THE CALA: COMPONENT C

LEARNING AREA: BUSINESS ENTERPRISE SKILLS

CALA TYPE: RESEARCH BASED

LEVEL: FORM 4

SYLLABUS TOPIC: PEOPLE IN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE

SUB-TOPIC: MOTIVATION

CALA TITLE: WAYS OF MOTIVATING EMPLOYEES

Competencies/Skills
- Business Communication
- Critical thinking
- Problem solving
- Creativity and innovation
- Decision making

Background
Many businesses don’t know ways of increasing productivity at their workplaces.
You are required to identify ways that a business can use to motivate its employees
so as to increase productivity. Make sure you include financial and non-financial
methods of motivation
CALA
The Cala has two parts , A , B and C. You must complet all the parts .
PART A
- Carry out a research for an organization identifying ways that a business can
use to motivate its employees so as to increase productivity.
- In your research include observations, interviews, record notes and take
pictures
PART B
- Present your findings on the responses given and observations made.
PART C
Write a report on the financial and non-financial ways of motivating workers to the
relevant authority

How you would be assessed:

- Facilitator will consider the originality and explanations on motivation.
- To assess your presentation, your facilitator will consider your research
materials, explanations about motivation.
- Achievement standards specific to this CALA will be provided so that you
are aware of the assessment criteria.
CALA TIPS
As you carry out your research, remember:
- Use ICT tools
- Take pictures

LEARNER CALA GUIDE

LEARNING AREA: BUSINESS ENTERPRISE SKILLS

LEVEL: FORM 4
CALA TYPE: RESEARCH AND PRESENTATION

CALA TITLE: MOTIVATION

NAME

SCHOOL:

CALA CONTEXT
Many businesses don’t know ways of increasing productivity at their workplaces.
You are required to identify ways that a business can use to motivate its employees
so as to increase productivity. Make sure you include financial and non-financial
methods of motivation.

CALA DESCRIPTION
To develop a good document analyzing ways of motivation
PartA
- Prepare questions that you are going to use in your research (5 marks)
- Carry out interviews and make observations in the organization on how
workers can be motivated. (5marks)
PART B
- Presentation of findings on the responses given and observations
made(10marks)
PART C

- Report writing on the financial and non-financial ways of motivating

workers (10)
HOW YOU WILL BE ASSESSED
The CALA will be assessed out of 30 marks
The facilitator will assess:
 - Your questions for the interview
- Observations or questionnaires as evidence of research
- Data presentation
- Your write up.

CALA TIPS
As you carry out your research remember:
- To write notes
- Use ICT Tools
- Take pictures.

TEACHER CALA GUIDE

LEARNING AREA : BUSINESS ENTERPRISE SKILLS

LEVEL : Form 4

CALA TYPE : Research ,Pen and paper

CALA TITLE :MOTIVATION

Topic

Business Communication
Competences
Critical thinking
Problem solving
Creativity and innovation
Decision making
Enterprise development
Technical and innovative

The questions prepared that are used in the research

Dimensions/
Criteria The evidence provided for questionnaires and observations
to be made in the local community
assessed
(partA)

(PartB) using the information obtained as guidelines to present the data

using statistical methods

identification of financial and non-financial ways of motivating

Objectives
to be workers

achieved Applying suggested methods of motivating workers to the

organization to increase productivity.

CALA Context

Many businesses don’t know ways of increasing productivity at their workplaces.

You are required to identify ways that a business can use to motivate its employees
so as to increase productivity. Make sure you include financial and non-financial
methods of motivation.
The CALA is assessed out of 30 marks.

Assessing the suitability of questions that are used in the research (5)

Assessing the suitability of answers given during questionnaires , interviews and

observations made in the local community (5)

Assessing the suitability of information and the presentation of the data(10)

Assessing the suitability and usability of the financial and non financial ways of
motivating workers. (10)

Assessment Procedure

Assessing the questions created

Assessing the questionnaires, interviews and observations made

Assessing the data presentation

Assessing the ways if motivating workers.

Awarding of marks

ACHIEVEMENT STANDARDS FOR THE RESEARCH AND PRESENTATION

TITLE: WAYS OF MOTIVATING EMPLOYEES

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DIMENSIONS
/ CRITERIA
Questions 5 4-3 2-1 0
prepared are
appropriate

Excellent Good Satisfactory Could not

drafted drafted 4 drafted draft
atleast 5 questions atleast 3 questions
questions that brought questions that brought
that brought out desired that brought out desired
out desired responses. out desired responses
responses. responses.

carry out 5 4-3 2-1 0

research and
make
observations
in the local
community
(atleast 2 or
more
questionnaire
s)

Excellent Satisfactory unsatisfactor Could not

interviews interviews y interviews carry out
and and and interviews
observation observation observations and
s made in s made in made in the observation
the the organization s in the
organization organization organization

Present 10-8 7-6 5-3 2-0

pictures on
products that
can be
added value
to, showing
the end added
value
products (10)

Excellent Good Satisfactory Could

Presentatio Presentatio Presentation present less
 n of the n of the of ways of information
findings on findings on motivating on ways of
both ways of workers with motivating
financial motivating limited workers
and non- workers information with no key
financial with out key on the key or labels
ways of or labelling and labeling
motivating
workers
with a key
and well
labelled
diagrams

writing up 10-8 7-6 5-3 2-0

a report
indicating the
ways of
motivating
workers to the
relevant
authority

Excellent Good report Satisfactory Could only

report indicating report indicating
indicating the atleast 3 indicating the the 1 or no
the atleast ways of atleast 2 ways of
5or more motivating ways of motivating
ways of workers to motivating workers to
motivating the relevant workers to the relevant
workers to authority the relevant authority
the relevant with good authority without
with address good good
authority address address
good
address

TOTALS
MARKING GUIDE
CALA component C
Part A.
Interview guide/ questionnaires
 1.Structure of questions *(4)*
2.Responses *2*
3.Relevence of questions & quality *2*
4.Evidence of research - *2*
TOTAL *10*

PART B
1presentation of data on ways of motivating workers both financial andnon-
financial methods *8*
2. labeling and key *3*
Total *10*
Part C
Report
1.Address with date , title, from and to highlighted and signature *3*
2.Content ways of motivating workers and relevancy theories *7*
-financial ways and non-financial ways
Total 10 marks