...Employee Motivational Action Plan Building a well balanced team that understands their goals within an organization, and implements them is both challenging, and critical. To be successful, the team must know the expectations, and they must have the tools to complete each task. It is the responsibility of management to ensure that each team member understands his or her role and has the confidence to navigate any issues that arise. After reviewing the data collections from the individual yearly performance reviews, it is apparent that each person should be approached differently, in regard to motivation, and emotional techniques. The motivational strategy or strategies to be determined that would be most appropriate for each of these three employees based on their individual characteristics (Robbins & Judge, 2011). These people not only react differently to any given situation but also start at different points as well. According to University of Phoenix Apollo Group Riordan Manufacturing (2011), promotional reviews analyzes the three employees evaluated here appear to be positive fixtures in the organization. Riordan Manufacturing Performance Review Overview Riordan Manufacturing does yearly Performance Reviews. Three employees were evaluated and recommendations for improvement were made. According to University of Phoenix Apollo Group Riordan Manufacturing (2011), first employee is Mary Tran her Job Title is web support specialist in the IT Department, her Reviewer...
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...Employee Portfolio: Motivation Action Plan MGT/311 June 30, 2013 Abstract Motivation is the process that determines how hard an individual works to achieve a goal. There are several modern theories of motivation that will help managers meet the motivational needs of their employees. Using the most appropriate theory of motivation will ensure that the motivational strategy and action plan selected will be effective and achieve the desired results. Keeping employees motivated will help the organization run smoothly and efficiently. Employee Portfolio: Motivation Action Plan Of the several modern motivational theories that are currently used, three have been selected to create a motivational action plan for the Riordan employees. Each plan is designed to help motivate the individual employee and keep them functioning at their highest level of quality. The motivational theory that has been selected for Jami is the self-determination theory. This theory is based on the belief that people need or want to control their own actions. The motivational action plan follows this theory by giving Jami some decision-making power. The action plan also offers verbal acknowledgment of the work that she performs. These actions will help keep Jami motivated and encourage her to strive for greater success. The motivational theory that best fits with the personality characteristics of Breana is the goal-setting theory. This theory focuses on the belief that by giving an employee...
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...Motivation Theories and Motivational Plan Essay Cristie M. Roach Grand Canyon University: EDA575 March 29, 2014 Motivation Theories and Plans within an Organization In his book Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World, motivation guru Zig Ziglar said, “Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis” (Goodreads, 2014). Motivation is the ability to get a person to commit to and actively participate in reaching the agreed upon goals. Motivation is a never-ending, daily process that takes time and careful thought. Motivation requires different strategies to produce different result at different times. There is “no single strategy that can produce guaranteed favorable results all the time” (Halepota, 2005). One of the difficulties in motivating a group of people is that they are individuals that often react differently to the same kind of change or action. Managers can work hard at creating a positive motivational atmosphere with the goal to achieve greater productivity, but they will probably not motivate everyone, because everyone is motivated by different things (Halepota, 2005). Motivational Theories Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a psychological theory that helps to understand human behavior and to select motivational strategies appropriate to each individual within the group. Understanding this theory helps to differentiate workers and their needs. Recognizing that several people within...
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...University of Phoenix Material Employee Portfolio: Motivation Action Plan |Team Member Name |Summary of Individual Characteristics |Motivational Strategy and Action Plan |Relevant Theory | | | |A progressive training program that will develop the skills | | | | |necessary to complete the required functions of the job may | | |Vicki D. |Has low job satisfaction and low engagement due to a|assist with the lack of job satisfactions and disengagement, | | | |lack of skills and knowledge. Appears to be more |This will also lead to higher productivity and improve the | | | |concerned about recognition/monetary rewards and |quality of work. Recognizing these achievements and providing |Cognitive Evaluation | | |incentives than personal goal achievement |appropriate feedback will motivate the employee. | | | ...
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...University of Phoenix Material Employee Portfolio: Motivation Action Plan Determine the motivational strategy or strategies that would likely be most appropriate for each of your three employees on basis of their individual characteristics. Indicate how you would leverage their employee evaluations to motivate each of the three employees. Describe one or more of the motivational theories and explain how the theories connect to each of your selected motivational strategies. |Team Member Name |Summary of Individual Characteristics |Motivational Strategy and Action Plan |Relevant Theory | | |94, 27, 40, 39, 38, & 34 are all above average |This employee is highly motivated and the action plan is to |Self-Determination Theory | |Employee One |scores for employee one. Employee one shows great |continue to keep this person on the high level by letting him or| | | |job satisfaction, engagement, deliberate decision |her know what they are doing has value and is needed in the | | | |maker, emotional and intensity sounded. |department and the organization. | | | ...
