Corporate bodies, businesses and charitable organizations rely heavily on human input for their success. The human factor is considered as one of the contributions among others such as machinery, infrastructure, and capital but it comes up superior to the rest. Human capital is directly responsible for the functionality and efficiency of the other inputs as evidenced from the output achieved. Corporate managers and supervisors must realize that profitability and energy in a firm is by a significant factor a consequence of the spirit and attitude and morale of the workforce.
Employee motivation and performance is directly related. Performance is a function of high motivation in an institution. Motivation encompasses aspects such as the willingness, flexibility, and agility of the employees to perform their duties with a vision of producing if not exceeding their expectations. Motivation is an internal drive that is borne by an employee in his or her place of work (Lazaroiu, 2015). A motivated worker loves what he or she is engages in and does not need to be continuously reminded or pushed to take on responsibilities assigned to them.
Motivation can be a significant force in defining an institution’s behavior and cultures such as job satisfaction, employee engagement and involvement and attitude towards work. The work environment is a virtual atmosphere that takes time to be nurtured and modeled in an organization. The presence or absence of motivation will play a significant role in explaining the nature of a given firm’s culture. A motivated environment bears attributes such as employee job satisfaction, a lively and cheerful environment, a culture of inclusivity, spirit of sharing and collaborating, flexibility and agility, embraced the essence of teamwork and acknowledgment and respect of authority (Kuppuswamy, 2017). The attributes will register a low employee turnover, and many outsiders will always yearn to be part of the company.
Factors of Motivation
Motivation is not a shelf product that a company will go and purchase from a shop to apply to workers but a product of some crucial factors such as opportunities, communication, recognition and reward for outstanding performance, business impact and progress and challenging and exciting work. Observance of these factors will help the management to ensure that the workforce is kept in good spirit that can take on all the stipulated task as well as being ready to handle any unforeseen emergency that may come the way of the organization. Motivation is a parameter that will act as a multiplier to all the other capital assets that an institution possess
Communication is an essential element in any form of set up whether formal or informal. The channels of conveying information should be well stipulated and known to all members of a firm. Communication ensures that all the departments and workers are timely and adequately informed of every decision and instructions that are made. A company that has a well-configured means of communication that reach every employee is sure to improve the will and drive of its workers (Wojtaszek, 2016). Information either big or small, when passed to everyone, creates a sense of consideration and involvement in what has been decided or being passed around.
Recognition and reward explains the better part of the workforce is in employment. Every individual expects to be applauded each time he or she achieves what he was mandated to do. The routine monetary compensation regarding salary does not exhaustively cover for exceptional performance, thus the managerial boards such derive unique ways to recognize and reward members of their employee team that exceed expectations. Appreciation emails need to be sent to every employee informing them about the best performers for each period. The management of the organization could as well as reward its staff in the form of trophies, paid vacations, leave days provided for them. When a few employees are presented with gifts in a fair and open manner, even those who have not won will appreciate the initiative taken by the company and look forward to earning the awards next time through hard work and dedication.
Business impact is another element that affects the motivation of employees. Companies in the world today compete in a very dynamic environment due to the growth of technology and globalization. Business is not only about providing competitive products, but also ensuring that employees are satisfied. The subsequent result is that the employees will register positive results as compared to what the competition yields.Employees always expect to be updated periodically on their progress and performance in the market. The feedback challenges employees to increase their efforts in executing tasks assigned to them. The team will review its methods and means of accomplishing when they find out that they are lagging behind and inversely reinforce them if they realize that it’s paying off as compared to the market (Lee, 2017).
Every employee wants to possess some level of freedom and flexibility to some reasonable limits in his or her workstation. The management should train their supervisors to learn how to build confidence in their juniors and not coach them on every minor aspect of their doings. Freedom breeds self-confidence and allows for development. When an employee is challenged beyond their capabilities and seeks help, he or she should be directed accordingly and left free to perform tasks that concur with their abilities. Employees handled in this manner will want to perfect their art of working. The working channel will be motivated if the employees increase the engagement t the duties they perform. In this case, employees take corrections positives and increase their turnover.
A challenging and exciting atmosphere breeds motivation in a firm. The task force will enjoy when each day meets with chances to engage their training and abilities to solve issues that arise. The management should learn to divide the daily duties into manageable assignments which can be worked on without much stress and allow some progress. Working on small bundles of tasks is more efficient than working on massive loads of assignments which kills employee morale gradually. Jobs should be manageable and should give time for break such as mid-morning and lunch hour breaks. Employees will go about knowing that their day is well spent with results already showing than having them stressed up all along on how they will accomplish their share of duty.
Training is another primary element in building the motivation of people working in any environment. Training equips one with skills to carry out duty securely and efficiently regardless of any challenges at hand. Well-trained employees know what they are doing and thus will not quarrel at work or get corrected every moment for low work output which is not impressive. Time is also saved when an individual can decode a situation at once and go about the business of handling it unlike when one is not sure and has to engage in trial and error or seek help. The management should always focus on employee training and refresher courses to keep them up to date especially in this age of ever-dynamic technology and telecommunication infrastructure.
Opportunities for career development and advancement mark another essential pillar of employee motivation. The more time passes with an individual working in a given position translates to experience and competence in his or her work. Such deep understanding of the work environment should be appreciated with promotions. An employee will feel valued by the institution, and for the time he has worked. The development gives one a feeling of confidence not only within the workplace but also among his peers and family.
