Mangers should enable employees to have impact because employees may be the best source of ideas for improving productivity. Recognition as Motivators Recognition, on the other hand, is what you do beyond what people are paid to get the best effort form employees. Compensation is a right, Recognition is a gift, says Bob Nelson. Public mangers are not always able to motivate employees through pay and bonuses like private managers. Public mangers look for other ways to motivate.
Recognition is one of the ways a public manager can motivate an employee.
To an employee, recognition signifies that someone notices and someone cares. Employees wonder what is the point of going al out if no one notices and it does not seem to make a whit of difference. Sometimes salary is not enough to encourage employees to do their jobs. Reward is the biggest motivator for an employee. While majority of managers feel that reward equals pay, some employees feel that some motivators are less tangible than pay.