Employee Motivation Essay -- Work Job Employee Motivation Management

Employee MotivationINTRODUCTIONIn the quest to obtain the maximum from employees and achieve organizational success, employers recognised the need to acknowledge that lot have complex needs. With the growing affluence of our society, Singaporeans of today be no longer solely driven by money but also challenges inherent in their responsibility. This is supported by our Senior Minister Goh who recently commented that Singaporeans prefer the experience of working abroad than locally as the foreign employer advocate the magnificence of not only work, but also the employees needs.(TODAY, 15 March 07).Before discussing the motivational strategies, a simplistic approach will be taken, apply Hackman Oldhams Job Characteristics Model, which defines the workforce into two categories. The first category consist of staff in job settings which are low in skill variety, childbed identity, task significance, low autonomy and feedback and followed by staff in complicated job settings with sco rer high in all fronts (Robbins, Millet, Waters-Marsh, 2004). GOAL SETTING / apprehension THEORYSpecific hard goals produce a higher level of output than does the generalised goal of do your best (Robbins, 2003). This statement defines Edwin Lockes goal-setting hypothesis which advocates giving employees clear targets so that they are aware of what needs to be done and how much effort to be expended. While easier goals are more quickly accepted, difficult goals, when accepted, result in higher performance as the specificity of goals itself acts as an internal stimulus. Also, people tend to perform better when timely feedback is provided (Bartol, Tein, Matthews, and Martin, 2005).When applied to individuals who are motivated by inhe... ...cShane, S and Glinow, MA 2003, Organisational Behaviour, McGraw-Hill, New York.McShane, S and Travaglione, T 2007, Organisational Behaviour on the Pacific Rim, Irwin/McGraw-Hill, Sydney.Robbins, SP 2003, Organisational Behaviour, Prentice Hall, SydneyRobbins, SP, Millet, B, and Waters-Marsh, T, 2004, Organisational Behaviour, Prentice-Hall, SydneyWood, J, Chapman, K, Fromholtz, M, Morrison, V, Wallace, J, Zeffane, R, Kennedy, R, Schermerhorn, J, Hunt, J and Osborn, R 2004, Organisational Behaviour A Global Perspective, John Wiley & Sons, Brisbane.Internet ReferencesSingapore leaking talenthttp//www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/specialreport/news/264096_8/1/.htmlFortunes Best companies to work for.http//money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/01/22/8397996/index.htmAIA Singaporehttp//www.aia.com.sg/Content.asp?ca_typeid=4