STAFF MOTIVATION AS CRITICAL TOOL FOR ORGANIZATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY: A STUDY OF UKUM LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCIL (2022-2024)

ABSTRACT This study is aimed at investigating the impact of motivation in the management of people at work. No system moves smoothly without it and no organization achieve its objectives without motivating its human resources. The objective therefore is to explore effects and ways of motivating workers in organization, using Ukum local government as a case study. Necessary literature on the topic was reviewed. Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory is used to support the work. Questionnaires were constructed and administered. Descriptive statistics of frequencies and percentages were analyzed and interpreted on data collected. This analysis revealed among others that; problems such as lack of promotion, incentives and allowance to work affect motivation. The researcher concluded from the findings that, the motivation has important effect on employee’s productivity. The management of Ukum local government should therefore try as much as possible to adopt well and positives motivational techniques to increases the morale of the workers towards productivity and performance. Finally, the local government management should seek for various ways of improving productivity in their organization by finding out the effects, causes or problems associated with motivation. The study therefore recommended that deliberate efforts should be made to create job enrichment which require job enlargement and other aspect to reduce boredom and then workers should be encouraged by the local government to meet their perceived needs such as promotion, recognition, authority and responsibility so as to motivate them for increase in production.