AOS 2A: Motivation Strategies

Question 1

What are motivation strategies?

Answer 1

Motivation strategies are techniques that encourage and inspire individuals to achieve business goals.

Question 2

What is the purpose of motivation strategies?

Answer 2

• Unmotivated employees -> mediocre business performance and productivity
• Motivated employees -> workforce that works hard to achieve objectives

Question 3

What are the key motivation strategies?

Answer 3

SCIPS
1. Sanction strategies
2. Career advancement
3. Investment in training
4. Performance related pay
5. Support strategies

Question 4

What are sanctions strategies?

Answer 4

Sanctions refer to penalties for poor performance or disobeying a policy.
- loss of benefits, demotions, written warnings

Question 5

Short term effects of sanction strategies

Answer 5

Can ensure employees are motivated to do the right thing in the short term for fear of receiving sanction.

Question 6

Long term effects of sanction strategies

Answer 6

Sanctions can harm relationships and damage the corporate culture

Question 7

What are the advantages of sanction strategies

Answer 7

• Some employees respond to sanctions
• May bring other employees in line, due to fear of sanctions
• Can be effective in the short term

Question 8

What are disadvantages of sanction strategies

Answer 8

• Normally only a short term motivator
• Can cause disputes and possible union involvement
• Can cause resentment from employees

Question 9

What is career advancement

Answer 9

Career advancement is where an employee is given the opportunity to take on greater responsibility in the business.
- Increased pay
- improved self-esteem
- challenge and experience for employee
- status

Question 10

Short term effect on career advancement

Answer 10

Providing the possibility of a promotion can improve motivation in the short term, as employees strive to take on the increased responsibility.

Question 11

Long term effects of career advancement

Answer 11

Employees may see the position they would like to be in the long term and set out a career path

Question 12

What are the advantages of career advancement?

Answer 12

• Business knows the value, skills and potential of the employees they are promoting
• Employees are rewarded for their past performance
• Helps retain talented employees

Question 14

What are the disadvantages of career advancement?

Answer 14

• May cause resentment from those overlooked for promotion
• Lack of outside perspective brought into the business
• Difficult to promote all employees
• May create rivalries

Question 15

What are the long term effects of investment in training?

Answer 15

An ongoing investment in training creates a learning
environment which can lead to long term motivation.

Question 16

What are the short term effects of investment in training?

Answer 16

Employees are motivated in the short-term as they have
improved their knowledge and skills, allowing them to complete their jobs better.

Question 17

What are the advantages of investment in training?

Answer 17

• Shows employees the business values them
• Helps build a learning culture
• Provides employees with a sense of job security
• Helps retain valued employees
• Enables employees to perform at a higher level

Question 18

What are the disadvantages of investment in training?

Answer 18

• No guarantee the employees will remain in the business
• Is often expensive
• Can be wasted if there aren’t sufficient jobs with higher skill level required

Question 19

What is performance related pay?

Answer 19

Performance related pay is where employees receive a financial reward based on meeting or exceeding performance standards.
This can come in form of:
- Pay increases: Receiving an ongoing pay rise
- Bonuses: One off payments
- Commissions: Receiving a percentage of each sale made
- Share plans: Receiving shares in the business

Question 20

What are the short term effects of performance related pay?

Answer 20

Possibility

Possibility of more money motivations employees in the short term to work harder to achieve standard.

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Question 21

What are the long term effects of performance related pay?

Answer 21

When financial rewards become an ongoing strategy, long term motivation can occur.

Question 22

What are the advantages of performance related pay?

Answer 22

• Can provide immediate motivation
• Reward the best performers in the business
• Provides clear criteria on how to achieve the incentive

Question 23

What are the disadvantages of performance related pay?

Question 24

What are support strategies?

Answer 24

Support is individual assistance and services designed to help employees cope with problems that may negatively impact their lives on work performance.
- Employee assistance programs: Confidential counselling services
-Mentoring: an experienced employee acts as a mentor for new employees
- General managerial support: used during difficult times

Question 25

What are the short term effects of support strategies?

Answer 25

Helps employees complete tasks or helping them through difficult times.

Question 26

What are the long term effects of support strategies?

Answer 26

Creates an environment where employees feel they belong

Question 27

What are the advantages of support strategies?

Answer 27

- Can improve mental well-being of employees - Build a strong culture - Can be a long-term motivator

Question 28

What are the disadvantages of support strategies?

Answer 28

- Needs a positive culture to work effectively - With EAP, managers may not know of any employee problems making it hard to demonstrate emotional intelligence

Question 29

What is investment in training?

Answer 29

Investment in training is where an employee learns and improves their knowledge and skills, so they are able to perform their job to a higher level • Improved skills can motivate employees as they are able to perform there to a higher standard • Learning new things can help motivate employees • shows the business values them