Topic 6 – Motivation

is it not important to give your overall analysis context?. i.e certain age group are more motivated than others in certain areas. example. Younger employees are interested in training opportunities vs older ones

Hey I just needed your help to confirm this one thing. If i choose to go for some big organisation like microsoft or apple do I still have to do a questionnaire as there is already a vast amount of research available which i can quote and use to further my own analysis ?

Thank you for your response.

Google or survey monkey or similar may be used but you need to consider and write up in Part 2 exactly how you designed the questionnaire, how you reached the target audience and how many people actually responded as well as include a copy of the questions in your appendix

No because a comparator organisation is not required for this topic.

The emphasis should be on doing a good analysis of the motivation within the chosen organisation.

If there is to be any comparative analysis this would be with previous academic studies amongst similar worker groups or industry sectors

You asked about using A comparative organisation – the answer is definitely NOT.

However at a general level there have been worldwide studies by academics in relation to specific industry sectors e.g. motivation amongst civil servants in Malaysia; hotel workers in Mexico and that sort of thing. These sorts of studies may be BRIEFLY referred to in terms of whether your study findings showed major differences between the theories and aspects studied in such academic papers or similarities IF RELEVANT to your field of study e.g. yours is on civil servants/ government workers or hotel workers or the like. Then one can speak about cross-cultural differences etc.

Do you mean the overall report research questions or the questions in your survey? If the latter they should be mapped to the motivation theories you have chosen

Hi Trephena, I mean the overall report research questions. Is it okay to just have one ? for example, to determine the factors that motivate employees.

Whilst it is fine to have one objective (which should deal with the topic title), the idea of the research questions is that they are intended to guide your research and through answering them you achieve your report objective(s).

So only one question is unlikely to be sufficient.

The sorts of things you need to think about are (general examples):

Is there evidence that the management style at Company XYZ affects the motivation of employees?

Does motivation in company XYZ support Herzberg’s theory of motivation?

What measures, if any, does Company XYZ take to increase the motivation of its workforce?

Does the labour turnover rate at the company indicate that the workforce corroborate the findings from the survey and indicate areas that need to be improved?
(the last question would then guide your Recommendations section)

Obviously the questionnaire has to be based on the research questions – and mapped to the theories. So the first question here for example would be based on theories from MacGregor and Herzberg. Therefore aspects of these theories should be reflected in appropriately worded questions in the questionnaire you use so that yousubsequently are exploring the application of these theories in your analysis and evaluation

Hi, I am confused on how to write the analysis and evaluation part of this topic. I have two questions:
1.Out of the following what are the things that we need to include
-summary of the questiinaire in the form of pie charts and graphs
– explanation of the pie charts and graphs in number for eg, 50 %of employees were satisfied with their job
-Detailed analysis explaining the meaning of data based on the objectives like different theories
2. In what order and in what format should this part be written

You need to relate your findings to the motivation theories. It is not sufficient just to produce bar charts/ graphs / pie charts – it is the implication of the findings in relation to established research on motivation theory which you need to evaluate. It doesn’t matter whether your findings agree or disagree with these but the way you have demonstrated appropriate analysis and evaluation which matters.

There is no prescriptive layout however you would normally evaluate the theories before the analysis and evaluation of your actual findings remembering to consider the limitations of both those theories and any techniques and sources you have chosen to use. You should also upload a document that shows how you have mapped your survey questions to the various motivation theories

There is only a certain level of rewards/returns that is needed for safety and above that anything else becomes superfluous – like putting more water in a bucket when it is already full! Maslow’s theory is that once a basic need has been satisfied then higher levels or desires some into effect and unless there are opportunities to satisfy these then motivation may stall. This ties in with what other researchers such as Herzberg found – above a certain level, money and benefits may encourage someone to stay in the job for a bit longer but will not stimulate them to do better (subtle difference).

A decent wage and job security will satisfy basic safety needs but above that most people start to have more complex wants from work and more money and extra benefits though nice, do not provide any more lasting job satisfaction

Lots of those extra perks and benefits help retain staff short-term but eventually most will look for more interesting and challenging work that develops them so unless the benefits bring with them particular prestige and a sense of accomplishment, they won’t satisfy the higher needs in Maslow’s hierarchy and have no real effect on the original lower need if what they already have fulfils it – getting back to the bucket analogy, anything extra is wasted.

Hello, is it a must i use SPSS to analyse data for topic 6? i am comfortable using excel as i do not know my way around the SPSS.
please your prompt response will be greatly appreciated