motivation presentation

Employee MotivationHRD 830Heath Bradley

Chandler Carver

Dalton Coker

Danielle Iozzino

What Is Employee Motivation?

• Employee Motivation Defined:• Employee motivation is the level of energy,

commitment, and creativity that a company's workers bring to their jobs.

• http://definitions.uslegal.com/e/employee-motivation/

What motivates employees?

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

What Motivates employees?

• B.F. Skinner and Behaviorist Psychology• AKA as Stimulus-Response Technology• Manipulating and modifying behavior• Programmed Learning

Reasons Why Employees Are Not Motivated

• Poor Salary

• Lack of Recognition

• No Opportunity for Advancement

• Frustrated By Job

• Tension With Staff/Leadership

• Rewards Given are Not Actually What Employees Need

How To Motivate Employees

• Positive Feedback

• Opportunity for Advancement

• Open Door Policy

• Extra Benefits

• Money

• Appreciation from Superiors

• Responsibility

How this affects us at work

• Reasons We Are Not Motivated:• Lack of Recognition

• Not Known by Name by Many Staff Members• General Public Is Uneducated of What We Do

• No Incentive for Hard Work other than Personal Pride• No Set Start Time or Finish Time• No Specific Deadlines

• Resistance to Change• We are expected to complete tasks certain ways

regardless of efficiency

How we could be motivated at work

• Recognition• Form Better Relationships with Staff Members• Be Recognized for the Hard Work We Complete

• Incentives for Hard Work• Appreciation by Fellow Staff and Players• Focus on More Efficient Use of Our Time

• Opportunity to Have A Voice• Have the Ability to Give Input to Become More

Efficient• Clear Goals Set to Reach

Conclusion

• There are many variables that play into employee motivation and through the proper reinforcement this problem can be alleviated.

• Recognition, incentives, etc. are just a few of the ways that can help in the motivation of employees.

• It is important that an organization devise an employee motivation plan for future use to prevent these issues from occurring.

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