Transcript Motivation - Loughborough University

Motivation
ILM – Level 3 Award in Leadership & Management
Presented by: Michael Barwood
What is Motivation
“A reason or reasons for acting or
behaving in a particular way”
Why is Motivation Important
 Without motivation goals would not be achieved,
 Potentially causes employees to work hard thus
leading to high productivity and improved work
quality,
 Helps keep employees committed to maintaining high
levels of performance,
Basic Theories of Motivation
Herzberg
Maslow
X/Y Manager
Herzberg’s Theory
 Developed in the 1959 by F. Herzberg
 States certain factors cause job satisfaction,
while others can cause dissatisfaction.
 Motivators give positive satisfaction,
arising from intrinsic conditions of the
job
 Hygiene factors do not give positive
satisfaction, though dissatisfaction
results from their absence. These are
extrinsic to the work
Why Use Herzberg’s Theory
 Herzberg’s theory is an easy to understand model,
‘without the base being solid the rocket will not take
off effectively’
 Empirical evidence confirms that the motivationhygiene theory does work within the work place
 It can be easily applied to a team of people
Herzberg’s Theory in Practice
 Used to identify why a team is not performing well
 Improve an existing team that is e.g. doing the
minimal required and nothing more
 Improve a teams moral
 Potentially improve teams alignment with
organisational goals
Personal use of Herzberg’s Theory
 Currently not needed in my own team
 Has been useful within my department
 It established that the hygiene factors were all met
and that several motivation factors are already in
place
Summary
 Motivation is important
 There are several theories of motivation to chose
from
 Herzberg’s theory has been shown to work in the
workplace
 If needed, I would personally use/suggest utilising the
Herzberg theory of motivation