Category: Motivation

  • Problems With Blaming Poor Workplace Performance on Low Motivation

    As a rule, every organization pursues high performance rates and seeks to deploy the strategies that lead to an increase in the output. However, identifying the barriers to effective performance may become rather difficult due to the abundance of factors influencing employees’ performance rates. The reasoning behind the specified assumption is easy to understand since…

  • Motivational Factors on Kazakhstan’s Top Managers

    Abstract Motivating top managers and its effectiveness has been center of discussion in researches conducted in past and they have provided in-depth analysis of how to improve top managers’ motivation through utilizing their human resource systems. The importance of analyzing the value of human capital, specially the top management, cannot be denied organizations have always…

  • CVS Caremark Company’s Motivational Problems

    Introduction Motivational problems at work places are a great hindrance to performance and creativity. Motivation can be termed as a strong desire or urge that drives, maintains and invigorates a person to keep on going towards achieving his/her goals or targets. There are different things that motivate people, and vary from one individual to another.…

  • Impact of Organization Restructuring on Motivation

    Table of Contents Introduction Reasons for restructuring Impacts of restructuring Recommendations References Introduction Organizational restructuring may bring positive or negative impacts on the motivation of the members of the organization. Although changes of an organization may achieve cohesion among the members and increased morale due to a change in the culture, it may bring changes…

  • Motivational Problems at Workplace

    Managers have the responsibility to make workers motivated since lack of it can be a source of many problems in the workplace. Motivation is the reason why people want to work. There is a gap that exists between an individual’s desired state and the actual state. Motivation, therefore, is a means to reduce and manipulate…

  • Motivational Factors in the Workplace

    Table of Contents Introduction Source of Motivation Cognitive Evaluation Theory Self-Efficacy Expectant Theory References Introduction There are a lot of misconceptions in the workplace as to how to motivate employees to perform at optimum levels. Most managers especially those newly appointed unknowingly try to implement models and styles that worked for them but are not…

  • Motivation as a Means of Productivity Increase

    Table of Contents Assignment 1 Background of the Study Research Questions (and/or Hypothesis) Research Objectives Unit of Analysis Variables Assignment 1 Background of the Study It has been noted by scholars long ago that some organizations succeed while others do not, and numerous opinions connect this success to the ways in which the successful organizations…

  • Motivation at Norsk Petroleum

    Table of Contents Introduction Case Analysis Elizabeth Pedersen Ola Renamo Analysis of the Situation and Recommendations Personal Motivation Factors Conclusion References Introduction Norsk Petroleum, a leading gas, and petroleum company pay special attention to motivation and organizational culture, job satisfaction high productivity. The case suggests that some employees feel a lack of motivation and about…

  • The Expectancy Model of Motivation in Business

    In a working environment, witnessing one person with equal skills excel while another person fail is not a rare occurrence. Productivity and, hence, success depend not only on one’s skillset and qualification but also on intrinsic motivation and the level of effort. Chapter 7 dwells on the expectancy model of motivation, which aims to explain…

  • Relationship Between Physical Activity and Motivation of an Office Worker

    Introduction Background Turnover is one of the central issues in human resource (HR) management due to its high cost for the organization (Lyons & Bandura, 2020). Scientific research demonstrates that there is a high correlation between job satisfaction and employee turnover, which implies that one of the central strategies for reducing employee turnover is by…