True or false: pay and benefits play an important role in motivating employees.

Smart employers know that keeping quality employees requires providing the right compensation and benefits package. Compensation includes wages, salaries, bonuses and commission structures. Employers shouldn't ignore the benefits portion of employee compensation and benefits, because the benefits sweeten employment contracts with the priorities that most employees need.

Attracting Top Talent

People are always looking to put themselves in the best possible position financially. Those who are worth a specific salary amount often know their value and will seek a position that pays accordingly. Do research on what your competitor's compensation and benefits packages look like. Make sure you offer a similar package to your potential employees so that you attract the best candidates for your company. Hiring the right candidate the first time reduces recruiting costs and helps free up business owners for other tasks.

Increased Employee Motivation

Properly compensating employees shows you value them as workers and as human beings. When people feel valued, they feel better about coming in to work. Overall company morale increases and people are motivated to come to work and do a good job. Additionally, when employees know there are bonuses or commissions, they are increasingly motivated to deliver grander results. Bonus and commission compensation plans become a focal point for success.

Boost Employee Loyalty

When employees are being paid well and are happy, they're likely to stay with the company. Proper compensation is one factor why employees remain with employers. Loyalty means that business owners don't need to continue to spend time, money and energy on recruiting new candidates. Employee retention and low-turnover rates are great for employers who cultivate a team that knows what to do. That team is also motivated to be part of the team, and they get the job done well.

Increased Productivity and Profitability

Happy employees are productive employees. Productivity in relation to compensation starts with employees feeling valued which increases motivation and loyalty. Not only are employees more motivated to do a good job, but also, the longer people are with the company, the more they know and the more efficient they become. All of this leads to increased productivity.

Job Satisfaction So People Stay

Creating the right compensation plan leads to stronger job satisfaction. The right compensation plan includes benefits, along with all the other bonuses available. Employees often boast about holiday bonuses or they keenly watch how the company stock performs because they have stock options. The right compensation program invests employees into the work being done, which gives them a stronger sense of satisfaction when the company succeeds. They know they will be rewarded for their efforts; everyone likes to be appreciated.

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Motivation is a very important for an organization because of the following benefits it provides:

1. Puts human resources into action

   Every concern requires physical, financial and human resources to accomplish the goals. It is through motivation that the human resources can be utilized by making full use of it. This can be done by building willingness in employees to work. This will help the enterprise in securing best possible utilization of resources.

2. Improves level of efficiency of employees

   The level of a subordinate or a employee does not only depend upon his qualifications and abilities. For getting best of his work performance, the gap between ability and willingness has to be filled which helps in improving the level of performance of subordinates. This will result into-

   1. Increase in productivity,
   2. Reducing cost of operations, and
   3. Improving overall efficiency.

3. Leads to achievement of organizational goals

   The goals of an enterprise can be achieved only when the following factors take place :-

   1. There is best possible utilization of resources,
   2. There is a co-operative work environment,
   3. The employees are goal-directed and they act in a purposive manner,
   4. Goals can be achieved if co-ordination and co-operation takes place simultaneously which can be effectively done through motivation.

4. Builds friendly relationship

   Motivation is an important factor which brings employees satisfaction. This can be done by keeping into mind and framing an incentive plan for the benefit of the employees. This could initiate the following things:

   1. Monetary and non-monetary incentives,
   2. Promotion opportunities for employees,
   3. Disincentives for inefficient employees.

   In order to build a cordial, friendly atmosphere in a concern, the above steps should be taken by a manager. This would help in:

   1. Effective co-operation which brings stability,
   2. Industrial dispute and unrest in employees will reduce,
   3. The employees will be adaptable to the changes and there will be no resistance to the change,
   4. This will help in providing a smooth and sound concern in which individual interests will coincide with the organizational interests,
   5. This will result in profit maximization through increased productivity.

5. Leads to stability of work force

   Stability of workforce is very important from the point of view of reputation and goodwill of a concern. The employees can remain loyal to the enterprise only when they have a feeling of participation in the management. The skills and efficiency of employees will always be of advantage to employees as well as employees. This will lead to a good public image in the market which will attract competent and qualified people into a concern. As it is said, “Old is gold” which suffices with the role of motivation here, the older the people, more the experience and their adjustment into a concern which can be of benefit to the enterprise.

From the above discussion, we can say that motivation is an internal feeling which can be understood only by manager since he is in close contact with the employees.

Needs, wants and desires are inter-related and they are the driving force to act. These needs can be understood by the manager and he can frame motivation plans accordingly. We can say that motivation therefore is a continuous process since motivation process is based on needs which are unlimited. The process has to be continued throughout.

We can summarize by saying that motivation is important both to an individual and a business.

Motivation is important to an individual as:

1. Motivation will help him achieve his personal goals.
2. If an individual is motivated, he will have job satisfaction.
3. Motivation will help in self-development of individual.
4. An individual would always gain by working with a dynamic team.

Similarly, motivation is important to a business as:

1. The more motivated the employees are, the more empowered the team is.
2. The more is the team work and individual employee contribution, more profitable and successful is the business.
3. During period of amendments, there will be more adaptability and creativity.
4. Motivation will lead to an optimistic and challenging attitude at work place.

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