Running Head: Benefits that Motivate
Benefits that Motivate and Satisfy
Jennifer Locke
MBA 6610
Fall 2007
Abstract
Benefits and incentives continue to be an area of focus and struggle for many organizations. Benefits and incentives are necessary to continually motivate employees to put their best foot forward. Motivation of employees will always be important to an organization because motivated employees are more productive and therefore continue to help an organization grow and be profitable. With this being said, it is important for an organization to understand what motivates their employees, and how they should use extrinsic and intrinsic incentives to effectively motivate their employees.
Through the use of results generated via questionnaires of employees in administrative based jobs and previous research, I intend to help HR employees and their organizations better understand the needs of their employees, how to efficiently cater to these needs, and how to continually re-evaluate their employees’ needs to ensure they are continuing to do what is necessary to satisfy their employees.
Introduction
This research proposal will consist of benefit packages that both motivate the employee to do their best work while at the same time satisfying them, so that they are not longing for something more from somewhere else. It should be the hope of every organization to effectively take care of their employees so the employees will take care of the company.
This topic is very touching to me, because it seems like where ever I go, some company offers something that another does not have but at the same time lacking something else. There seems to always be tradeoffs and opportunity cos ...