How to motivate employees

Employees are basic machinery that exercise and execute for the success of an organization. With their hard work and struggle of day and night, an organization advances to a position where it can generate high profit. New targets are set and plans for the achievements are designed. Organizations invest a substantial amount of money on purchasing new machineries and tools. A good amount is spent upon their maintenance and repair. In all this exercise, the main faction of the success story is ignored and neglected. This is to be kept in mind that man is different from machine Machines do not react but humans can. They need to be motivated and at times even pampered .The point lies in the motivation of the employees. The motivation can emerged by working upon the following principles.
Job security
Employees feel secured if they are guaranteed of their position .This is what keep them committed to the organization.
Benefits to employees
Employees should be paid more than the market rates. A review to their salaries on annual basis will do fine.
Targeted objectives
The goals of the organization should be discussed with them.
Communication with the employees’
The administration should maintain an open dialogue channel with the employees so as to know whether they are unsatisfied.
Open door policy and environment of the organization
Make sure that the administration is approachable and accessible.
Last but not the least, a congenial and friendly environment makes employee feel like coming to work in a pleasant mood.
In addition, knowledge management is highly necessary for any organization. It takes advantage of an organization’s most valuable asset-the collective expertise of its employees and partners. It ensures institutional continuity and the flow of information across the organization. It also provides access to up-to-date knowledge and information, which can be particularly useful in decision-making.
Unfortunately not every one wants to share .Some common barriers to knowledge sharing include reluctance to seek advice from others; lack of awareness about its potential benefits’ lack of trust and time ,individualism, poor means of knowledge and inadequate technology.
However, these barriers can be overcome by focusing on the three Cs: Culture, Competition and Commitment.
Changing the culture
Change the culture within the organization to ensure cross learning between the individuals. This will indicate that employees’ knowledge is respected and valued. Identify role models within the organization and derive maximum leverage from the skills .Rewards and recognition awards to support knowledge initiatives will make a big difference.


Challenging through co-operation.
Encourage employees to challenge each other by introducing competitions and ward systems such as knowledge champion.
Commitment
This builds on the other two Cs.Organization need to be firmly committed to initiate culture change and face challenges and competition internally and externally. To do this, it is essential to make knowledge sharing an intrinsic part of the system. Commitment to knowledge sharing must be demonstrated at all levels in order to inspire and motivate employees to bring about permanent changes.