Concept, Process & Importance of Motivation

Motivation can be defined as a willingness to expend energy to achieve a goal or reward. Motivation is important to both the organization and the individual. To achieve organizational goals, motivation has become very effective tools and a manager has to use this tool to motivate or inspire the staff member in their respective job in such a manner that they could work effectively and efficiently.

Techniques of Motivation

The various theories of motivation provide managers with a number of effective concepts of motivating employees. Hence, management can employ a variety of techniques to motivate employees.

Positive & Negative Motivation & Maslow's Need Hierarchy Theory

Motivation is the process of inspiring, encouraging and inducing the employees towards their jobs for the attainment of the objectives. There are several ways to classify the motivation.

The motivation can be classified mainly into four groups and they are: 

1. Financial and non-financial motivation
2. Individual and group motivation
3. Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
4. Positive and negative motivation

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs can be broadly classified into two groups:

1. Lower- order needs: In this category of needs physiological and safety needs can be well labeled.
2. Higher-order needs^: Maslow’s rest of needs such as social, self-esteem and self-actualization needs can be labeled and placed on high order needs