization. Trust plays an essential part in improving the performance of the organization as it enhances the motivation of the employees. Trust has the capability of making intrapersonal or interpersonal effects and influences the relations in the organization. The employee work motivation of the employees is significantly related with the recognition given to their efforts. When there is any deficiency in the rewards or recognition provided to the employees, the job satisfaction and work motivation of the employees subsequently reduces. It is further recommended in the article that there should be building up of an arrangement in the organizations for providing recognition and rewards to the employees for the enhancement of their motivational level and job satisfaction.

Empowerment leads to loyalty of the employees towards the organization which further increases their motivation to perform with the best of their ability for the achievement of the objectives of the organization. The importance of employee involvement and empowerment has been discussed in the article in terms of task completion and decision making. In other words, the empowerment of employees leads to an increase in the motivation of employees towards work. Therefore, the organizations of the current era aim to be successful by taking these steps for dealing with the competition. Irrespective of the size, market focus and technology adopted, employee retention challenges are faced by each and every organization. For the purpose of overcoming these challenges, the organizations need to focus on maintaining a positive and strong relationship with the employees. The employees or the human resources are considered to be the most important part of the organization so there is requirement for persuading and influencing them for the fulfilment of the tasks.

References

Dobre, O. I. (2013). Employee motivation and organizational performance. Review of Applied Socio-Economic Research, 5(1).

Lazaroiu, G. (2015). Employee motivation and job performance. Linguistic and Philosophical Investigations, 14, p.97.

Manzoor, Q. A. (2012). Impact of employees motivation on organizational effectiveness. Business management and strategy, 3(1), 1-12.

Udrescu, M.A. and Gheorghe, A. (2017) Motivation and organizational behavior. Academic Journal of Economic Studies. 3(2), p. 55–59.