Question

As manager of a large team of engineers, you notice that your team is falling short of its goals primarily because several team members are either not motivated to put in their best or are downright dissatisfied with their jobs. You have decided to follow Herzberg's two-factor theory to motivate your employees. What steps can you take to maximize motivation?

Answer 1

Herzberg’s two factor theory states that there are two different set of factors that causes job satisfaction and lack of another set of factors cause job dissatisfaction. These two factors are independent of each other.

As a result, at this point the important step that must be taken is to identify the factors that will cause motivation and the factors the lack of which is cause is dissatisfaction.

The possible motivating factors that can be added to the current job situation is

• Achievement
• Recognition
• Responsibility
• Advancement
• Growth

In order to reduce the dissatisfaction level among the employees we should review the following

• Company policy
• Issues regarding micro-management
• Work conditions
• Salary and compensation

Doing this could improve the employee motivation and reduce the dissatisfaction.