Motivation A Success Factor In Organization (a Case Study Of Anammco Nigeria Limited)

 This research study “Motivation a Success Factor in an Organization” (A Case Study of ANAMMCO Nigerian Limited, Nigerian Port Authority Plc) was conducted to further enlighten management that the attainment of success in an organization has a direct bearing to motivation. This research revealed that rewarding employees for their contributions to the success of their organizations serves as the motivation factors inducement in them, that helps bring out the best in them. 

 

 Most organization ignore this drive that motivation is the success factor that we send employees thinking more of organization interest and less of individual interest. Countries like Japan, America, Russia, China, Europe are known for their technological advancement.  The secret behind the success of these developed countries is that they have developed a culture of motivating their labour force. It is worthy to mention that a motivated worker is the most productive workers.  The worker who sometimes equals or excel in any standard his boss sets or contemplates setting for him.  Herzberge defined motivation in a book jointly written by Williams F. Dawling and Leonard R. Sayle titled “How motivates” (1971) as: “An inner desire to make an effort.

 This definition implies that there is a reagent that acts as a catalyst that gears or gingers up the effort that make an employee go the extra mile to achieve what he/she would ordinarily not achieve under normal circumstances, the term “motivation” derives from the Latin movere “to move” it is virtually impossible to determine a person’s motivation until that person behaves or literally move. Robert Kreitner in the fifth edition of his book titled “management” (1990) defined motivation as “the psychological process that gives behaviour purpose and direction.

 By applying this process, managers attempt to get individuals to willingly pursue organizational objectives.  The individual workers behave in a certain manner or toward a certain direction informed by a drive within them and this give them the urge to aspire to satisfy that objective.

 The resultant effect of motivation is the attainment of higher productivity by organization (both private and public)

 In essence motivation is a function of performance, which eventually leads to sustain the success of organization.  A working definition (Cole 1995) of motivation is as follows: “Motivation is the term used to describe those process, both instructive and rations by which people seek to satisfy the basic drives, perceived needs and personal goals which trigger human behaviour”.

 It becomes pertinent for all organization to know that motivation is a success factor in order to achieve higher performance.

Title Page          ii

Approval Page         iii

Dedication          iv

Acknowledgement          v

Abstract          vi

Preface          vii

Table of Contents          viii

CHAPTER ONE

1.0 Introduction         1

1.1 Background of the Study       2

1.2 Statement of the problem       7

1.3 Objective of the Study       8

1.4 Research Question        9

1.5 Definition of Terms       10

References         13

CHAPTER TWO: 

Review of Related Literature        14

2.1 Introduction         14

2.2 Meaning of Motivation       14

2.3 Motivation and Organization Performance    18

2.4 Various Theories of Motivation      19

2.5 Sources of Motivation Factors in Organization   26

2.6 Brief History of ANAMMCO      30

2.7 Summary of Literature Review      32

 References          33

CHAPTER THREE

3.1 Methodology        34

3.2 Research Design        34

3.3 Sources of Data        35

3.4 Population Size        35

3.5 Sampling Plan        36

3.6 Sample Size         36

3.7 Instrument for Data Collection      37

3.8 Tools for Data Analysis       37

3.9 Scope of the Study        37

3.10 The Limitation of the Study      38

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0 Data Presentation and Analysis      39

CHAPTER FIVE 

Summary of Major Findings, Recommendation and Conclusions  57

5.1 Summary of Major Findings      57

5.2 Recommendations        59

5.3 Conclusion         60

Bibliography        62