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The Directing Process in Nursing Management
- Motivation
The concept of motivation
Motivation is the basic engine that drives individuals to achieve and satisfy their desires Motivation is also defined as “an internal feeling that encourages, stops, or changes a certain behavior”
Work Motives
They are the motivating factors that come from within a person and arouse in him the desire to work and achieve
It is therefore a state or an internal force latent in the individual that activates and moves his behavior towards specific goals
Need
It is an internal state that makes certain outcomes seem attractive to the individual, meaning that a need is a desire to satisfy a certain deficiency or want in the individual
incentive
An environmental influence that aims to stimulate motivation and achieve a response to it, and thus it stems from the work environment
Motivation
It is an administrative practice by the manager to influence employees by stimulating motives, desires and needs in order to satisfy them and make them more prepared to give their best in order to achieve high levels of performance and achievement in the organization
The importance of motivation
& For employees to love their work and feel satisfied with what they do
& To achieve the goals of the educational process in which your school contributes
& To help you in your management, you need active, loving, and effective people
Important factors in motivating the worker
Officials should pay particular attention to three factors
Cooperation with the institution Employees feel more motivated to work when they realize the importance of cooperation with the institution they deal with
Conviction When employees realize that the work they do constitutes a qualitative addition to the institution’s work, they are motivated to continue with the same seriousness and diligence
Choice Employees feel motivated to work more and harder when you give them the authority to make decisions during work However, try to look for other suitable ways to encourage them such as giving them bonuses and so on But in all cases, you must focus on the factors that affect the enthusiasm of employees at work; especially the factors that lie within each one of them
Stimulus policy objectives
The goal of establishing a good incentive system leads to achieving beneficial results, the most important of which are
1) Increase work output in the form of quantities, production quality, sales and profits
2) Reducing surplus work, such as reducing costs, the quantity of raw materials, and reducing the loss of human resources
3) Satisfying the needs of workers of all kinds, especially what is called appreciation and respect
4) Allowing workers to increase their income while increasing their effort beyond the set rates, which encourages skills to exert more effort
5) Making employees feel a sense of justice within the organization, developing a spirit of cooperation among employees, and raising the spirit of loyalty and belonging
6) Contributing to the development of the best methods and approaches to perform work with the least effort and at the same time achieving the best results
7) Improving the organization's image in front of the community
Benefits of motivation
A good incentive system has many benefits, including
1) Increase in work productivity, sales and profits
2) Reducing labor loss in the material and human fields
3) Increase employees' income and make them feel a sense of justice within the organization
4) Attracting good employees to the organization and developing a sense of loyalty, belonging and stability among them
5) Avoid many work problems Such as absences, negative turnover and low Morale and Conflicts
Motivation barriers
1) Fear or dread of the institution
2) Lack of clarity of objectives among the management of the institution
3) Not following up with employees, so you cannot tell who is doing good and who is doing bad
4) Lack of training on the job and lack of guidance to correct errors
5) There are no communication channels between managers and employees, so each is in a different place
6) Administrative errors such as multiple and conflicting decisions
7) Multiple leaderships and conflicting orders
8) Frequent change in leadership, especially if each of them has a different work style from the previous one
Useful ways to gain employee cooperation
• Build a sense of respect and appreciation for employees by praising them for their good work• Try to be patient and make employees feel that you care about them
• Allow employees to participate in taking responsibility for improving work, and train them to do so
• Try to make quiet, noisy, or extroverted employees feel satisfied alike
• Involve employees in your perceptions, and ask them for more ideas
• Work on teaching others how to do things themselves, and encourage them to do so
• Link bonuses to good work performance, not to job standards and seniority at work
• Allow and even encourage side initiatives
• Encourage employees to solve their problems themselves
• Evaluate employees’ achievements, and show the values that these achievements have added to the organization
• Remind them of the value of the work they do
• Remind them of the sacrifices made by others for this work
• Remove the fear from their hearts and chests of the effects of that work on them if it has negative effects
• Give them immunity from rumors and slander
• Always and forever repeat to them the necessity of combining work with sincerity
• Try to make the work groups proportionate in distribution and tasks
• Try to interact and communicate with the workers
• Try to provide the workers with what arouses their desires in many things
