1. Motivating Workers

2. Definitions to learn
Motivation is the reason why employees want to work hard and work effectively for the business

3. Why people work? Why Work?
Money Security Social needs Self-esteem Job satisfaction
Why Work?

4. Motivating Theories F.W Taylor
If the workers are paid more, they will work more effectively

5. Motivating Theories
Maslow
Social needs

6. Motivating Theories Herzberg Motivators Achievement Recognition
Personal growth/ development
Advancement/ promotion
Work itself
Hygiene (maintenance) factors
Status, Security, Work Conditions,
Company policies and administration
Relationship with supervisors
Relationship with subordinates
Salary

7. Motivating factors
Financial Rewards/ Motivators Non-Financial Rewards/ Motivators

8. Financial Factors Definitions to learn
Wage is payment for work, usually paid weekly

9. Financial Factors Wages Advantages: Paid regularly
Work longer, pay overtime (OT)
Disadvantages:
Paid weekly, have to calculated every week
Employ wages clerk

10. Time Rate- payment for time period
Financial Factors
Time Rate- payment for time period
Advantages:
1) Easy to calculate
Disadvantages:
Needs to record on time-sheet.
Good and bad workers get same paid.
Supervisor needs to monitor workers.
A clocking-in system is needed.

11. Financial Factors Definitions to learn
A salary is payment for work, usually paid monthly.
Commission is payment relating to the number of sales made.
Profit sharing is a system whereby a proportion of the company’s profits is paid out to employees.
Bonus is an additional amount of payment above basic pay as a reward for good work.

12. Financial Factors Definitions to learn
Performance-related pay is pay which is related to the effectiveness of the employee where their output can easily be measured.
Share ownership is where shares in the company are given to employees so that they become part owners in the company.

13. Piece Rate- paid depending on the quantity of products made.
Financial Factors
Piece Rate- paid depending on the quantity of products made.
Advantages:
1) Encourages workers to work faster.
Disadvantages:
May ignore the quality of products.
Workers who are careful will not earn as much. Conflict among workers will happen.
If machinery breaks down, employee will earn less money.

14. Salaries- are paid monthly
Financial Factors
Salaries- are paid monthly
Advantages:
1) It is paid for the job monthly basis
Disadvantages:
Extra work will not usually paid for.
It is fixed amount.

15. Financial Factors Other rewards added to basic salary Commission
Profit sharing
Bonus
Performance-related pay
Share ownership

16. Non-Financial Factors
Definitions to learn
Fringe benefits are non-financial rewards given to employees

17. Non-Financial Factors
Example
Company vehicle
Discount on the firm’s products
Health care paid for
Children’s education fees paid
Free accommodation
Share options (where company shares are given to employees)
Pension paid for by the business
Free trips abroad/ holidays

18. Definitions to learn
Job satisfaction is the enjoyment derived from feeling that you have done a good job

19. Definitions to learn
Job rotation involves workers swapping round and doing each specific task for only a limited time changing round again

20. Definitions to learn
Job enlargement is where extra tasks of a similar level of work are added to a worker’s job description.

21. Definitions to learn
Job enrichment involves looking at jobs and adding tasks that require more skill and/ or responsibility

22. Definitions to learn
Autonomous work groups/ team working is where the worker is given a responsibility for a particular process, product or development. They should work in a team.