Behavior Modification Strategy

You are so right Lukesha, the behavior modification strategy is one of the best ways for management to motivate their employees and show gratitude. When you set out a goal or task for your employees to complete and offer them a chance to be rewarded for completing the task this pushes the employee to go extra hard to do so. Rewarding an employee with a bonus check or extra pay is definitely a motivational boost. Job rotation is also a good way to motivate employees, this gives the employee a chance to rotate to different jobs instead of staying on the same job.

Yes Penny, it is very important for managers to motivate their employees, as well as being positive role models. Members of management sometimes forget the importance of their employees

Building a work-related relationship is also a good thing as well. When a member of management motivates their employees, it shows them that they actually care. Just a simple pat on the back can go a long way. Motivation is the inner drive within a person that pushes a person toward accomplishing certain goals (Ferrell, pg.4). There are a few strategies that managers use to help motivate there employees. These strategies include job enlargement, job rotation, job enrichment, and flexible scheduling (Ferrell, pg. 17). Job enrichment can be a very successful strategy because of the rewarding that comes with it. Job enlargement adds additional tasks to one job instead of just creating two separate tasks (pg. 17). Job rotation will allow an employee to switch for one job to another to decrease potential stress that can occur with a job (pg.17) Job enrichment provides opportunities for growth and recognition within a job. Rewarding and showing recognition to your employees like, paid time or days off and or gift cards would be a good way of showing gratitude (Richardson, pg.33). When you motivate your employees you are more likely to keep your best employees and avoid the possibility of having a