Motivation Basics
What is motivation?
A process that encourages workers to work harder and with greater commitment.
What is income?
Income is the money a person earns from working or providing services.
What is productivity?
Productivity is the amount of output a worker or business can produce within a given time.
What is absenteeism?
Frequent absence from work
What is a bonus?
A financial reward given when employees achieve targets.
What is Intrinsic Motivation?
A type of motivation that comes from enjoying the job itself.
What is a career?
A long-term professional journey people build through work experience and training.
What are recruitment and training costs?
Recruitment and training costs are the expenses a business pays to hire new employees and teach them how to do the job.
What is performance?
Performance is how well an employee carries out their job duties.
What is a promotion?
Moving an employee to a higher job with more responsibility.
What is extrinsic motivation?
Extrinsic motivation is when someone is motivated to work by external rewards, such as money, bonuses, promotions, or praise.
What is social need?
Social need is the human desire to belong, interact, and form relationships with others, including friends, family, and colleagues.
What are customers?
External stakeholders who buy goods/services from a business
What is labour turnover?
the rate at which employees leave a company and are replaced over a specific period
What are working conditions?
the environment and circumstances in which employees work
What are financial rewards?
The kind of reward workers receive in the form of money.
What are skills?
Qualities a person has and/or the things a person is able to achieve
What is innovation?
Innovation is the process of coming up with new ideas, methods, products, or ways of doing things to improve the business, solve problems, or increase efficiency.
What is low morale
Low morale is when employees feel unhappy, unmotivated, or negative about their work.
What is employee involvement/participation?
Employee involvement/participation is when workers are given a say in decisions that affect their jobs or the business.
What are non-financial rewards?
The kind of reward that is not money, such as praise or more responsibility.
What is purpose?
Purpose is the sense of meaning or direction that someone feels in their work, giving them motivation and a reason to keep working.
What are errors/mistakes?
A mistake is a wrong action, statement, or judgment that is incorrect or produces an unintended result
the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something.
What is training?
A method used to increase worker skills and efficiency, often through workshops or courses.