Motivation
By: Mei Chi Kong Lu
College Now Course - BA 10
According to Frederick W. Taylor's scientific management, most people work only to
earn money, in other words, money is the greatest motivation for workers. If I am
a manager at Macy's and the workers in my department are not motivated, I will stimulate
them according to his theory. First of all, I will separate them into two groups and
choose the best two workers in my department to be the leaders of these two groups.
Each member of the group will cooperate with each other in order to achieve the greatest
selling amount. At the end of each month, the member in the group with the most sales
amount will be paid more; if they sell beyond the quota they will receive a bonus
at the end of the month. Also, the employee with the greatest amount of sales will
get an additional day off.
Besides Frederick W. Taylor's scientific theory, I'll also combine Herzberg's hygiene
theory to motivate workers enthusiasm. Herzberg suggests that the hygiene factors
must be present to ensure that a worker can function comfortably. To achieve this
goal, every six months, there will be a trip which workers can relax themselves and
enable them to get along with each other better.
Combining Frederick W. Taylor's scientific management and Herzberg's hygiene theory
enables me to motivate most of the workers and provide them with better working conditions.
