| The concept of employee motivation is not at all a | | | | start in the aerospace industry. It allowed a group of |
| new idea. It has been around as long as there have | | | | dedicated employees to focus together as a team on |
| been employees and employers. While the concept | | | | any given project. This idea of employee motivation |
| itself is not new, new research and awareness have | | | | worked especially well since it allowed for creative |
| made new aspects of employee motivation not only a | | | | input from a number of employees without restricting |
| possibility, but a reality in the world today. | | | | the thought of any single person or alienating any one |
| It was not at all uncommon in the past for an employer | | | | employee in particular. When the projects went well, |
| to offer some system of rewards and privileges as a | | | | the employees were celebrated as a group or as a |
| means of employee motivation. Recent thinking | | | | team, offering employee motivation to the whole group |
| however has given way to the fact that this process | | | | instead of to any one individual. |
| may actually alienate other workers who, for | | | | This concept of employee motivation has since |
| whatever reason, may not be as capable in a | | | | evolved and become common in many fields of study. |
| particular field or endeavor. Ultimately, the belief was | | | | There are a number of seminars offered which are |
| that this was actually contrary to effective employee | | | | specifically designed and promoted as a means to |
| motivation and in reality, decreased employee | | | | offer not only employee motivation, but to create an |
| productivity. Since the main idea behind employee | | | | atmosphere of team work that is surprisingly beneficial |
| motivation is to increase worker productivity, this was | | | | to worker productivity. By allowing the people to work |
| seen as very limited in scope and detrimental in the | | | | together as teams, and as is often the case in these |
| long run regarding employer-employee relations. | | | | seminars, making any one employee's success |
| Recent beliefs and ideas have introduced new | | | | dependent on the ability of the team as a whole, the |
| concepts to the field of employee motivation. One of | | | | workers are unified and become more closely knit and |
| the most common "new" areas of growth in the area | | | | function much better together. This has had profound |
| of employee motivation is through the use of work | | | | and far reaching effects in the area of employee |
| teams. | | | | motivation. |
| This concept of employee motivation had its major | | | | |