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Benefits of Motivation

 

Employees can be motivated through different factors such as money, rewards, and recognition. Motivation is an important concept for employees to generate a good feeling about their job and perform effectively. Motivated employees directly impact on the productivity level of the employees and organization. When employees are motivated, they tend to perform their responsibilities properly and it will lead to increasement of production numbers within organization. If employees are not motivated, they will not provide that much effort to the organization and they tend leave the company or will work in a low-quality way. Hence motivation is an important factor for employees to work in a consistent, creative, and productive way and also to generate quality performance within organization (Ganta, 2014). According to Ganta (2014), Followings are the some of the benefits of motivation.

01.  Employees can achieve their personal goals – when employees are motivated, they can achieve their personal goals and also it will help for the self-development. When employees are met their goals, they will identify the relationship between their effort and results which will lead to further motivation of them and then they continue to achieve more goals.

02.  Higher employee satisfaction – motivation will lead to higher employee satisfaction which will benefited for the company as well to progress further. Employees can be satisfied through promotion opportunities, rewards to get their maximum potential within organization.

03.  Can increase efficiency level of the employee – employee efficiency can be achieved through having a balance between employee willingness and ability. This balance will generate good productivity, high efficiency and helps in reducing operational cost. All can be achieved through motivation.

04.  Helps to achieve organizational goals – According to Kumar & Garg (2011), the core potential of the organization is dependent on the motivated employees who are contributing to the achievement of organizational goals. organization can achieve their objectives and goals by the fulfillment of cooperation and coordination through motivation. Motivation and job satisfaction helps in achieving goals (Lather & Jain, 2005).

05.  Good team harmony - Motivation will lead to proper work environment with good relationship which are helpful in achieving organizational success.

06.  Management of human capital – organization can get the full potential of the employees through the resources the company has when the employees are motivated. When the employees are motivated, they tend to perform their duties in a proper manner.

07.  Stability of workforce – organization can build loyal workforce within the company through motivation. Motivation can help in creating a feeling of participation within organization among employees. These will help in attracting more qualified employees to the organization.

According to Varma (2018), some other benefits of motivation is usage of resources in an optimum way, ability of organization to face challenges, creating a performance-oriented organization. Therefore, based on these it is important have motivated workforce in terms of achieving long term objectives of the company as well as employees. Further motivation is important in impacting on employee performance which ultimately impact on organizational performance as well (Risambessy et al 2012).

 

References

Ganta, v. C., 2014. Motivation in the workplace to improve the employee performance. International Journal of Engineering Technology, Management and Applied Sciences, 2(6), pp. 221-230.

Risambessy, A. Swasto, B.  Thoyib, A. &  Astuti, E., 2012. The Influence of Transformational Leadership Style, Motivation, Burnout towards Job Satisfaction and Employee Performance, J. Basic. Appl. Sci. Res., 2(9) pp 8833-8842.

Lather, A. S. & Jain, S. 2005. Motivation and job satisfaction a study of associates of public and private sector. Delhi Business Review. 6(1), pp 77-84.

Kumar, N. & Garg. P. 2011. Impact of motivational factors on employee’s job satisfaction- A study on some selected organization in Punjab, India, ASIAN JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT RESEARCH, Volume 2, pp 672-683.

Varma, C. 2018. Importance of employee motivation and job satisfaction for organizational performance. International journal of social science and interdisciplinary research, 6(2), PP10-20.

 

Comments

  1. Nice Post Dumindu. Motivation increase employee satisfaction .Organization can provide incentive, promotion, and opportunities for employee’s .This will create good relationship with employee and organization as a result, organization can increase the profit through increase productivity further, employee motivation leads to achieve of organization goals (Anka 1988).

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  2. Hi Duminda , nicely written on , Employee benefits are rewards that a company gives to its employees only because they work for it.They are rarely linked to employee performance.
    They do, however, sometimes depend on the employee's rank in the organization, his achievements, and the length of time he has worked there.
    Employee perks can be divided into three categories, according to Strenitzerová (2015).

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  3. Dear Dumidu. I agreed with your Post. Also I like to add that Employee motivation is one of the policies of managers to increase effectual job management amongst employees in organizations (Shadare et al, 2009).

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  4. Dear Dumidu. you are spot on in your post and i also would like to add that Employers can increase employee retention and engagement through a number of practical people-focused strategies (International Journal of Development Research, February, 2014)

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  5. Hi Dumindu. I agree with your post. Direction, Effort and Persistence are referred to as the three components of motivation Arnold et al (1991).

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  6. Hi well explained the benefits of the Motivation However to add more the most important factor influencing human behavior and performance is motivation (Abbah, 2014). Employees can be motivated on the job for various reasons such as recognition, job enjoyment, promotion opportunities, Incentives, and personal growth.

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  7. Motivation is one of the most important variables in Human Resource Management, according to numerous researches(Saijanen, 2017).Motivated are more productive than those who are not. If an employee is satisfied and happy, he or she will perform at the highest level possible. The outcome will be beneficial, and it will inspire other office workers.(Bogdanova & Naunivska, 2008).

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  8. Hi Dumidu, the points you have mentioned here are very valid and clear. Further to support the topic I would like to add a few more things to it. High employee motivation is very important for an organization. It can affect an organization in many ways. For example, Employee motivation helps to achieve organizational targets, goals and helps to increase productivity, and efficiency and provides support to maintain future sustainability (Varma, 2017). Employee Motivation can be introduced in another way, Employee Motivation is a key point for create effective organizational management (Abbah, 2014).

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  9. Dear Dumindu, I agree with your post, It is also stated that Organizations are in deep need of motivated employees as it is being understood that motivation affects helps achieve following organizational objectives: (Varma, 2018).
     Unified direction of the group/Teams.
     Higher level of effectiveness and efficiency.
     Elevated organizational commitment.
     Optimum use of resources.
     Building a performance oriented environment (Creative & Innovative).
     Increases organization ability to face uncertain business challenges .
     Employee retention and attraction for stable and continuous manpower supply.

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  10. Hi Dumindu, You have explained this topic well, To overcome these restraints, a strong and positive relationship should be created and maintained between employees and their organizations. Unless and until, the employees of an organization are satisfied, are motivated for the tasks fulfillment and goals achievement, no organization can progress or achieve success"(Adi, 2000, Anka, 1988, Rothberg, 2005).

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  11. Hi Dumindu, Nicely Written on.
    Starting from Dwight D. Eisenhower’s statement, “Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it”.better HR management through an efficent motivation and recognition system. There should be a standard to evaluate the performances and how to allocate of the rewards. The promotion opportunities should be more open by increasing employees' skills through courses. The company ought to encourage the personal skills development and potential, to stimulate employees who fulfill their tasks perfectly. In case of new employees, the organization must show support for them and invest in creativity and initiative. Also, there must be a better performance dissemination ( Achim & Dragolea et al.,2013)

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  12. Hi Dumindu, As you explained motivated employees bring a lot of benefits to the organisation and they use their performance to affect the business efficiency, and therefore the success and sustainability of the enterprise (Lorincova, Starcho, Weberova , Hitka and Lipoldova, 2019 ).

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  13. Interesting post Dumindu. To further add to what you have explained, Motivated employees are more likely to deal with ambiguity more effectively than those who are not. They are more self-assured in their work because they are more engaged. As a result, they know how to handle challenging circumstances that arise inside an organization (Smarp.com, 2019).

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