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...Many may argue that creating a motivational plan is strictly for the good of the employees and their needs. Well, while a motivational plan does benefit the employees, Collard (2002) suggests, "the ultimate goal of the motivational plan is to improve the equity value of the company" (p. 57). The motivation plan then obviously benefits both the corporation and the employee when it accomplishes the goal that is was intended to address. Many factors must be considered when creating a motivation plan. Some of these are as follows: employee base, managers, corporation goals, and employee benefits. While all motivational plans are intended to increase productivity, only the well-orchestrated and managed plans are truly able to fulfill their intended purpose. One article (Incentive Edge', 1994) stated that incentives could be used in any part of an organization with equal effect. Some of the benefits that arise from incentives are upswings in sales and market share, better productivity and quality, lower absenteeism and employee turnover, improved safety and work habits, and improved loyalty and teamwork. Corporate and Managerial Role Corporations have an extreme interest in the success of employee incentive programs. The more successful these are the more successful the company will be. There is however a role that the organizations must play in creating and maintaining these motivational plans. Collard states that "the key to success is to: 1.) set realistic goals and timeframes;...
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...Jessica Boyd Week 3 Employee Portfolio: Motivation Action Plan April 21, 2014 Susan Mills Employee Portfolio: Motivation Action Plan One of the most important aspects of a supervisor’s job it to ensure that his/her employees are happy and satisfied with their career. Motivation is defined “as the process that accounts for an individual’s intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal” (Robbins & Judge, 2011). In the motivation plan that follows there are several different motivational theories that have been chosen for the three employees at Riordan Manufacturing which will be used in the effort to increase performance within the company. Samuel Boyd– Goal Setting Theory After reviewing the self-assessment survey taken by Samuel Boyd, there are many motivational theories that could be used; however the theory that will produce the best results for him is the goal-setting Theory. Samuel’s assessment indicates that he is willing to try new things but allows personal or professional setbacks to keep him from going after his ambitions. In order to motivate him management will use the reward system which will connect to the goal-setting theory and making sure his is setting obtainable, realistic goals. This will motivate him and encourage him to continue to strive for more out of his career. It is management’s understanding that Mr. Boyd has set unrealistic goals in the past which is the main reason for his frustrations and ultimately giving up on...
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...|Employee Portfolio | |Motivational Action Plan | | | |Alexa Bynum | |MGT/311-Organizational Development | |Fred Greifenstein | |6/04/2012 | In this summary I will determine the motivational strategy or strategies that would be appropriate for each employee Riordan Manufacturing who was chosen for self-assessments. I will describe how the strategy selected connects to one or more of the motivational theories described in our text. Elizabeth is a strong employee who is overall satisfied with her job and has a self-awareness regarding...
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...Employee Profile: Motivation Action Plan Brenda Baillargeon MGT/311 – Organizational Development August 6, 2012 Steve Rosales Employee Profile: Motivation Action Plan Motivation is individual effort expended with intensity, direction, and persistence toward reaching a goal. Managers have a responsibility to understand, support, and encourage motivational procedures and habits for their employees. Individual characteristics determine which motivational strategies would be most appropriate for each employee at Riordan Manufacturing. Employee assessment results will be utilized to motivate each of the three employees. Different theories exist in how to motivate people to accomplish tasks. Robbins & Judge, 2010, stated that individuals stick with tasks and achieve their goals because of motivation. Determining which motivational strategies would be most effective for employees was based on individual assessment results. First, Felicia Baillargeon would benefit from an employee development program to encourage social interaction between employees. This also enables individuals to move into leadership positions (Ingram, D. 2012). Job rotation may benefit Felicia and offer more social skills minimizing distorted perceptions of reality in others. Job enrichment including open feedback channels to encourage employee to monitor personal growth and performance skills. My second employee, Stephanie would benefit from an employee recognition program. This would boost...
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...University of Phoenix Material Employee Portfolio: Motivation Action Plan Determine the motivational strategy or strategies that would likely be most appropriate for each of your three employees on basis of their individual characteristics. Indicate how you would leverage their employee evaluations to motivate each of the three employees. Describe one or more of the motivational theories and explain how the theories connect to each of your selected motivational strategies. |Team Member Name |Summary of Individual Characteristics |Motivational Strategy and Action Plan |Relevant Theory | | | | | | | |50+ white female |Job satisfaction is high, but employee is stifled in her current| | |MPO |34 years of service, currently part-time status |position. To ensure continued job satisfaction, goal-setting | | | |married, local resident, mother of 7 |theory and reinforcement theory could prove effective for this |Goal setting | | ...
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...Employee Portfolio Lidia Reyes January 14, 2013 MGT/311 Mary Roberson University of Phoenix Material Employee Portfolio: Motivation Action Plan Determine the motivational strategy or strategies that would likely be most appropriate for each of your three employees on basis of their individual characteristics. Indicate how you would leverage their employee evaluations to motivate each of the three employees. Describe one or more of the motivational theories and explain how the theories connect to each of your selected motivational strategies. |Team Member Name |Summary of Individual Characteristics |Motivational Strategy and Action Plan |Relevant Theory | | |Self-motivator, engaging, positive, polite, |Robin your motivational strategy is to accomplish the task |The theory that is relevant to this strategy is | | |responsible, hard worker, punctual, technology |assigned In a timely manner. You will team up with your front |the Self-Efficacy Theory because Robin is an | |Robin Molina |savey, resolve task in a timely manner, and |end supervisor and learn to do all the weekly reports that |individual who believes that he can perform any | | |organized. |belong in your shrink binder. ...
