Motivation

HANDBOOK FOR UTOPIA PLC

BY APPLE RESOURCING SOLUTIONS LTD

CONSULTANTS

NICOLETTE HOLMES

NELLY ANING 2040668

VEERAPEN PARMASIVEN

HOIL KANG

CONTENTS PAGE

INTRODUCTION

Managers seeking answers to the riddle of how to improve performance will more than often look at motivation for assistance.

In this handbook we have included some management and motivational theories which we think will be good guidelines and references for your own learning.

We hope that this will help you improve your staff satisfaction, performance and retention. We have also made this handbook very practical and useful for you.

WHAT IS MOTIVATION

There have been various definitions of motivation over the years:

Hertzberg (1987), motivation is forceful in encouraging movement, a "function of fear of punishment or failure to get extrinsic rewards" and motivation as "a function of growth from getting intrinsic rewards out of interesting and challenging work".

Motivation is the force that makes us do things: this is a result of our individual needs being satisfied (or met) so that we have inspiration to complete the task. These vary from person to person as everybody has their individual needs to motivate themselves. Depending on how motivated we are, it may further determine the effort we put into our work and therefore increase the standard of the output.

(www.Motivation123.com)

The Importance of Motivation

Motivation can have an effect on the output of your business and concerns both quantity and quality. See it this way: your business relies heavily on