...Employee Motivation and Career Development By Laura M. Davis Employee Motivation and Career Development Employee Motivation and Career Development is an essential concept of an organizations success. It is important to understand the effects of Employee Motivation and Career development and how it will utilize the success of an organization. Introduction The Career Development process can be used for many applications in an organization. It allows the employees to understand what skills they need to develop. The success of Career Development programs is to improve the competency of their employees and better utilize their KSA’s (knowledge, skills and abilities). It is important for employees to be trained in the skills essential for meeting the challenges an organization faces in achieving their goals and expectations. The purpose of this paper is to explain how Career Development plans are an essential part of enhancing the workplace environment and how an organization can develop their employees successfully. This paper will also explain how Employee Motivation can benefit an organization and what motivates employees to reach a higher potential in their work environment. It is important for employees to be motivated and encouraged to reach their full potential to prosper and grow in the organization. Employee Motivation Individuals have different reasons for working. Most individuals work because they need to obtain something they need from work. Whatever the employees obtain...
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...EFFECT OF MOTIVATION AND TRAINING ON THE PRODUCTIVITY OF AN ORGANIZATION TABLE OF CONTENT Title Page - - - - - - - - - - i Certification- - - - - - - - - - ii Dedication - - - - - - - - - - iii Acknowledgement - - - - - - - - iv Table of contents - - - - - - - - - v Abstract - - - - - - - - - - vi CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study - - - - - - - 1 – 3 1.2 Statement of the problem - - - - - - - 3 – 4 1.3 Objectives of the study - - - - - - - 5 1.4 Research Questions - - - - - - - - 5 1.5 Hypothesis - - - - - - - - - 6 1.6 Significance of the study - - - - - - - 6 1.7 Scope of the study - - - - - - - - 7 1.8 Limitation of the study - - - - - - - 7 – 10 1.9 Plan of the study - - - - - - - - 10 – 11 1.9.1 Definition of terms - - - - - - - 11 CHAPTER TWO : LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Introduction - - - - - - - - - 8 2.2 Concept of motivation and training - - - - - 12 – 15 2.3 Theories of motivation - - - - - - - - 16 – 21 2.3.1 Motivation in Nigerian banking industry - - - - 21 – 23 2.4 Factors that trigger training - - - - - - - 23 – 24 2.5 Aims of training - - - - - - - - 24 2.6 Benefits of training to organization - - - - - 24 – 26 2.7 Benefits of training to employees - - - - - - 26 2.8 Types of training - - - - - - - - 27 – 30 2.9 Appraisal of training- - - - - - - - - 30 2.10 Methods of evaluation - - - - - - - 31 CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 Introduction - - - - - - - - - 31 3.2 Population - - - - - - - - - 31 3.3 Sampling...
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...Workplace Rewards Assessment Jasamine Stephens PHL/320 – Human Motivation May 5, 2012 Instructor: Richard Reinsch Job Redesign and Workplace Rewards Assessment Sandler Training (Sandler) is a global training organization that provides training and consulting services for small to medium size business as well as corporate training for future 1000 companies. Sandler’s global headquarters is located in Owings Mills, Maryland, and the company has 220 franchise training centers in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Currently, the company provides training in 27 different languages (Sandler Training, 2011). In 1967, David Sandler created the Sandler Selling System methodology, creating sales training programs for companies. Sandler expanded its training into a franchising operation in 1983. The corporate office houses approximately 20 employees of various departments such as, global accounts, US operations, international operations, marketing, accounting and legal. It is the responsibility of the corporate office staff to make sure that the 220 global franchises have the items necessary to provide the Sandler brand of training. Managing and working with a global team can sometimes be a difficult task. The management...
