Motivation Strategy
Human resource is among the key stakeholders that keep the company moving. Instant suppliers limited is a company that has always desired to have the best workforce ready to their consumers’ needs through the best performance. However, without motivation and morale, employees are usually a bit reluctant to deliver beyond the expectations. In the recent past, some employees have been reporting late, some of the going to the extent of not reporting to work. Besides, people are less motivated and do not look forward to work even for extra hours as before. Such behavior was observed after changes were made at the top management. The new management is a bit strict and harsh to the employees, and that could be the reason why the employees have changed their behaviors (Lazaroiu, 2015).
Several scholars have for a long time studying the behavior of employees and among the theorist who came up with Theory X and theory Y is Douglas McGregor in 1960s (Arslan & Staub, 2013).The theorist suggests that there are two categories of personnel and one has to understand the people they are working with. As described by theory X, the team tends to dislike work and needs to be motivated by incentives such as bonuses, promotions, gifts and much more for them to feel motivated and deliver the best. On the other hand, theory Y that defines the behavior of employees in instant suppliers limited, states that people have a positive attitude towards work as long as you give the freedom to make decisions and take responsibilities over the assigned roles (Mohamed & Nor, 2013).
Therefore, the new managers should be optimistic with the team and give them a chance to exercise their skills and abilities. Otherwise threatening them and being harsh on them will only make it worse. It is evident that managers who tried to use force were less fortunate in many instances as compared to the management that gave their subordinates a space to exercise their skills, innovations and creative ideas for the betterment of the organization. Such an approach, alongside adding some incentives such as promotions, will not only improve the performance of the employees but will also increase motivation, morale and contribute to excellent productivity.
References
Arslan, A., & Staub, S. (2013). Theory X and theory Y type leadership behavior and its impact on organizational performance: Small business owners in the Şishane Lighting and Chandelier District. Procedia-social and behavioral sciences, 75,, 102-111.
Lazaroiu, G. (2015). Employee Motivation and Job Performance. Linguistic and Philosophical Investigations, 14, , 97.
Mohamed, R. K., & Nor, C. S. (2013). The relationship between McGregor’s XY theory management style and fulfillment of psychological contract: A literature review. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences,, 715.
