2.1 - Motivating Employees Flashcards
Why people work (5)
Job satisfaction - feeling like you’re doing something meaningful with your lives
Esteem needs - feeling important
Money - luxuries, necessities
Security - your not going to get fires
Social needs - making friends and building relationships
Benefits of a well motivated workforce (4)
High output per worker
Willingness to accept change
Low-labour turnover
Low rate of absenteeism
Mallows heirarchy
Self actualisation
Esteem needs
Social needs
Safety / security needs
Psychological needs
Methods of motivation
- wage
- salary
- profit sharing
- commission
- bonus
Directors
Senior managers who lead a particular division of department of a business
Line managers
Managers with direct responsibility for people below them in the heirarchy of the organisation
Supervisors
Junior managers who have direct control over the employees below them in the organisational structure
Staff managers
Specialists who support, inform and assist line managers
Delegations
the act of empowering to act for another
Delegation benefits
- empowers your teams
- builds trust
- assists with professional development
