The Mystery of Motivation: Engaging Employee Enthusiasm

Author: Zhang Zhigang
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Motivation is a term filled with leadership wisdom, and it is also a word imbued with magical power. Its wisdom and magic lie in its ability to inspire individuals to unleash greater passion, demonstrate stronger drive, and thereby enhance their work efficiency and achieve greater results. Motivation is the essence of modern enterprise management. Without motivation, there is no management; without motivation, enterprise management will come to a standstill. It is hard to imagine a company that lacks motivation to inspire its employees and boost their morale achieving remarkable performance or maintaining an invincible position in fierce market competition! This book presents the research findings of scholars from around the world on motivation theory and motivation models; outlines the principles that should guide employee motivation, such as being practical, fair and just, timely and appropriate, aligned with individual capabilities, and tailored to needs, as well as the dialectical principles of combining intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, emphasizing rewards while incorporating moderate punishment, balancing competition and collaboration, and integrating strict management with ideological work; and focuses on introducing various motivation methods such as salary motivation, sharing motivation, equity motivation, goal motivation, spiritual motivation, and empowerment motivation, along with the strategies and techniques for applying these methods.