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Imagine yourself as a manager of TISCO, Jamshedpur, how will you motivate the
employees to achieve more in production?

Introduction
Organisation is stated as the structure and process by which a cooperative group of
human beings allocates its tasks among its members, identifies relationships and
integrates its activities towards common objectives. It involves the structure of tasks, the
placement of human beings in the structure and the integration of the two functions into a
human system of activities. There is no one best way to design organization, it depends
on the situations in which designs takes place.
‘Management is the accomplishment of results through the efforts of other people’-
Lawrence.A.Appley.
Management is the force that integrates men and physical plant into an effective
operating unit. Simply stated management means “getting things done through other
people” Management is powerful and intangible. It helps human resource in
accomplishing their tasks by inspiring and motivating them which will result more in
production
Manager is a person who is responsible for getting things done through others. He is also
responsible for designing organization’s structure. Every organization contains people,
and it is management’s job to direct and coordinate these people. This is the leading
function and one of the important factor of leading function is motivate his subordinates.

As a manager of well recognized company like TISCO, it is important to maintain graph

of the business. To be a competitive in global market the higher production is one of the
major part of the same. Which not only depend on the proper planning but also requires
the well inputs from the employees mainly by low line workers.

Motivation is the key to performance improvement:

Motivation in the workplace is essential for a good working environment. Different
things motivate different people. Most people do work for money; many others work
because they love their jobs. Others work because they want to help others or to feel
accomplished in a certain field.
There are lots of reasons why people are motivated to work:.

1.One of the main reason for motivation regarding work is money. Money is also the
reason why people are motivated to get degrees or higher training for their jobs. They
want to better themselves in their workplace to make a higher salary. When people
receive good pay for the work they do, they are more motivated to work harder and do
better at their job, who under estimated the power of money is making mistake. Money
can motivated almost any employee to work hard.

2.Another reason for motivation at work is recognition for their performance. With out
proper recognition, employees will not be as motivated as they are when they are
properly praised. Employees want raises, promotions and recognition among fellow
employees. In fact after money, recognition is one of the main reason why people search
for better job. The failure to discipline non-working employees can result in lack of
motivation.

3.Another reason for motivation among workers is that, they want flexibility in their
schedules. If their employer cannot offer this, then they will look ofr another job. They
feel more motivated to do a better job when the employer can offer good
communications. Workers want their supervisors to know that they have good ideas too
and they don’t want to feel bad about expressing their ideas. They will take comfort in
knowing that they have sympathetic supervisors and can go to them when they need to
express problems or concerns in the work place.

4.To boost morale and motivation among employees, employer should know each
employee’s needs. Some may feel that they want to be in control of their environment.
They will not feel motivated if they constantly have a supervisor looking over their
shoulders and critiquing their work. Workers will feel more motivated if they can start
their work and know that their supervisors trust them and what they do each day. This
helps them have the self-confidence at work.

There are various methods to motivate the employees. In the case of a well recognized
company like Tata Iron and Steal Co.(TISCO) the lion share may be the blue collar
workers. To motivate both the blue and white-collar workers, know them closely. Know
their pulse. After that we can adopt the following methods to improve production.
5.Monetary benefits
1.Salaries or wages:
It is the most important motivational factor. Reasonable salaries must be paid and on
time. While fixing salaries, it will be taken into consideration a number of factors such as
cost of living, Company’s ability to pay, conditions prevailing in the market, Capability
of employees etc.

2.Incentives:
It refers to incentives by way of medical allowances, leave travel allowance, house rent
allowance, educational allowance, recreation allowance and so on. Bonus as a extra
payment over and about salary given to employee as a incentive.

3.Special Individual incentives:

It will be provided to deserving employees for valuable suggestions and valuable target
oriented performance or for special efforts as the part of the employee.

6.NON-MONETARY BENEFITS
Non-financial factors can also play an important role in the motivation of employees. We
can apply that methods to motivate the employees to improve the production

1.Status or Job Title:

By providing a higher designation the employees can be motivated. For example: re-
designate “production supervisor” with “ Production Officer” will increase the morale of
the employee.. Employees prefer and proud for higher designation.

2.Appreciation and recognition:

Employees must be appreciated for their services. The praise would come not only from
the immediate superior but also from higher authorities, especially in the case of special
achievement.
3.Delegation of authority:
Delegation of authority motivates a subordinate to perform the tasks with dedication and
commitment. When authority is delegated, the subordinate knows that his superior has
placed faith and trust in him and as such he may devoted to his job.

4. Working Condition:
Better working conditions motivate the employees. It means air conditioned rooms proper
sanitation good lighting and ventilation, proper office layout, compact and convenient
machines and equipments; proper rest pauses etc. can motivate the employees.