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...Running Head: Training and Career Development System 1 Training and Career Development System Michelle De Silva May 13, 2013 University of Phoenix Training and Career Development System 2 ABSTRACT A topic that is relevant to almost all organizations is work motivation. All employees in every organization are a common research area in I/O psychology. There are two types of motivation that have emerged in recent years are the driven to work and enjoyment of work motives based on the vast motivation literature. The driven to work motive is based on the feeling that a person should work (they feel compelled to), while the enjoyment of work motive emphasizes intrinsic motivation and personal enjoyment of the work itself. Training and Career Development System 3 Training & Career Development System I. Introduction ……………………………………………..pg 4-6 II. Purpose for training ……………………………………..pg 6-7 A. Ability to attract employees …………………………pg 7-9 B. Recognize, Reinforce & Reward C. Skills Development D. Enhancing performance motivation E. Assessment phase ……………………………………pg 10-11 1. Readiness for training 2. Skill orientation 3. Planning III. Model of Motivation ……………………………………pg 11-13 1. Expectancy Theory 2. Organizational...
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...PRACTICES AND THEIR IMPACT ON EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION Course: Methods in Business Research Instructor: Fatima Saman Qaisar Semester: Spring 2016 Group Number: 1 Section: 2013 BBA-B Group Members: Ahsan Bashir Gill L13-4761 Tayyab Javaid L13-4713 Humza Humayun L13-4879 Mishall Masood L13-4886 Word Count: 3540 Table of Contents: Abstract: 2 Introduction: 3 Research Questions: 3 Research Objectives: 3 Background: 4 Literature Review: 5 INFLUENCE OF INDEPENDENT VARIABLE ON DEPENDENT VARIABLE: 5 SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM: 6 HYPOTHESIS: 6 Methodology and Data: 7 NATURE OF RESEARCH: 7 POPULATION: 7 SAMPLE SIZE: 7 INSTRUMENT OF DATA DESIGN: 7 MEASURING SCALE: 7 DATA COLLECTION METHODS: 8 LIST OF BANKS 8 Project Management: 9 COST: 9 LIMITATIONS: 9 Interpretation: 10 Frequency 10 Correlation 13 Demographic variables 15 Data Analysis 20 Results: 20 Conclusion: 21 Recommendations: 21 Appendix: 24 QUESTIONNAIRE: 24 Abstract: Employee motivation is a factor of importance these days for all organizations. Every organization is busy in finding a way to enhance employee motivation using HR practices. So we have conducted a study referring to variables effecting employee motivation. We adopted a hypothesis testing approach through survey methodology to find the relationship between different variables. The research is based on hypothesis that is if the employees are satisfied with the HR practices of banks, their motivation will increase. A problem identified...
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...REVIEW Training and development are one of the major areas of the Human Resource Management functions that are particularly relevant to the effective utilization of human resources of the organization. Hardly any organization these days would disagree with the significance of training influencing the success of an organization. In the world of hi-tech era, Employees are a critical and expensive resource whose retention is essential. The optimization of the employees’ contribution in order to achieve the aims and goals of the company is necessary for company’s growth and effective performance. Most of the leading writers have done the research in this regard. They have strong belief and statistic prove to the importance of training and development for the growth of organization as well as the economy. For example, according to Guest (1997) training and development programs is one of the vital human resource management practices that affects the value of the workforce’s knowledge, capability and skills positively, ultimately consequences are higher on job employee performance and superior organizational performance. Kinnie et al. (2003) state that studies in proofs the existence of strongly positive relationship among HRM practices and organizational performance. Hameed A. and Waheed A. (2011) wrote a research evaluating the theoretical framework and models that are linked with the development of employee and the impact of these models on the performance of employee. The authors...
