2.4 MOTIVATION

The intrinsic and extrinsic factors that stimulate people to take actions that lead to achieving a gaol

extrinsic motivtaion

comes from external rewards associated with working on a task, for examples pay and other benefits

intrinsic motivation

comes from the satisfaction derived from working on and completing a task

indicator of poor staff motivation

absenteeism

lateness

poor performance

accidents

labour turnover

grievances

poor response rate

Motivation in practice

payment or financial reward systems

salary

wage

time-based wage rate

piece rate

commission

performance-related pay and bonuses

profit-related pay

employee share-ownership schemes

fringe benefits (perks)

annual income that is usually paid on a monthly basis

payment to a worker made for each hour worked

a payment to a worker for each unit produced

a payment to a sales person for each sale made

a bonus scheme to reward staff for above-average work performance

a bonus for staff based on the profits of the business - usually paid as proportion of basic salary

Non-financial methods of motivation

job enlargement

job enrichment

job rotation

team working

empowerment

attempting to increase the scope of a job by broadening or deepening the tasks undertaken

attempting to motivate employees by giving them opportunities to use the full range of their abilities

the practice of moving employees between different tasks to promote experience and variety

production is organised so that groups of workers undertake complete units of work