1. Theory on Motivation For Lesson 17

2. Motivation  Ways a business can encourage staff to give their best.  Helps the business to be more successful.  Can mean:  Increased output as working harder  Improved quality as taking pride in work  Less absence  Financial and Non Financial methods of motivation 

3. Financial methods  Paying a good salary/wage  Overtime for additional hours worked  Profit sharing

4. Non Financial Methods  Employee of the month awards  Job rotation  Job enrichment – giving them more challenging tasks  Empowerment – responsibility to make decisions about their work  Teams – working together  Fringe benefits (e.g. company car, health care, discounts)  Holidays

5. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs  Maslow believed that motivation lies within the individual employees  He suggested that people have a number of different needs  These needs are put in order of importance  Once a lower level need is satisfied, individuals strive to satisfy needs further up the hierarchy Beauchamps High School

6. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Beauchamps High School Self- Actualisation e.g. creativity Self-Esteem e.g. training Love and Belonging e.g. making friends at work Safety e.g. job security Physiological e.g. pay

7. Video to watch  http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/staff-and- motivation/10964.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/staff-and- motivation/10964.html  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgcjUv60Ejs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgcjUv60Ejs  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzNYnYt3tpM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzNYnYt3tpM

8. Activity  http://www.businessstudiesonline.co.uk/live/index.php? option=com_content&view=article&id=35&Itemid=23 http://www.businessstudiesonline.co.uk/live/index.php? option=com_content&view=article&id=35&Itemid=23