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...stakeholders. Although between employer and employee there is an exchange of money for labor, intrinsic motivation is also a driving force which empowers and uplifts the employee to accomplish the required tasks more effectively. Extrinsic rewards such as bonus and commission are tangible rewards that companies bestow on employees who achieve set levels of performance (Resnick, 2009). According to (Deci, 2000), intrinsic motivations are intangible rewards such as inspiration and job satisfaction that employees get from doing meaningful work and performing it well. Hence, it is critical for organizations to examine and have an in depth understanding of these effects towards employee's motivation. 2. Effects contributing to extrinsic rewards Extrinsic rewards are appreciation through compensation which an organization pays to its employees for better performance, commitment and efficiency at work (Muhammad Ehsan Malik, 2010). Extrinsic reward is highly related to company policies and administration, supervision, interpersonal relationships, working conditions, salary status and security (Herzberg, 2003) (Gkorezis, 2008). Other example of extrinsic rewards are financial rewards, training, promotion or advancement opportunities within organization, the social climate, and physical working conditions, extra vacation time (O'Driscoll, 1999) (Panagiotis Gkorezis, 2008) (Resnick, 2009). (Herzberg, 2003) proposed two factor theory of motivation, hygiene factors are extrinsic factors that...
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...Increasing Employee Motivation LDR 531 October 26, 2011 Increasing Employee Motivation Employee work ethic is an important part of a business. In some cases, success of the business depends on employee motivation. When employees are not pleased in the workplace, it can cause the company to suffer. Motivation is a vital key in obtaining successful work ethic from employees. Quality Support Coordination, Inc., is a company that assists individuals with physical, mental, and developmental disabilities. Other requirements include being recipients of Medicaid and a part of the Waiver program with the state of Louisiana. The company works with at least 5 different waiver programs that include NOW, Supports, Elderly and Disabled Adult, Children’s Choice, and EPSDT. Approximately, 50 men and women are employed at the Metairie office. The work a case manager does is often redundant. In order to increase employee morale, it is critical to take a look at the current state of the office. Once this is assessed, different approaches of how to increase employee motivation and self-motivation should be developed. Finally, after the details of how this can happen, a line of attack will take place that will explain exactly how management can motivate employees and encourage employees to self-motivate themselves. The organizational structure of Quality Support Coordination, Inc. has the chain communication. The office is split into the different waivers. Every waiver program...
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...integrated equipment for hydrocarbon exploration in land, transition zone, ocean-bottom cable, marine and downhole environments. Like most seismic acquisition GOSTCH whose headquarters in Houston Texas sell its product to oil and gas drilling companies like Shell, Chevron, Exxon-Mobile, and BP. The department I am focusing in this company is Human Resource which is responsible for recruiting, hiring, and training new employees as well as daily scheduling and employee benefits. The department consists of 15 employees. About ¾ of them have been with the company for less than 5 years. I am Change Management Consultant focusing on people side of change. My position gives me opportunity to interact with low level employees and senior leaders of the organization. My primary responsibility is to analyze and document the process changes ensuring that human and organizational risks to the implementation of the identified process changes are identified, and that actions are put in place to mitigate these risks. II. Problem Statement The main problem for the company is lack of employee motivation which cause higher absenteeism, tardiness, and low work morale. My final...
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...managers providing efficient customer service in London fast food restaurant has become a big concern in the hospitality industry as it turns to have highest number of turnover compared to other industries. Accordingly, Research has been carried out what managers in restaurant do to motivate their staff in providing efficient customer service, whereas customer service is providing customers needs and wants to their satisfaction. However, Mangers faces a lot of challenges with staff which are absenteeism, working hours, afraid of change, poor productivity, psychological satisfaction and work life balance. There is a lot of solutions that exist to motivate staff as motivation is the inner strength and competence that drives staff to carry on at work, whereas some solutions are career opportunities, good working environment, training and development, promotions, job security, recognising competition, benefits, incentives, safety, staff leaves and attractive salary. Considering results from interviewers there is...
