4.3.4 Motivating Employees Flashcards
Define motivation
The reasons for acting or behaving in a certain way
Salary and wage in motivating employees
Pay is money given to an employee in return for work or service.
This mat be employees wage/salary.
To motivate some employees a business may decide to pay them more,to give them a “pay rise”
Commision in motivating employees
Employee revieves a reward for every sale made.
* so e jobs are advertised eith “OTE” ehich means on target earnings and gives the employee an idea of how much commision they can earn
Profit sharing in motivating employees
-a profit is a benefit paid to employees based on the level lf profit made by the business.
-this helps motivate employees to increase profits for yhe buiness and keep costs down
Training in motivating employees
-Employees who are motivated and engaged with business and their own careers want to gain more skills
-staff who are well trained and competent at their job will be happier and more motivated as they will be confident in what they are doing
-Many workers join a business to acquire new skills or get quality training
Responsibility in motivating employees
-autonomy means allowing employees to make their own descisions.
-employees feel more ownership of their own work and so are more motivated
-employees able to use theirnown thinking skills to complete their work at their pace
-employees may become unhappy as need more direction in work and want recognition
Fringe benefits in motivating employees
‘Perks’
Items an employee revieve in addition to their notmal wage or salary
-often increases lyalty to company as these benefits are not always taxed or are taxed at a reduced rate
-recruit best people
What is autocratic management style
-this is style when managers need to tell their employees what they want done and how they want it done
-direct orders are given and to be followed
-opinions from employees are not taken to account by managers, who just issue orders
-factories,fast food,armed forces
What is democratic management style
-manager offer guifance to employees, but also participate in descision making but do allow input from other group members
-employees have greater involvement in descision-making wich can be motivating
What is paternalistic management style
-managers decide ehat is best for the business and employees
* employees are consulted but leader makes the final descison
* Have on dominant person who treats all employees
What is laissez-faire management style
-Where employees can carry out sctivities and make descisions freely
-work in relaxed environment and have little direction and guidelines
-advantage- superb in creative environments
-disadvatntage- lack of supervision may lead to poor productivity and lack of motivation
