Module 1 Employee Motivation, Workforce Trends, and Labor Relations

What this module is about?

Nice meeting you again my dear students! Let’s talk about Employee’s Motivation; the
job of a manager in the workplace is to get things done through employees. To d
o this the manager should be able to motivate employees. But that s easier said
than done!
What you are expected to learn?
This module is best for you. At the end of the module you expected to.
1. Identify the principles of motivating the employee’s
2. Value the importance of Workforce trends and Labor Relations
3. Apply the motivation practices and theories
How to learn form this module?
The topic of motivating employees is extremely important to managers and supervi
sors. Despite the important of the topic, several myths persist especially among
new managers and supervisors. However you have to:
1. Study the readings very well:
2. Perform activities and work on the Self check
3. Answer the pre test and post test
Okay are you ready now? Before proceeding take the pretest first. This Test is t
o determine your previous knowledge of the lessons you are about to study.
PRETEST
Multiple Choices:
Directions: Read the Questions very well. Choose the letter of the correct answ
ers and write it on your notebook.
1. It is a desire to achieve a goal, combined with the energy to work tow
ards that goal. Students who are motivated have a desire to undertake their stud
y and complete the requirements of their course.
a. Morale b. Motivation c. Agreements
2. A motivation where a response which includes enjoyment and optimism abo
ut the tasks that you are involved in
a. Positive Motivation b. Negative Motivation c. Both
3. The leading proponent of the Hierarchy of needs?
a. Frederick Taylor b. Maslow c. Mao tze
4. In hierarchy of needs this forms the basis of the perceived need for/.
a. Self actualization b. Confidence c. Care
5. All humans have a need to be respected and to have self-esteem and self-
respect. Also known as the.
a. Basic needs b. Confidence c. belonging need
6. This is the literal requirements for human survival.
a. Esteem b. Physiological needs c. Maslow
7. It is physical needs relatively satisfied, the individual s safety needs
take precedence and dominate behavior.
a. Physiological needs b. Safety needs c. Belonging nee
ds
8. In keeping Pace With Today’s Work Force there are Staffing Challenges,Dem
ographic Chanllenges and
a. Setting Goals b. Alternative Work Arrangement c. Planning Acti
on
9. A motivation involves undertaking tasks because there will be undesirab
le outcomes, eg. failing a subject, if tasks are not completed
a. Positive b. Negative c. Both
10. Work force Motivation are Monetary rewards, Fair treatment, satisfying
work and
a. Work life balance b. . . Demographic Challenges
c. Esteem
Lesson 1
Employee Motivation, Workforce Trends, and Labor Relations
Motivating Employees

What Is Motivation?
Motivation is a desire to achieve a goal, combined with the energy to work t
owards that goal. Students who are motivated have a desire to undertake their st
udy and complete the requirements of their course.
Positive and negative Motivation
Sometimes a distinction is made between positive and negative motivation. Positi
ve motivation is a response which includes enjoyment and optimism about the task
s that you are involved in. Negative motivation involves undertaking tasks becau
se there will be undesirable outcomes, eg. failing a subject, if tasks are not c
ompleted.
Workforce Motivation

Theories of Motivation
• Frederick W. Taylor
• Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
• Theory X, Theory Y, and Theory Z
Frederick W. Taylor

Hierarchy
Maslow s hierarchy of needs is often portrayed in the shape of a pyramid, with t
he largest and lowest levels of needs at the bottom, and the need for self-actua
lization at the top.
The lower four layers of the pyramid contain what Maslow called "deficiency need
s" or "d-needs": esteem, friendship and love, security, and physical needs. With
the exception of the lowest (physiological) needs, if these "deficiency needs"
are not met, the body gives no physical indication but the individual feels anxi
ous and tense.
1. Self-actualization
“What a man can be, he must be.” This forms the basis of the perceived need for self
-actualization. This level of need pertains to what a person s full potential is
and realizing that potential.
2. Esteem
All humans have a need to be respected and to have self-esteem and self-respect.
Also known as the belonging need, esteem presents the normal human desire to be
accepted and valued by others. People need to engage themselves to gain recogni
tion and have an activity or activities that give the person a sense of contribu
tion, to feel accepted and self-valued, be it in a profession or hobby.
3. Love and belonging
After physiological and safety needs are fulfilled, the third layer of human nee
ds is social and involves feelings of belongingness. This aspect of Maslow s hie
rarchy involves emotionally based relationships in general, such as:
• Friendship
• Intimacy
• Family
4. Safety needs
With their physical needs relatively satisfied, the individual s safety needs ta
ke precedence and dominate behavior. These needs have to do with people s yearni
ng for a predictable orderly world in which perceived unfairness and inconsisten
cy are under control, the familiar frequent and the unfamiliar rare.
Safety and Security needs include:
• Personal security
• Financial security
• Health and well-being
• Safety net against accidents/illness and their adverse impacts
5. Physiological needs
For the most part, physiological needs are obvious — they are the literal requirem
ents for human survival. If these requirements are not met, the human body simpl
y cannot continue to function.
Physiological needs include:
• Breathing
• Nutrition
• Homeostasis
Air, water, and food are metabolic requirements for survival in all animals, inc
luding humans. Clothing and shelter provide necessary protection from the elemen
ts. The intensity of the human sexual instinct is shaped more by sexual competit
ion than maintaining a birth rate adequate to survival of the species.
McGregor’s Assumptions

Workplace Motivation Strategies

• Setting Goals
• Reinforcing Behavior

Management by Objectives
1.
2.
3.
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Keeping Pace With Today’s Work Force

Staffing Challenges

Aligning the Workforce and the Organization

External Forces Internal Forces Employee

Fostering Employee Loyalty

Monitoring Employee Workloads

Quality of work
Quality of work

Demographic Challenges

Workforce Diversity Issues

Diversity Initiatives

Alternative Work Arrangements

Working with Labor Unions

 Self Check
Direction: Fill up the Hierarchy of needs of Maslow.

Activity 1.
Scenario:
A woman had been raped three years ago is still having a problems in forming a n
ew friendship, especially with men.
Answer the given Scenario by completing the sentences given according to Maslow’s
hierarchy of needs.
Need taking precedence:
Need being Sacrifice:
Students categorize the positives and negatives in their lives using Maslow s Hi
erarchy of Needs. They list things that make them feel good and bad about themse
lves. They discuss media s influence over their wants/needs. They complete a wor
ksheet.
POSTTEST
Matching Type
Directions: Match Column A to column B, Write the answer at the provided space
.
A
B
KEY TO CORRECTION:
Posttest and Pretest
1.b 1.c
2.a 2.d
3.b 3.e
4.a 4.j
5.c 5.f
6.b 6.i
7.b 7.h
8.b 8.g
9.b 9.b
10.a 10.a

Self Check

Checked by: Jasmin Magarao Prepared

by: Rodilo Lozana BBTE 3-1