How to Motivate a Boring Job

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MOTIVATING PEOPLE IN BORING JOBS

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Motivation is what causes people to behave as they do and

research has found that motivation is very complex.

Motivation is:

an unconscious psychological process, rather than a logical

one

individual

variable over time often a social process involving others

often affected strongly by experiences from many years ago.

What is Motivation?

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A boring task is a task that demands little thinking or skill; a

task in which a worker has little or no control over whatwork is done; a task that a worker has no room for decision-

making.

WHAT IS BORING JOB?

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Why the work is boring:

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y Low Status

y Undervalued

y Lack of Control

y Low Demands

y Lack of Opportunities

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Who Does Boredom Normally Affect?

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Boredom normally affects the people who work on factory

floors, labor on construction sites, stack supermarket

shelves, drive trucks, clean offices. Described variously as blue collar, manual or low skill workers. However, some

particular projects may be seen as boring.

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Why is Removing Boredom Important?

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y Boring Work is a Pain

y Boredom is a Killer

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Labor Shortage is Growingy Lost Business Opportunities

y Turnover is Sky-high

y Quality is Replacing Price as Basis for Competition

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MOTIVATIONAL CHALLEGES

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y Workforce is changing.

y Employees join the organizations with different needs and

expectations.

y Their values, beliefs, background, lifestyles, perceptions

and attitude are different.

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FRAMEWORK OF MOTIVATION

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IDENTIFIERS NEEDS

SEARCHES FOR WAYS TO

SATISFY NEEDS

ENGAGES IN GOALDIRECTED BEHAVIOR

PERFORMS

RECIEVES EITHER REWARDSOR PUNISHMENTS

REASUMES NEED

DEFICIENCIES

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Change yourself

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There are many things in life that we cannot change. In

todays economic conditions, there is no escape from fresh

challenges, uncertainties and turbulences. Trying to

control them is nothing but a futile exercise. On contrary,

what you can most easily control or modify is your

behaviour. Keep stress at bay, be open to changing your

attitude, outlook and work habits.

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Identify stressors

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Over dose of anything is bad. Doing a prefect is good but

if flair for perfection crosses limits, it could well become a

major cause for your stress. Try spending time on

necessary things, if failure to achieve high standards is

causing stress, redefine the standards. After all not every

task requires high degrees of precision. But dont become

an workaholic.

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Learn to relax

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Most of the time we frown even when not warranted. Your

restlessness wont change anything. In fact physical

restlessness automatically results in mental paranoia. When

you know you have no control over the bore dome, the

best thing is to relax. A relaxed state puts body-mind back

in peak shape.

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Focus on you

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When you are interacting with a diversified workforce, it is

important that you need to develop ways to work with

everyone. Sometimes your behaviour may become thetriggering factor for a conflict. This may lead to boring

work environment, so focus on your behaviour and

attitude.

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Respect your work

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Your work is not always independent. You need to work

with a number of functional departments to finish the

project. Failure to finish the work within the deadline may

affect the careers of your teammates and you may be held

responsible for this. Commit to your work and finish it

within the stipulated time.

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Learn to appreciate

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You cannot complete a project without the support of team.

You may celebrate the success for completion of project but

you may not be the sole owner for all the achievements.Acknowledge the positive things achieved by others and

reward them for the same.

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A friendly touch

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Maintain positive and friendly relations with everyone in

the organization to gain support of all of them. Behave

professionally and develop an optimistic attitude tofurther your relations with the team. Avoid complaining

about others and learn to appreciate and recognize their

talents and abilities.

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Conclusion

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To enjoy and to be happy at workdo not always stick to a

beaten path. Try developing a kind offlexibility that helps

you to overcome the difficulties foray in the future with

confidence. For this purpose you must think plan and

manage day-to-day activities in new ways.

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People who enjoy what they are doing

invariably do it well.

Positive relationships helps in betterwork environment.

THANK YOU

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