2.1 Motivating employees Online Test

Children’s education fees paid for, Free accommodation, Free holidays/trips are examples of:

Bonus, salary and wages are examples of:

‌Motivation is getting someone to do what you want them to do, that is something they want to do and take pride in. getting someone to work to their best capacity and getting the best out of them.

People work to earn money and fulfil their basic necessities and wants.

Motivation is the reason why employees want to work hard and work effectively for the business.

‌F. W. Taylor theory is – hierarchy of needs shows that employees are motivated by each level of the hierarchy going from bottom to top.
Mangers can identify which level their workers are on and then take the necessary action to advance them onto the next level.

Frederick Herzberg’s two-factor theory, states that people have two sets of needs- one basic needs called ‘hygiene factors’, the other needs that allow the human being to grow psychologically, called the ‘motivators’.

‌F. W. Taylor
Maslow
Herzberg

These are the three well known motivation theorists.

Money is always the main motivator.

When staff are motivated in an organisation there is high possibility of reduced absenteeism

‌When workers are well-motivated they become lazy in their work and thus decreases the firm’s efficiency and output, leading to higher profits.