Application: Motivating EmployeesYou are familiar with various theories and approaches to motivating employees. Consider a job in aPost office, and then complete the Assignment.Submit a 300- to 700-word paper which answers all of the following questions:• What motivational techniques, methods, or strategies do employers use to try to keep employees productive, satisfied, or motivated?• What worked and didn’t work to keep them productive, satisfied, and/or motivated?• What motivational theories explain why employer’s efforts worked or didn’t work to keep their employees productive, satisfied, or motivated?• Based on your experiences, what would you recommend that the employers do to try to keep their employees productive, satisfied, and/or motivated?Extra information:• The paper must be in APA style and format.
• Use the rubric to make sure you have everything in the paper to get your full points.
• Please support your opinion.
• If you are going to search using Google, you will yield more appropriate search results using Google Scholar. Avoid using opinion websites, blogs, and Wikipedia.
• When citeing from a book or journal you need the author’s name and the year of publication, as well as the page number if you are directly quoting the source. E.g., ( Skarbakka, 2014, p. 12).
Use 3 resources and examples that support your thinking. In addition to fully answering the assignment’s questions, each Assignment will be evaluated for clarity of writing, critical analysis of the issues, proper use of references to support the positions taken, and adherence to APA standards.
Mastery Criteria (100%)Student provides a thorough and detailed explanation of what motivational techniques, methods, or strategies does (or did) his /her current or past employers use to try to keep employees productive, satisfied, or motivated. Several resources and examples support thinking.Student provides a thorough and detailed explanation of what worked and did not work to keep him/her productive, satisfied, and/or motivated. Several resources and examples support thinking.Student provides a thorough and detailed explanation of what motivational theories explain why his/her employer’s efforts worked or did not work to keep their employees productive, satisfied, or motivated. Several resources and examples support thinking.Student provides a thorough and detailed explanation based on his/her experiences and the readings of what he/she would recommend that his/her current or past employer do to try to keep their employees productive, satisfied, and/or motivated. Several resources and examples support thinking.Student exhibited excellent critical analysis and thinking throughout the paper, consistently supporting their thinking with relevant resources and examples. Excellent logical progression of ideas with detailed supporting rationales. Student submitted a paper that was perfect and fully consistent with Academic Writing Expectations and demonstrated an excellent understanding to audience and purpose of writing. Student used a scholarly voice that skillfully communicated meaning to readers with clarity and fluency and used correct spelling and grammar.Student’s paper demonstrated excellent use of paraphrasing, summary, or quoting to develop ideas appropriate for the assignment and communication praxis. Student’s paper demonstrated consistent adherence to APA formatting and style, and the paper contained no errors in heading levels, margins, pagination, etc. All sources and references are cited per APA format.