Is motivation really an important issue? What is the most common and preferential way to motivate the worker?

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My proposed project will be to study the factors affecting workers in business environment . There are number of factors I would like to find out . Most workers in companies have not been taken seriously in terms of motivation especially where the company policy and management emphasizes on work to be done . This is also common in public sector where little research has been done to understand the job satisfaction levels and how it can be improved

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like to address are what are main the factors affecting job satisfaction of workers in private sector and what can be done to motivate them . The known factors are classified as intrinsic factors and extrinsic factors . These will be analyzed on the research in question and see how each is affecting work and business performance

These questions will be answered by doing a preliminary qualitative analysis to ascertain factors affecting workers in industries by sampling of some of the industries and business enterprises . This will be followed by quantitative and qualitative analysis of the companies within the locality . The data collected will be able to give the reasons of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction in which recommendations for improvement will be based

The approach will be based on the triangular system interconnecting between staff motivating factors , human resource management tools and community feedback . This interrelationship will be a guide to make inferences

INTRODUCTION

Motivation is critical in an organisation . It is defined as the degree at which an individual is willing to exert him or herself to achieve the goals of the organisation he /she is working with . It occurs at different levels i .e . individual or organizational . At individual level it is concerned with personal self esteem towards a particular work , his /her career goals expectation being in line with the organisations goals . At organizational level , motivation is depends on several factors such as remuneration , allowances , working conditions , workers relationships and availability of infrastructure (Dieleman et al . 2003

Motivation is associated with performance and productivity . Motivation to an individual depends on whether the person have achieved self fulfillment in to perform Valencia , 2008 . This achievement is influenced by performance management from managers to staff who should ensure workers are competent and motivated through continuous training support careers development , regular performance appraisal , and effective supervision . Such intrinsic factors are important for overall performance of the worker . Other external factors can affect the performance of the worker such as relationships with clients , local leaders , community leaders and general public perception (Dieleman et al . 2003 Sasknetwork 2003

Moore 1991 states several ways that can be used by managers to motivate workers these include team work , Personal involvement , work enhancement rewards , mutual exchange , competitive measures , punishment and fear . To illustrate this we give an example of health sector in most of developing countries in workers accounts 77 work in different levels engaged in part time employment of which 5 are fulltime employees in private practice (Dieleman...