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...Continual employee training and learning is critical to the ability of organizations to adapt to an ever changing national and international business environment. What motivates employees to learn? Abraham Maslow has had a significant impact on motivation theory, humanistic psychology, and subsequently, adult learning in the workplace. This paper will discuss the development of Maslow's humanistic views and trace their impact on past trends in business training as well as the implications for current challenges that managers face in motivating employee learning in the workplace. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT] Continual employee training and learning is critical to the ability of organizations to adapt to an ever changing national and international business environment. What motivates employees to learn? Abraham Maslow has had a significant impact on motivation theory, humanistic psychology, and subsequently, adult learning in the workplace. This paper will discuss the development of Maslow's humanistic views and trace their impact on past trends in business training as well as the implications for current challenges that managers face in motivating employee learning in the workplace. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT] You have requested "on-the-fly" machine translation of selected content from our databases. This functionality is provided solely for your convenience and is in no way intended to replace human translation. Show full disclaimer Neither ProQuest nor its licensors make any representations...
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...Teamwork and Motivation By James B. Danquah BUS 520: Organizational Behavior and Leadership Dr. Damita Goods Strayer University May 24, 2013 Abstract Hyper competition among businesses continues to increase the importance and relevance of employee motivation. This is essentially because employee motivation grants tangible benefits to the employee as an individual and consequently to organizational growth. One of the challenges facing management in the face of global competition is the designing of appropriate motivation plan that can ensure employee satisfaction and growth of the business. This paper therefore attempts to design an appropriate motivation plan for Danquah and Sons, a small manufacturing company based in Baltimore, Maryland that produces WooWoo, a widget. The motivation plan will encourage high employee job satisfaction, reduce turnover rate, increase productivity and improve quality of work. The paper proposes two methods for all employees at Danquah & Sons and looks at ways to motivate the ordinary factory low rate worker, his relevance and the need for teamwork. Theories of Motivation and Motivation Plans (Schermerhorn et. al 2012) defines motivation as “forces within an individual that accounts for the direction, level, and persistence of a person’s efforts expended at work” (p. 102). Social Scientists have developed many motivation theories, notable among which are Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory that views human needs as...
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...Maslow's Humanistic Views on an Employee's Motivation to Learn Wilson, Ian; Madsen, Susan R. Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship13.2 (Apr 2008): 46-62. Turn on hit highlighting for speaking browsers Hide highlighting Abstract (summary) Continual employee training and learning is critical to the ability of organizations to adapt to an ever changing national and international business environment. What motivates employees to learn? Abraham Maslow has had a significant impact on motivation theory, humanistic psychology, and subsequently, adult learning in the workplace. This paper will discuss the development of Maslow's humanistic views and trace their impact on past trends in business training as well as the implications for current challenges that managers face in motivating employee learning in the workplace. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT] Full Text Headnote Executive Summary Continual employee training and learning is critical to the ability of organizations to adapt to an ever changing national and international business environment. What motivates employees to learn? Abraham Maslow has had a significant impact on motivation theory, humanistic psychology, and subsequently, adult learning in the workplace. This paper will discuss the development of Maslow's humanistic views and trace their impact on past trends in business training as well as the implications for current challenges that managers face in motivating employee learning in the workplace. Introduction ...
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...not mean it will work on them. There are three different patterns of behavior that individual’s motivation comes from. These are individual: satisfying his or her own need, competitive: trying to prove he or she is better than the person he or she thinks is an opponent, or cooperative: tries to achieve a goal for the group or team (McConnell, 2005). The way that a manager can figure out what behavior pattern an employee has is by listening to him or her, observing his or her work performance, and asking the employee questions (McNamara, n.d.). There are many motivational methods that a manager can use but in this paper we will discuss three methods: employee recognition, training, and monetary rewards and incentives. Employee Recognition The first method to motivating employees is employee recognition. When employees are putting his or her all into their work, they need to be recognized in some way. If the employee does not see that his or her work is recognized, he or she will not try as hard the next time around. A way to show an employee that he or she appreciates all of his or her hard work would be by buying him or her lunch, starting an employee of the month board, or even starting an employee appreciation day. Appreciation for all the hard work that an employee is doing should be shown immediately and will not go unnoticed. Even a “thank you” note will show the employee that he or she does notice the work he or she is doing. Managers that notice even the smallest achievements...
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