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Chapter 10 Motivating
Chapter 10 Motivating
Apart from the key to an organization’s success, it's also the level of commitment, drive and energy that
a company's workers bring to the role every day. Without it, companies experience reduced
productivity, lower levels of output and it's likely that the company will fall short of reaching important
goals too.
When you understand Maslow's hierarchy of needs, you can use it as a rubric to evaluate the
environment and culture of your workplace. By working to help your employees meet their basic needs,
you are making it possible for them to be motivated toward higher goals within the organization
Job satisfaction is an individual's emotional response to his or her current job condition, while
motivation is the driving force to pursue and satisfy one's needs. Maslow and Herzberg's theories can be
easily applied to the workplace.
FAST-FOOD CHAIN crews can be motivated by celebrating milestones and achievements. Particularly if
a project has a long-term goal, celebrating smaller milestones along the course of the project
can help everyone on the team stay connected to the work and focused on the larger goal.
Gratitude and validation are an important part of recognizing those milestones, but tangible
rewards can also help. Financial bonuses, a lunch party, time off or a gift certificate for meeting
milestones can motivate everyone.
CASE 10 INDIANA SALES: SKYLINE
LEARNING ASSESSMENT
1. Assess the situation and describe what factor/s of motivation is not innate with Mr.
Cortes.
Mr. Cortes began to change when he knew that he will promote to become a sales supervisor
and maybe he is not interested to his promotion due to the structure of the work as supervisor.
Becoming a sales supervisor takes lot of responsibility because it is responsible for
overseeing the activities of the salesclerk, the utility boy, the driver, the records clerk, the
documents clerk, and the stock clerk. Oftentimes, the sales supervisor had to leave office at
8:00 P.M. due to the requirements of the job.