Business Management -> Human resource management: employee motivation

Employee motivation

Animation - Before we determine how best to motivate employees, we need to establish why people work. Use the animation to explore some of the many reasons why people work.

Why do people work?
Money
Travel
Power
Interest in the work area
To associate with other people
Opportunity
Authority
Security
Status


Motivation of employees is a very significant role of the Human Resource Manager. The aim of the manager will be to initially maintain the employee in the employment of the organisation and then to enhance the performance of that employee by keeping the employee 'on board'. To successfully motivate employees, management will need to clearly establish the essential needs of the employees and understand how best to meet and to satisfy those needs. The motivators used by management may be positive motivators or negative motivators, that is, they may use opportunities or threats as the basis of their motivation.