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Five Ways in Which Organizations Can Motivate Employees
Five Ways in Which Organizations Can Motivate Employees
Assignment I
Submitted to Ms Asma Shahid
These consist of wide spectrum of activities they range from a spontaneous and private thank
you on up to widely publicized formal programs in which specific types of behavior are
encouraged and the procedures for attaining recognition are clearly identified
Example naming a conference room or office or training room after the name of the most
outstanding employee of the year the naming is done ceremoniously and family of the employee
is invited. other methods of recognizing employee are by giving gift certificates and cash
rewards.
Involving employees in decisions that affect them and by increasing their autonomy and
control over their work lives ,employees will become more motivated more committed to the
organization ,more productive and more satisfied with there jobs. Examples participative
management subordinate share a significant degree of decision making power with their
immediate superiors. Representative participation workers participate in organizational
decision making through a small group of representative employees, Quality circles work
group of employees a work group of employees who sit regularly to discuss there quality
problems, investigate causes ,recommend solutions and take corrective actions.
Job rotation periodic shifting of an employee from one task to another usually at the same
level that has similar skill requirements Job enlargement increasing the number and variety
of tasks that an individual performs results in job with more diversity. Job enrichment the
degree to which the worker controls the planning, execution, and evaluation of his or her work.
The three popular scheduling options flex time flexible work hours example all employees are
required to be at their jobs during common core period but they are allowed to accumulate their
other two hours before and after core time. Job sharing an arrangement that allows two or more
individuals to split a traditional 48 hour week .telecommuting refers to employees who do their
work at home at least two days a week on a computer that is linked to their office.
Pay levels are based on how many skills employees have or how many jobs they can do it leads
to higher employee performance, satisfaction, and perception of fairness in pay systems.
5. Flexible benefits
Allow employees to pick benefit that most meet their needs. Thus each employee choose a
benefit package that is individually tailored to meet his or her need. e.g modular plans, core plus
& flexible.
1. Linking recognition programs and reinforcement theory
Rewarding a behavior with recognition immediately following that behavior is likely to encourage
that its repetition, recognition can take many forms you can personally congratulate the
employee in private for a good job. You can send a handwritten note or e-mail message
acknowledging something positive that the employee has done.
In terms of Two-factor theory employee involvement programs could provide employees with
intrinsic motivation by increasing opportunities for growth, responsibility, and involvement in the
work itself. Similarly the opportunity to make and implement decisions, and then seeing them
work out can help satisfy employee’s need for responsibility, achievement, recognition, growth,
and enhanced self esteem. So employee involvement is compatible with ERG theory and
efforts to stimulate the achievement need