Assignment: What's Empowerment Got To Do With It?
Contemporary companies are spotlighted as "best places to work" and their employee motivation practices are openly discussed. For example, Google, Southwest Airlines, and Zappos all claim that "empowering their employees" is the reason that their workforce is so dedicated and highly motivated.
Read the article "Motivating Employees Has Everything To Do With Giving Them Feelings Of Ownership" from Forbes Magazine.
Your Task
After reading the article, you are ready to begin the assignment:
1. Research employee motivation and contemporary companies by choosing a company known to be a "great place to work" as the focus of your written assignment. If you are not certain which companies meet this criteria, you can start at one of these Web sites: glassdoor or bestplacestowork org Forbes Magazine and Indeed.com also gather data on employee satisfaction.
2. Once you have selected the company, summarize the key components or characteristics of your selected company's employee motivation strategy or practice.
3. Compare the strategy or practice used by the company to one of the theories presented in the module readings (i.e. Maslow's hierarchy of needs, ERG, Herzberg's Two-Factor, Theory X and Theory Y Theory, Theory Z, Equity Theory, etc.). Be specific when you make this comparison, and be aware of the fact that you may see elements of more than one theory being put into practice.
4. After you have studied how your chosen company keeps its employees motivated and creates a great place to work, summarize which theory would most motivate you and why.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.