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...Motivation Action Plan Thomas Ontiveros MGT 311 February 19, 2013 Cynthia Wolfe University of Phoenix Material Employee Portfolio: Motivation Action Plan Determine the motivational strategy or strategies that would likely be most appropriate for each of your three employees on basis of their individual characteristics. Indicate how you would leverage their employee evaluations to motivate each of the three employees. Describe one or more of the motivational theories and explain how the theories connect to each of your selected motivational strategies. Team Member Name | Summary of Individual Characteristics | Motivational Strategy and Action Plan | Relevant Theory | John S. | With the company 12 years Strong work ethic but not challenged seems to be burned out or stuck in a rut. | Increase the challenge change up his tasking. Put him with new team to revitalize his skills. | | Kim B. | With the company 5 years. Shows strong leadership skills. Very hard charging. Great work ethic. Team player. | She is self-motivated. Offer her more opportunity’s to lead and take charge. Place her with mentors for future guidance. | | Robert F. | With the company 1 year. Show signs of being a future leader still need honing. Has shown a wiliness to push hard and get the job done. | Keep challenging with goal based jobs. Get him to step up to new task and place in a team that has strong team...
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...motivations they will encounter in the work day. There are many approaches to motivating employees and many ways for employees to accept it. Motivation is the crucial element in setting and attaining goals. Applying the DiSC assessments helps managers deal with their role as a motivator and developer of talent for their team or group of subordinates. As Facilities and Environmental Health & Safety Director, William Maloney is responsible for equipment uptime, maintaining manufacturing capability/continuance, space allocation, employee environment/satisfaction, site cleanliness/overall appearance, employee safety, leases, making sure space and all required utilities are available when needed, and security officers on a daily basis for Spectra Physics Lasers (a Division of Newport Corporation). William influences his employees and team by being straightforward and truthful, demonstrating integrity and fairness, creating the expectation of honesty, balancing employee needs with company expectations, giving support when needed, allowing them to be comfortable in their field while expecting a reach to find improvement, and creating an environment with the acceptance of failure with the understanding that long lasting corrective action will be taken. Employees are encouraged to respond quickly to requests and issues, demonstrate reliability with high quality work, do what they say and agree they will do, use resources effectively, strive to establish an...
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...In this summary I will determine the motivational strategy or strategies that would be appropriate for each employee Riordan Manufacturing who was chosen for self-assessments. I will describe how the strategy selected connects to one or more of the motivational theories described in our text. Elizabeth is a strong employee who is overall satisfied with her job and has a self-awareness regarding her attitude, adaptability and ability to get a job done in a timely manner. Elizabeth’s area of opportunity for growth is being able to stay focused on the tasks at hand. We plan to create a task list in which she can stay focused on what needs to be accomplished within her work day. The theory we chose to motivate her through is Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory of Motivation. According to Herzberg the hygiene factors can only be used as motivational factors that yield positive satisfaction. These factors will be called satisfiers. Psychological needs that lead to these satisfiers are recognition, sense of achievement, responsibility, and how meaningful the work is to be done (Robbins & Judge, 2011). Bobby has a strong ability to stay focused and remain on task and finishes projects on time. Bobby is overall dissatisfied with his job. In order for Bobby to feel accomplished he must stay on a project and have something to stay focused on. We will create a plan for Bobby that includes having an alternative work arrangement in place. For Bobby, like Elizabeth, we will create a core...
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...Employee Portfolio: Motivation Action Plan Creating a Motivational Plan As a manager of Riordan Manufacturing I have assessed three of my workers, created employee portfolios for them, and now I will determine which motivational strategies will work best for them. This week’s class discussion has focused on creating motivational strategies that are based on the individual characteristics of employees. These strategies are tailored to each worker’s traits, and therefore are more effective. In this essay I will discuss the motivational plans that I have chosen for each of my workers. Plan #1 Plan #1 is for my mother, Lynda, and for the purposes of this essay is an employee of Riordan Manufacturing. The summary of her individual characteristics is overall positive. She scored high in all categories of the assessment taken during week one of this class. She does not need any correction, but she can still use motivational techniques to enhance her performance at her job. I recommend both the Self-Efficacy Theory, and the Goal Setting Theory. The text states that, “Self-efficacy (also known as social cognitive theory or social learning theory) refers to an individual’s belief that he or she is capable of performing a task.” (Robbins & Judge, 2011, Chapter 7: Motivation Concepts). The text also states that it is even more beneficial when the Self-Efficacy Theory works in conjunction with the Goal Setting Theory. “Goal-Setting Theory addresses these issues, and the findings...
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