Research Methods (one of management module)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction .3

Purpose of the Research .3

Objectives of the Research .4

3 .1Specific Objectives .4

3 .2Broad Objectives .4

Research Questions .5

Scope of the Research .5

Literature Review .5

6 .1Definition of Motivation .5

6 .2How to Motivate Employees .6

6 .3Importance of Staff Motivation .6

6 .4Theories of Motivation .7 p

6 .5Brief of Qatar Petroleum .8

6 .6Motivational Strategies and Their Effectiveness at Qatar Petroleum .8

Research Design and Methodology .10

7 .1Introduction .10

7 .2Research Design .11

Limitations .11

Statement of Ethical Issues .12

Conclusion .13

Reference List .14

Appendices .15

Questionnaire .15

Time Schedule .17

1 .0 Introduction to the Problem

Recent changes in the oil and gas industry in Qatar and neighbouring countries have seen an increase in the number of oil and gas companies This is due to the government 's initiative to increase the production of oil and gas through local and international companies . This new initiative has increased the level of competition in the industry with an upsurge of employee turnover to other competitors where they hope to secure lucrative positions with better incentives . Therefore retaining top performing employees became a major concern for most of the companies (Al-Harthy , 2008 :1 . The main objective of companies is to increase their productivity through the input of their employees . For the input to be up to per , the company needs to motivate its employees for...