Motivation Theories

• What is the motivation behind Taylor's ideas on effective work?

  Taylor's ideas assume that individuals are motivated by personal gain and will work effectively if they are paid accordingly
• What is the motivation behind Taylor's ideas on effective work?

  Taylor's ideas assume that individuals are motivated by personal gain and will work effectively if they are paid accordingly.
• 1. Motivation is the reason why employees want to work hard and work effectively for the business
• 1. Bonus is an additional amount of payment above basic pay as a reward for good work
• 1. Profit sharing is a system whereby a proportion of the company's profits are paid out to employees
• 1. Job satisfaction is the enjoyment derived from feeling that you have done a good job
• 1. Job rotation involves workers swapping around and doing each specific task for only a limited time and then changing around again
• 1. Job enrichment involves looking at jobs and adding tasks that require more and/or responsibility
• 1. Team-working involves using groups of workers and allocating specific tasks and responsibilities to them
• 1. Training is the process of improving a worker's skills
• 1. Promotion is the advancement of an employee in an organisation, for example, to a higher job/managerial level
• 1. Organisational structure refers to the levels of management and division of responsibilities within an organisation
• 1. Organisational chart refers to a diagram that outlines the internal management structure
• 1. Hierarchy refers to the levels of management in any organisation, from the highest to the lowest.
• 1. A level of hierarchy refers to managers/supervisors/other employees who are given a similar level of responsibility in an organisation
• 1. Chain of command is the structure in an organisation which allows instructions to be passed down from senior management to lower levels of management
• 1. The span of control is the number of subordinates working directly under a manger
• 1. Directors are senior managers who lead a particular department or a division of a business
• 1. Line managers have direct responsibility for people below them in the hierarchy of an organisation
• 1. Supervisors are junior managers who have direct control over the employees below them in the organisational structure
• 1. Staff managers are specialists who provide support, information and assistance to line managers.
• 1. Delegation means giving a subordinate the authority to perform particular tasks
• 1. Leadership styles are the different approaches to dealing with people and making decisions when in apposition of authority - autocratic, democratic and laissez-faire
• 1. Autocratic leadership is where the manager expects to be in charge of the business and to have their orders followed
• 1. Democratic leadership gets other employees involved in the decision-making process
• 1. Laissez-faire leadership makes the broad objectives of the business known to employees, but then they are left to make their own decisions and organise their own work