In order to discuss motivation, an appropriate definition must first be established. Motivated workers are essential to any organization.
Motivated workers keep busy, are more productive, and do better work.
Many different tools have been developed and implemented by organizations to support employee motivation. Some of these tools include incentive pay, awards and recognition, job sharing, and many others. Incentive pay, however, is an ineffective motivation tool, and other motivation tools should be used to assist employee motivation. In order to understand how motivation works, one should first consider some motivation theories. The reason no one theory works in all situations is because people are complex individuals who do things for many different reasons.