Motivating Employees

________ is a benefit to a business of having a well-motivated workforce.

• increased output

• low productivity

• No involvement

• Needs unsatisfied

According to Herzberg, ____ is a motivating factor.

• security

• achievment

• salary

• work condition

The reward that offers an employee additional money for achieving targets is a____ payment

• basic wage

• bonus

• salary

• self actualisation

According to Maslow, the hierarchy of human needs includes ____ needs.

• piece rate

• hygiene

• job

• esteem

Teamworking can help to achieve Maslow’s ___ needs.

• physiological

• social

• motivational

• social

Team working is a form of non-financial motivation

• True

• False

Taylor believed that financial reward was the best form of employee incentive.

• True

• False

A salary is a good example of a non-financial reward.

• True

• False

According to Maslow, esteem needs are met when workers receive a secure wage.

• True

• False

Match them to the definition

• Profit Sharing

• Allowing workers to develop and achieve higher skill levels

• Commission

• Weekly payments to workers based on hours worked

• Job enrichment

• Paying sales employees a proportion of the revenue they earn

• Time based wage system

• Paying employees a proportion of the surplus earned by the business