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Employee Motivation and Organizational Behavior

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Employee Motivation and Organizational Behavior

Motivated Employees Benefit the Organization

Productive and Driven

Dissatisfied Employees Affect Profitability

Biological, Intellectual, Social and Emotional Factors (Heathfield, 2014).

Motivated employees are essential to the success of any business. These employees will be far more productive and far more driven to see the goals of the organization accomplished. When employees are dissatisfied it will have a negative impact on the organization and its profitability. Motivation involves biological, intellectual, social, and emotional factors . Biological factors involve addressing the needs of the employee while intellectual factors involve allowing the employee to have a voice and trusting them to complete goals. Social and emotional factors involve creating a work environment that is happy and healthy.

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What is Employee Motivation

Motivation is that internal drive that causes an individual to decide to take action (Grimsley, 2013).

Enthusiastic about Job

Goal Driven

Interested in Business Success

Productive Employees

Motivation is that internal drive that causes an individual to decide to take action (Grimsley, 2013). Motivated employees are enthusiastic about their jobs and enjoy their work. These employees are goal driven and take the needed steps to accomplish tasks to assist in meeting the goals of the organization. Employees that are interested in the success of the business will be more focused and successful. These employees are more productive and more effective in their role.

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Strategies for Motivating Employees

Competitive Salaries and Benefits

Opportunities for Career Growth

Praise Employees

Recognition of Hard Work

Companies need to develop strategies that will ensure their employees are motivated. Motivated employees are satisfied with their position in the company because they receive competitive salaries and great benefit. These employees feel appreciated and work harder. Motivated employees are also provided with opportunities for career growth that causes them to work harder to succeed. Another important part of motivating employees is praise. Employees that feel appreciated are happier and more satisfied. When employees fell their hard work is appreciated they will continue to work hard.

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Strategy for Motivating Employees

Clearly define the organization’s vision, mission and strategy

Define role of employee including responsibilities

Provide Clear Direction

The next strategy is to ensure employees are well informed. This involves clearly defining the organization’s vision, mission and strategy and defining role of employee including responsibilities (Grimsley, 2013). When employees are uncertain about the role they play in the organization or what goals they must reach it can lead to dissatisfaction. It is important to provide clear direction.

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Strategy for Motivating Employees

Effective Leadership

Inspire and Empower Employees

Create Positive Team Energy

Act as a Role Model

The last strategy is to ensure employees have effective leadership. The effective leader will make sure employees are satisfied and happy to ensure they are motivated. Leaders need employees to be productive in order to reach organizational goals. They must acts a positive role models in order to motivate employees to be their very best. The effective leader empowers and inspire employees and creates a positive team energy to ensure employees can be their most productive. Ineffective leadership will not motivate employees to succeed.

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Impact of unmotivated Employees on organizational Behavior

Lowered Productivity

Loss of Profitability

Decline in Customer Loyalty

Employee Retention

Impact to Company Overall Success

When employees are not motivated they are not productive. This means quotas don’t get met and the profitability of the company is negatively impacted. The unmotivated employee will show their happiness to customers. This will impacts customer loyalty especially if they receive poor service. Unhappy employees do not stay at jobs where they do not feel motivated which result in issues with employee retention. High employee turnover makes it harder for the company to reach their goals as well as creates a negative financial impact when new employees have to be trained. When employees are not motivated it can impact the overall success of the company.

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Employee Motivation and Organizational Behavior

Motivated Employees are Productive

Build Strong Brand

Unmotivated Employees Impact Profitability

Employee Retention will be Impacted

Motivated employees are productive because they are happy and satisfied. They are properly compensated and receive praise when they do something right. Motivated employees assist the company in building a strong brand and developing customer loyalty while the unmotivated employee impacts profitability and employee retention. It is important for the company to take the extra steps to ensure their employees are satisfied so they are motivated to see the company and themselves succeed.

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References

Grimsley, S. (2013). What Is Employee Motivation? - Theories, Methods & Factors. Retrieved September 3, 2014 from http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/what-is-employee-motivation-theories-methods-factors.html#lesson

Heathfield, S. (2014). What is Employee Motivation? Retrieved September 2, 2014 from http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossarye/g/employee-motivation.htm