Employee motivation and organization goals

Employee motivation is one of the main facts which is related to Human resource and also to the organization goals. Employees can be motivated in several ways. It defined as the level of energy, commitment, persistence and creativity that a company’s workers bring to their jobs. Employees can be motivated in several ways.

Maslow (1943) and Hertzberg (1959) believe that money is only an effective incentive factor to some extent. One employee’s low-level needs are satisfied, they will be motivated by non-monetary factors, such as job satisfaction which cannot be purchased with money from the outside but can only be provided by the company.

Therefore motivation has become one of the top priorities for most businesses to achieve their goals.

Organizations use different strategies to achieve their goals in the high competition environment. HR is the main assets to the organization and if that main asset can lead with satisfaction, they can fulfil their goals as well.

·        A reasonable salary                 

·        Promotion

·        Bonus scheme

·        Pension scheme

·        Scholarships

·        Rewards

·        Feedbacks

·        Happy work environment

·        High quality leadership

·        Clear internal process

·        Flexible working hours

·        Encouragement

·        Respect towards the staff

·        Identification and fulfilment of their goals are some of the main facts that can be used for the motivation.

Challenges to motivation It  is  altogether  not  very  easy  for  an  organization  to  create  a  motivated  and  committed environment, following are a few challenges faced:

·        Dynamic and competitive business environment

·        Ignorance and less understanding of the importance of motivation on the part of management

·        Non commitment of the organization towards employee expectation, a narrow mindset

·         Non – competitive organizational structure and people policies and practices

·        Less understanding of the employee expectations 

·        Existing performance management system

·        The vague organizational expectation from employees

·        Competitive employee market, creating high mobility of employees

·        Challenges to motivation

If the employees are motivated they work in a very clever manner and with high dedication through the organization and it will become a win-win situation among organization and employees, which is considered an ideal environment in numerous organizations and their employees.

Motivation has a close connection with every part of the organization such as administrative, production, leadership, efficiency and effectiveness. A motivated and qualified workforce is essential for any company to get achieve their goals and fulfil customer satisfaction. Managers should have a good capability for doing this and balance the humans and sustain motivation. Human nature is very complex and understanding the motivating factor of every employee is a difficult task. Therefore an effective leadership and management are required to appreciate employees.

References

VARMA, D., 2017. IMPORTANCE OF EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION & JOB SATISFACTION FOR ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE. International Journal of Social Science & Interdisciplinary Research, pp. 17,18.[Accessed 28 03 2021].