Using an organization within the construction and real estate industries as a case study, analyze existing practice with regard to motivating its employees, producing effective work teams and handing cultural change. Use established theory of best practic

EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION

A CASE STUDY OF BALFOUR BEATTY . UK

EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION A CASE STUDY OF BALFOUR BEATTY , UK .Introduction Balfour Beatty is an international construction firm with markets for rail road , utility systems , buildings and complex structures . The company is committed to customer satisfaction , first-class service , safety and a responsible approach to the environment . The 2006 revenue of the company has been approximately ?5 .9 billion and has over 30 ,000 people employed worldwide . Balfour Beatty has an excellent record , in recent years , in creating shareholder value by providing

value-added engineering construction and service skills to customers for whom infrastructure quality , efficiency and reliability are critical . With Over 100 new graduate entrants every year Balfour Beatty has been Voted the most admired construction company in the 2005 Management Today survey and is Winner of the Quality in Construction `Corporate Responsibility Achievement ' Award in 2006

Organizational Behaviour is the study and application of knowledge about how people , as individuals or groups act within organizations . It strives to identify ways in which people can act more efficiently and effectively in an organization . Thus , the key forces affecting organizational behaviour can be classified as People Structure , Technology and Environment of the organization . Like other disciplines of Management , Organizational behaviour has evolved with time to describe , understand , predict and control the key forces that affect organizational behavior . Specific employee 's attitudes relating to `job satisfaction ' and `organizational commitment ' are of major interest to the field of organizational behaviour and Human resource management (Fred Luthans , 2005 . This is because of the fact that only a satisfied employee can have organizational commitment . `Organizational commitment ' is an attitude of an individual with a strong desire to remain a member of a particular organization with willingness to exert high levels of effort on behalf of the organization , accepting the values and goals of the organization . Incidentally , Organizational commitment can be expected only from a satisfied worker and a satisfied worker is always a motivated worker . If there is no conflict between group goals and personal goals of a member in a group , i .e . goals of an employee and an organization in which he /she works are complementary and not contradictory , then the employee is motivated to work for the goals of the company , because , by doing so , he will be achieving his own personal goals (Fred Luthans , 2005 . Organizational behavior is interdisciplinary in its nature with deep roots in psychology . Thus success of an organization like Balfour Beatty has been on account of the apt application of the various concepts of organizational behaviour like Motivation , Decision Making , Group Behavior , Communication , Power and Politics , Organizational Structure , Organizational Culture , Human Resources Practices and Change Management . The concepts of Motivation in Balfour Beatty have been elaborated in this study

Motivation in Balfour Beatty

Motivation can be defined as a process , which begins with physiological or psychological need , or deficiency , which triggers behaviour or a drive that is aimed at a goal or an incentive (Fred luthans , 2005 . Motivation is...