Extrinsic Motivation In Business

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Many business managers today are not aware to the response that motivation can have on their business. The size of the business is not a factor when considering motivation: whether you’re trying to get full potential from one hundred or an individual everyone is in need of some form of motivation. It is something that is tackled differently by different organisations and the reasonability of its integration lies with all the supervisors of staff. However, it is the owner who must introduce motivation as a way to attain the businesses goals. It is key to understand the various tactics that managers and supervisors will use to motivate there working staff also why it’s important to initiate extrinsic and intrinsic motivation into the work place. “There is only one way…to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it” Dale Carnegie. It is firstly important to understand what motivation is? It’s the force that makes us do things: this is a result of our individual needs being met so we have inspiration to achieve a task. These needs change from each individual as everybody has their separate requirements’ to motivate themselves. “Every individual is unique and will respond differently to attempts to motivate him or her” (Bratton 2010 pg 210). When we suggest factors that determine the motivation of employees, the majority would instantly think of extrinsic motivation (higher salary). This is correct for the reason that some workers will be driven by money, but mostly wrong for the reason that it does not satisfy others as some people favour the intrinsic route were personal achievement or praise might be enough. This reinforces the statement that motivation is a personal characteristic, and not a one... ... middle of paper ... ... work as good as possible. Ultimately the general work staffs of a business is the engine room to any organisation and any good leader will know that keeping the engine running smoothly is key for any attempted movement forward for the business. This is why motivation is key to success whether it be content or process motivation. “We cannot afford to underestimate the extent to which our economy depends on maintaining the motivation and improving the ability of the workforce” Sir Brian Wolfson (Chairman of IIP UK) Human Motivation, David C. McClelland (1987) How to Motivate Every Employee: 24 Proven Tactics to Spark Productivity in the Workplace, Anne Bruce (2002) Maslow, A.H. (1943), a theory of human motivation. Psychological Review, regananddean.com Employee-motivation-skills.com Bizhelp24.com Cultureconsultancy.com

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