Motivation

• Motivation is the range of factors that influence people to behave in certain ways
• Job enrichment is designing a job to give interesting and challenging tasks
• Benefits of a motivated workforce

  • Higher productivity
  • Easier to attract new employees
  • High levels of sales
  • Few people leave (High retention rates)
• Piecework is a method of payment under which employees are paid according to the quantity of products they produce

  eg. bricklayer
• Financial motivation:

  • Bonuses
  • Raises
  • Comission
  • Piecework
• Non Financial motivation:

  • Praise
  • Job enrichment
  • Job rotation