Question

Write down any four significance of motivation?

Answer 1

Answer:

(1) Improves Performance Level

(2) Helps to Change Negative or Indifferent Attitudes of Employees

(3) Reduction in Employee Turnover

(4) Helps to Reduce Absenteeism in the Organisation

(5) Reduction in Resistance to Change

Answer 2

Answer:

The four significance of motivation are

i. Puts human resources into action

ii. Improves level of efficiency of employees

iii. Leads to achievement of organizational goals

iv. Builds friendly relationship

Explanation:

1. Every concern requires physical, financial and human resources to accomplish the goals. It is through motivation that the human resources can be utilized by making full use of it. This can be done by building willingness in employees to work. This will help the enterprise in securing best possible utilization of resources.

2. The level of a subordinate or a employee does not only depend upon his qualifications and abilities. For getting best of his work performance, the gap between ability and willingness has to be filled which helps in improving the level of performance of subordinates. This will result into-

i. Increase in productivity,

ii. Reducing cost of operations, and

iii. Improving overall efficiency.

3. The goals of an enterprise can be achieved only when the following factors take place :-

i. There is best possible utilization of resources,

ii. There is a co-operative work environment,

iii. The employees are goal-directed and they act in a purposive manner,

Goals can be achieved if co-ordination and co-operation takes place simultaneously which can be effectively done through motivation.

4. Motivation is an important factor which brings employees satisfaction. This can be done by keeping into mind and framing an incentive plan for the benefit of the employees. This could initiate the following things:

a) Monetary and non-monetary incentives,

b) Promotion opportunities for employees,

c) Disincentives for inefficient employees.

In order to build a cordial, friendly atmosphere in a concern, the above steps should be taken by a manager. This would help in:

i) Effective co-operation which brings stability,

ii) Industrial dispute and unrest in employees will reduce,

iii) The employees will be adaptable to the changes and there will be no resistance to the change,

iv) This will help in providing a smooth and sound concern in which individual interests will coincide with the organizational interests,

v) This will result in profit maximization through increased productivity.