Intro to Business › Section I · Motivating employees › Topic I.6
From motivation theory to practice
Theories earn their keep only when they change how work is organised and rewarded. This topic turns the ideas of the last five into the main tools managers use: redesigning jobs, offering flexible schedules, recognising and empowering people, and linking part of pay to performance.
In this topic
- Three ways to redesign a job
- The job characteristics model
- The motivating potential score
- Worked example: enriching a claims job
- Flexible work schedules
- Recognition and empowerment
- Linking pay to performance
- Worked example: a gain-sharing payout
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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