What is the main interest of managers in motivation? Managers and Leaders need to work on motivation in order to achieve objectives for the organisation and the team. The aim should be to change employees’ motivations from what they are, to what the manager wants them to be (Purcell et al, 2003)
Therefore, it is related to performance. Performance is behaviour because you are doing something. Concepts of performance involve ‘levels’ of performance and ‘quality’ of performance, which means that performance is linked to measurement. Therefore, motivation is key to achieving good performance.