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  • 1.  Rating

    Posted 03-22-1999 10:54
    Another (I think) interesting aspect of rating from my long experience comes
    from asking people at any level in an organisation what their top motivators
    are and to say what they think the top motivators are for their employees.
    They always say things like interesting work, acquiring new skills or
    knowledge, praise and advancement - money is normally way down on the list.
    When it comes to their employees, guess what, Money is at the top.

    What does that tell us about attitudes towards employees and the efforts
    managers might make to motivate them? I have my own views.

    Alistair McEwen
    Training for Profit
    Edinburgh, Scotland
    Mailto:amcewen@fife.ac.uk <mailto:amcewen@fife.ac.uk>


  • 2.  Rating

    Posted 03-23-1999 09:22
    Alistar
    This is a very important consideration. The need is to get the employee
    "to buy in" to the company, so that she/he feels part of an entire
    effort. A classic example of success here is the job that the United
    Auto Workers and the car companies have done over the past years. I was
    a very small part of the UAW/GM work in Flint, and I found it quite
    impressive.

    Alistair McEwen wrote:
    >
    > Another (I think) interesting aspect of rating from my long experience comes
    > from asking people at any level in an organisation what their top motivators
    > are and to say what they think the top motivators are for their employees.
    > They always say things like interesting work, acquiring new skills or
    > knowledge, praise and advancement - money is normally way down on the list.
    > When it comes to their employees, guess what, Money is at the top.
    >
    > What does that tell us about attitudes towards employees and the efforts
    > managers might make to motivate them? I have my own views.
    >
    > Alistair McEwen
    > Training for Profit
    > Edinburgh, Scotland
    > Mailto:amcewen@fife.ac.uk <mailto:amcewen@fife.ac.uk>

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