The evolving nature of the economy has shift people’s attention to the term ‘Human Resource Management’. Human resource management according to Danny Samson refers to “the activities undertaken to attract, develop and maintain an effective workforce within an organization”(Samson & Daft 2005). Since human resource management it mainly dealing with workforce, employee motivation is one important component of this area. Employees’ level of motivation is a crucial component in determining a company’s performance (McKanic 2005). Hence, it is not surprising to find that the most requested article in history of Harvard Business Review publication is Frederick Hertzberg’s 1967 article entitled “ One More Time : How Do You Motivate Employees?” (Garmager & Shemmer 1998). Realizing the importance of these two areas this essay will outline reasons why human resource management in general and employee motivation in particular has become crucially important, by showing the impact they have on an organization. Next, we shall discuss some challenges faced in dealing with human resource management and employee motivation. Lastly, this essay will outline some methods relevant to creating a motivated workforce.
Firstly, reasons why human resource management and employee motivation have become increasingly important. Human resource management has become essential for a number of reasons, among which include the existence of competitive pressure to dominate a market, the ever changing nature of the economy as well as the complexity of the labor market (Samson & Daft 2005, p.441; Lusthaus et al. 1999, p. 62) For example, competitive pressure in today’s market is rather fierce and stiff (Garmegger & Shemmer 1998). Rapid ...