Project Management / Organizational behaviour

Running Head : Motivation and Change

The Impact of Change on Employee Motivation : Recommendations for the MMU Business School Introduction

The contract has been awarded to project manage the moving of MMU Business School (MMUBS ) from its present location in the Aytoun Building to a new building on Oxford Road

The move will include moving all offices , the library , information systems support and the dropin , computer laboratories , reception , media services , and all other associated services housed within the business school . The project has been expanded to include managing the change in

br culture of staff (both academic and administrative . The new culture and learning environment needs to be in place by the end of the move . This serves as a reflection of the transformation from the existing the new set-up brought about by the change in location

Motivation

Motivation is a general term applying to the entire class of drives desires , needs , wishes and similar forces . According to Mullins (2002 motivation is a process that starts with a physiological or psychological deficiency or need that activates behaviour or a drive that is aimed at a goal or incentive . Miller (1989 ) defines motivation as The study of all of those pushes and prods - biological , social and psychological - that defeat our laziness and move us either eagerly or reluctantly into action

Motivation , as defined by Green (in Weiner , 1992 ) is an internal direction or persistence of a person 's behaviour in achieving a particular task or duty . In addition to this , motivation is a temporary state of a person and should not be taken hand in hand with emotion directly or with personality . Generally speaking , motivation is being able to have the desired or the willingness that is necessary in to do something . A very motivated individual has the potential to reach a goal or an objective . Motivation can be brought about by certain factors and will be comprehensive explained in the following sections of this . Moreover , in to gain a better understanding of motivation , certain concepts to motivation will be explained namely rewards and incentives , intrinsic and extrinsic motivation punishment , aggression , stress , secondary goals , coercion and self-control . The first concept is rewards and incentives

Recommendation 1 : Setting a Clear and Compelling Vision for the Transfer

The value of a clear and compelling vision has always been key to the success of all HR programs of the organisation . Thus , before the Organisation Development Department launches any change management initiative , it ensures that top management has laid down a clear vision for the undertaking and has committed to support the undertaking . This practice has been applicable to the people development agenda of the company "All leaders have the capacity to create a compelling vision one that takes people to a new place , and the ability to translate that vision into reality (Bennis , 1992 in Organ , 1998 . Modern leadership literature frequently characterizes the leader as the vision holder , the keeper of the dream , or the person who has a vision of...