5.Job security:
Guarantee of jobs security or lack of fear of dismissal etc. can also be a good way to
motivate employees. Employees who are kept temporarily for a long time may be
frustrated, and they may leave the organization.

6.Job enrichment
It involves providing more challenging tasks and responsibilities. An executive, who is
involved in preparing and presenting reports of performance, may also be asked for frame
plans. This would make the job of the employee more meaningful and satisfying.
7.Workers participation:
Inviting the employee to be a member of the quality circle or a committee or some other
form of employee participation can also motivate the work-force.

8.Other factors:
There are several other factors of motivating employees. Those are
· Providing training to the employees
· Proper promotion and transfers
· Proper performance evaluation and feedback
· Proper job placement
· Flexible working hours
· Proper welfare activities.

Role of the Motivator:

The goal is to bring together a collection of resources that describe and comment on key
variables in the organizational environment that relate to employee motivation and
productivity. We study the principles of employee motivation, in order to achieve higher
productivity in our workplaces. We apply the appropriate (to our workplaces) mix of
theories in a common sense approach that engages the needs and aspirations of the people
who we seek to motivate.
The intention is to provide a resource-set on how such variables can be viewed and
approached in terms of improving those business processes that are impacted on or by
employees.

Some warm-ups

Before you jump in, try the warm-up exercises to get you thinking about the subject of
employee motivation. Don't just skip through this part, there may be some important
lessons to be learnt and applied. These exercise may have a slow fuse in terms of your
approach in the workplace

Historical Perspective

Some lessons from history. The search for better ways of doing things is, was and will
ever be a preoccupation. You cannot escape the need to constantly improve.

Productivity

Productivity can be said to be the raison d'être of you to management. Yet how well do
you and indeed all your employees fully understand the concept and consider all the
components that it comprises?

Basic Approaches to Improving Productivity

There are three basic approaches to engineer productivity in an organization, scientific

management approach, financial management approach and the human relations
approach. All three approaches are inter dependant

Employee Motivation - Theory and Practice

Different cultures, levels of existence, needs, wants, and background experiences require
careful consideration, with regular evaluation and refinement as time goes by.
Employee Rewards

Appropriate, fair and commensurate with contribution to the bottom line

Informal Group Dynamics

They exist, at all levels and have to be managed successfully, with groups and individual
goals aligned with departmental and organizational goals

Leader Perceptions

Individuals, organizations, communities, and countries all under–perform because of poor

perceptions from leadership. The no-cost way to magical improvement in individuals and
groups.

Job Design

A practical framework for you to think about, collect information on, analyze, then
integrate the specifics of your organizational environment and goals, into the jobs your
people do

Functions of Human Resource Management

"People are our most valuable asset" so develop your HR systems to develop, reward,
enthuse and motivation them, all of them!

Ergonomics

The key to worker productivity, make work easier, make it quicker, make it safer and
make it fun! The role of ergonomics, fitting the work to the worker!

Communications

‘Spin’ less and communicate more. Engage hearts and minds through, listening and other
informal communication techniques. The ways to lead and influence followers. Another
no-cost way to performance improvement

Productivity improvement commandments

Expertise required

The skills required to improve productivity are much simpler than most people think or
believe. We all know the phrase 'time is money' and to a great or lessor extent we have
expertise in the 'money' part of this truism. We speculated on how we can earn more,
save more, manage it better, get a better return on the money we invest and so on.
Given that time is money, all we really need to be is experts in time, to produce the
improvements in our organizations.

Evaluating how things are done currently

Some simple work measurement (no stop watch / study board required) and some
analysis and you will come up with improvements in the ratios of input resources
(essentially time and money) and output (goods or services) in your work place.

The simple schematic below is your starting point. If you understand this conceptual
model, your organizations' productivity and your career prospects are in for a boost.

Developing Conceptual Models

These resources are essentially about improving productivity. We have put together in
our online articles and include in our PDF publications conceptual models to help you
understand the factors involved in improving productivity. Productivity is about making
work:

• Simpler
• Easier
• Quicker
• Rewarding
• Safer
• Fun
for employees. Conceptual models enable you to quickly understand, develop and adapt
the model to your specific workplace situation.

The better your understanding what is going on in your workplace and of the factors
involved, the greater your chances of 'sniffing out' better ways and getting your
recommendations installed as new practice.

TISCO is a well-reputed firm in India. TISCO has an inevitable role in the field of Iron
and Steel industry. So the manager have to give a special care to implementing the
motivational activities as above described. Workers should not be treated as merge wage
slaves; they can be motivated and happy at work. When they are, the company can expect
higher productivity, more innovation, higher quality and better worker relations. In short
the TISCO will make more money. Production workers can be motivated and happy and
that this makes a difference to the bottom line. The above points are to be considered
while motivating the employees of TISCO, and through that the production can be
improved within the prescribed time.