employee motivation case study

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EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION CASE STUDY


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X and Y theory

In the case study we got the person concerned (Rohit) is quite unhappy with his manager. The

manager Ashish is a classic example of an authoritarian management style . opularly !nown as

the " style of management # the following examples can $e inferred from this case %

& Ashish doesnt ha'e any inclination nor time to groom his employees.

& e $lames his team for missing deadlines.

& e is not associated with the team.

& e is not approacha$le.

The consequences of this type of management are %

& The employees start to disli!e their wor!.

& They start considering wor! as punishment.

& The a'erage employee starts to a'oid responsi$ility and $ecomes unam$itious.

Thus Ashish has to induce high le'el of commitment and creati'ity in his method of management to

gain the confidence of his employees and to $oost morale of his su$ ordinates.


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Hygiene theory

According to hygiene# the factors leading to *o$ satisfaction are +separate and distinct from those

that lead to *o$ dissatisfaction.+ Therefore# if you set a$out eliminating dissatisfying *o$ factors# you

may create peace $ut not necessarily enhance performance. This placates your wor!force instead

of actually moti'ating them to impro'e performance.

The characteristics associated with *o$ dissatisfaction are called hygiene factors. ,hen these ha'e

$een adequately addressed# people will not $e dissatisfied nor will they $e satisfied. If you want to

moti'ate your team# you then ha'e to focus on satisfaction factors li!e achie'ement#

recognition and responsi$ility

The hygiene theory tal!s a$out factors affecting attitudes of people a$out the *o$.


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The work condition is not motivating enough as the manager is not

discussing the decisions and most of the times his decision is the nal

call.

The relationship between Ashish and his sub ordinates is very distant

and overy ocial which makes working conditions adverse.

Maslows Theory

The basis of Maslow's motivation theory is that human beings aremotivated by unsatised needs, and that certain lower factors

need to be satised before higher needs can be satised.

eneral types of needs are physiological, survival, safety, love,

and esteem.

a. !afety "eeds#

$ersonal# %ohit wanted to go back to his hometown and live

with his parents and &! &aremark pro(ect gave him this

opportunity.

)inancial !ecurity# %ohit chose to switch to his new pro(ect,

because he was getting a good hike.

b. *steem# +hen %ohit (oined his new pro(ect, there were few

glitches with the new software, so %ohit thought of discussing

the solution with his boss and felt good thinking about all the

praises he would get from his boss.

c. !elf Actualiation# when he was o-ered to work in the new

pro(ect, there were the technologies which were in demand inthe market. %ohit knew he would ecel in his new position.

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