People

Subject: People

Topic: Motivation - Introduction

Motivation is the will to work. This comes from the enjoyment of the work itself and/or from the desire to achieve certain goals e.g. earn more money or achieve promotion.

Managers spend considerable time working out how best to motivate their workers and there are a number of different opinions about how this can be best done.

A well-motivated workforce can provide the following advantages:

Better productivity (amount produced per employee). This can lead to lower unit costs of production and so enable a firm to sell its product at a lower price
Lower levels of absenteeism as the employees are content with their working lives
Lower levels of staff turnover (the number of employees leaving the business). This can lead to lower training and recruitment costs
Improved industrial relations with trade unions
Contented workers give the firm a good reputation as an employer so making it easier to recruit the best workers
Motivated employees are likely to improve product quality or the customer service associated with a product

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