Consequence of Motivation
Employee motivation is associated with positive results to the institution both in the short and long run. Motivation breeds a stable environment for conducting business and offering services even within the organization itself. A motivated workforce will be readily available to take part in all the duties that are set up by the senior team members at all times. The employees will always be cheerful and full of positive energy that will translate to high performance for the organization. Attitude and spirit are two significant forces at workplace will are a result of motivation on the path of employees. Job satisfaction is considerably brought about by a motivated workforce (Cascio, 2018). All the employees who are motivated will feel that the job they are doing is worth them and are proud of it. Loyalty to ones work is a function of being able to get motivation and belong in whatever one is doing. Motivation is an element that can stir up a lot of positive things in an organization.
A motivated work for the employee is always readily available to carry out the stipulated duties by the management. Employees will be free will to take up their responsibilities at a personal accord level and not as a direction from the administration. Functions that need to be done will always be done on time without failure or need for a constant reminder. Such a motivated workforce will observe arrival time and make good use of breaks and report back to duty stations on time. A workforce that is not motivated will always look for excuses to avoid work or delay it. Management will have to employ a lot of managerial tools such as supervisors or monitoring gadgets such as closed-circuit cameras to ensure that employees are not sleeping on duty. A motivated on the other side will be will to engage in the available tasks without supervision.
Every organization experiences difficulties at one time, and it takes motivated employees to rescue the company from incurring losses or failing to deliver on its mandate. Unforeseen market forces may push a company to a problematic corner where it finds itself struggling to meet its expectations. In such circumstances, a motivated workforce is the only remedy to salvage the company. The performance limits are expected to be exceeded to turn around such trends, and only a motivated team of workers are ready to engage in such extra exercise to hold the firm up despite the unfriendly environment.
Cheer and energy in working place is a product of a motivated workforce. Employees who are motivated find it easy to interact with themselves since each has a defined scope of duty and role to play. The junior knows how to relate to their superiors, and the management understands how to be respectable to their subordinates (Shields, 2015). The atmosphere in such a company will be one full of cheer as people go about their daily routine. Cheerful people will translate the excellent mood into energy which will enable them to work diligently and without strain or despair. A workplace where happiness is unheard of will always have struggles in carrying out its duties. A low spirit will still drain out energy from the muscle of its workers and people will not be focusing on completing their task effectively and efficiently but the lapse of time so that they can get out of work.
Motivation leads to cheering and positive energy which consequently makes excellent breeding grounds for teamwork. Team spirit is a function of high productivity and high corporate efficiency and profitability. A company is established of different departments that need to work together for overall good. When all appreciate the essence of collective pulling and pushing, the big wheel of profitability is easily made easier to work on with each person doing his or her part. Some duties are done at the same time while others wait for some to be completed. A team that works in harmony will have it, members aware of the time to chip in ensuring a continuous and productive run of productivity.
Job satisfaction is an internal feeling of completeness and fulfillment that emanates from a positive review of what one has done. A motivated workforce will always feel that it is in the right institution doing a job that suits him or her well. Motivation leads to good performance which will translate into positive appraisal and thus inspiring job satisfaction in an employee. Good performance always inspires pride and confidence in an employee. Every time on a performance well dome they would want to go back to work with renewed energy and execute it to better standards as compared to the previous times. Companies that have invested in motivating their employees will ripe such benefits as having their teams competing within themselves to boost more impressive results. The strategy creates an internal and sustainable source of energy in the group that will always provide a challenge to each person tasked to work.
Motivation in employees creates a bond between them and the organization. Members of staff who feel satisfied with how the company treats them and of the relationship that exists horizontally and vertically between colleagues will always want to stick with the company. An environment where one can work with high inspiration and freedom to exercise one's training and abilities will make a worker want to stick by longer. The more time employees stay around, the more experience they develop, and this will be beneficial in attaining effectiveness in the business. Raw skill and talent are not comparable to one that has been polished and refined over time (Noe, 2014). Having employees who grow up the ranks within the organization helps to train new junior staff and educate them on the culture of the institution.
Employee turnover can be very costly to any organization. Employees can leave due to many factors and among them is lack of motivation. Companies use a lot of funds and resources to advertise, invite applicants for interview and conduct the whole process till though training and absorption of new employees into the system. Also, recruits take time to familiarize themselves with the responsibilities with the job descriptions and identification with the norms of the company, and as such, the efficiency of production and service delivery is significantly hampered. New employees may be a source of new thinking and new abilities, but an event where an organization is experiencing a high turnover will see be a negative aspect.
Motivation in employees leads to a good spirit and attitude in the workplace. Attitude is a preformed perception on how things will be. An employee with a positive attitude will always anticipate unfolding of positive things. When an employee is in a right view, he will feel that the work environment is going to be good. The worker will think that the job he is doing is right for him and he deserves it. An employee who is not motivated will always feel demoralized and not ready to carry out his duties. They think that the more they stick in their present place of work they are failing themselves and not living according to their expectations. With time, such employees will begin to seek alternative areas of employment. An employee who is partly in and partly out looking for another job will fail to deliver.
Conclusion
Motivation among employees of any given institution is a fundamental aspect that must be well taken care of by the management. Motivation is responsible for the type of culture and institutional atmosphere that exists in the organization. A highly motivated team will make up a happy and energetic workforce that will ensure that the company is running efficiently and efficiently at all the times. Motivation is a vital input that must be handled well to ensure that all the employees are in a state that will enable them to showcase their full potential and abilities for their good as well as that of the firm. Motivation is a result of factors such as right working conditions, recognition and rewarding, training, communication and exciting working environment. An organization will reap a lot of benefits if it takes a keen interest in managing employee motivation at all times. A team of workers that are motivated derive energy intrinsically and exercise self-discipline and caution at all times. Duties are done and completed well and on time. Profitability and motivation are intertwined together. It is rare to witness a company performing well yet the employees of the company are not satisfied with their working conditions. Staff rewards cannot be substituted for anything in a firm at any time but can do a lot of good when well bred.
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