Critique Of "The Effect Of The Motivation Techniques Used By Managers To Increase The Productivity Of Their Workers And An Application" Essay.

Strengths of the Journal Article thesis statement

Question:

Discuss about the Teaching of Mixed Methods Research.

The purpose of this paper is to critique a journal article “The Effect of the Motivation Techniques Used by Managers to Increase the Productivity of their Workers and an Application” by (Guclu & Gune, 2017). The two scholars strive to establish the effect of different motivation techniques employed for the managers to drive employees to improve their performance and productivity management. In the article critique, this paper explores the article's thesis statement. The essay will go further to investigate the weaknesses and strengths associable of the thesis statement used in the article. Additionally, the essay will offer a viewpoint on the thesis statement used in the article and how it relates to its overall discussion. The article under critique will be the major source of the discussion in this essay. However, the essay will also consider other external sources to make the article review extensive and comprehensive.

Ideally, thesis statement offers the position of the article on a particular topic of exploration (Long, 2014, p. 428). Thesis statement “The perception of motivation techniques implemented by the managers to increase efficiency among the employees and whether they create differences in the working process” (Guclu & Gune, 2017, p. 1) used in the article under the critique suits to its discussion. The thesis statement has perfectly maintained the determination of the question under investigation to its content. For example, the article has commenced by defining what efficiency is and having a brief overview how it can be achieved through different motivation techniques. The article also strives to establish whether different motivation techniques when applied in different contexts by different managers whether their impacts remain the same. However, just like any other article, thesis statement used in this article has both strengths and weaknesses.

Efficiency is the keyword used in the thesis statement. This comes out as the first strength that can be ascribed to the thesis statement. To argue the importance of efficiency among the employees, the authors’ holds that efficiency is among the key facts that can affect the organizational success either positively or negatively (Guclu & Gune, 2017, p. 2). The authors of the article argue that right efficiency will be realized by applying the appropriate motivation techniques. They go further to put across that it is through efficiency whereby the business success or stagnation will be determined. Guclu & Gune further attributes employees as the major factors that affect the organizational efficiency. 

Efficiency and motivation techniques in the article

Secondly, the methods that can improve the enterprise efficiency are discussed in relation to the thesis statement of the journal article under review. The authors associate these methodologies to the growth and development of the business. At this juncture, the article links different motivational techniques to the success of the business. According to the authors of the article, efficiency equals to success. This means for the organization to succeed it has to employ effective motivation strategies that will influence the success of the employees.

Thirdly, the article acknowledges the inclusion of motivation in the thesis statement. This is well illustrated in the article through defining motivation as well as elaborating its importance in the business context. In the discussion of what is motivation, the article establishes that motivation should not only look at from the employees’ side but also from the customers’ side. The overall motivation in the organizational setup can be realized by producing high quality products at the lowest cost be able to serve all customers' needs satisfactory. At this point, the article links the enterprise efficiency to the motivation techniques as pinpointed in the thesis statement. According to Long (2014, p. 430), the good thesis statement should have interconnections of its key elements.

Fourth, the authors have considered the importance of the theoretical framework management in the research work. Even though the article is not bringing it clear, it has portrayed it indirectly in the discussion of the motivation techniques. It is the requirement that an article meant for the research work should provide relevant theories that the author has relied upon to carry out his or her study (Hesse-Bibera, 2015, p. 6). The authors of the article have explored different motivation theories such as Maslow’s Theory of Needs Hierarchy, Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory, Vroom's Expectancy Theory and Adam’s Equity Theory as well as Behavior and Reinforcement Theory. Through the application of these theories, the article meets the threshold of the theoretical framework. Besides, the theoretical discussion effectively relates the importance and motivation techniques to the enterprise efficiency as portrayed in the thesis statement.

The article has also put into consideration the aspects of the managers that have been included in the thesis statement. The article explores how managers’ behavior that can influence the performance of the employee. It is important to note that the authors have established the position of the managers in the thesis statement. Again, the discussion under this section links efficiency, motivation techniques and the role of the managers in the organization. The three aspects are well covered in the thesis statement, and their relationship expounded in the overall discussion of the article topic under study.

Inclusion of motivation in the article's thesis statement

Just like any research work, this article has tested the application of the research method to arrive at the conclusive results. The application of the research methods strives to answer the question whether different motivation techniques improve enterprise efficiency. The study uses a sample from the appropriate target population that comprises of the lower level employees and managers. The study also applies the right data collection techniques and analysis methods to ensure the results realized are valid and reliable. Based on the nature of the target population the article uses the survey to obtain the desired information from the selected sample. Finally, the article discusses results from the study to justify its final results.

From the strengths analysis, it has been evident that the authors have tried to meet the thresholds of a research journal article. However, gaps are arising from the development of the article. For example, the authors appear to concentrate more in the definition of terms instead of exploring the main themes as contained in the thesis statement. The introduction part in the article has taken almost half of the whole article. This comprises, the definition of terms such as efficiency, motivations among other elements contained in the thesis statement. Besides, the interrelation between the different elements of the thesis statement has been put across in a fragmented manner. This approach makes it difficult for the reader to relate different parts discussed under introduction to the article’s thesis statement. A brief definition of key concepts could have provided a better understanding to the reader. Additionally, correlation of the thesis statements under one section could have helped to explain it better.

Any research work is based on the objectives that the author wants to achieve (Heyvaert & Hannes, 2013, p. 12). The author will then base his study on the set objectives. However, this is a different case for the journal article under critique. There are no set objectives that can relate to its thesis statement. The inclusion of the research objectives will help the readers to review whether the research is in line with its thesis statement. The authors have the responsibility of identifying the research objectives to the readers (William, 2012, p. 66). It is also evident that the authors have used a lot of information that may not be essential to the development of the article.

The extensive introductory part consumes space that could have been used to elaborate other key issues in the article. For example, the research methods section covers very little space. Besides, there no clear analysis methods that were used by the authors. Additionally, the authors rely only on one organization to obtain the sample. This may need to provision to unreliable results. It also contravenes the element of the article thesis statement that states that the paper will investigate the enterprise efficiency based on the different motivation techniques used by different managers in different organizations. This means that the sample for the study should have been selected from different organizations and different motivation techniques should have been applied by different managers.

On the section of data collection, their researchers have only relied on one survey as the only data collection technique. There is no supplementary technique that the researchers can use to compare their results.  This questions the authenticity of the results obtained to carry out the study. Reliable and validity results of the study should be based both on the qualitative and quantitative data (Heyvaert & Hannes, 2013, p. 8). Besides, the survey used in the study may provide bias information when they sample learn that their data will be used to carry out research.

Conclusion

In conclusion, this essay has found that the journal article by Guclu and Gune has been largely expounded based on the thesis statement. Only a few cases where it appears to deviate from is the main theme. This essay suggests that with clear research objectives that are strongly connected to the thesis statement will help to eliminate extensive definitions of the terms. Additionally, the essay recommends for discussion of all the thesis statement under one section to make it clear for the reader how they are related.

References

Guclu, H. & Gune, S., 2017. The Effect of the Motivation Techniques Used by Managers to Increase the Productivity of their Workers and an Application. Business Management Dynamics, 6(7), pp. 01-18.

Hesse-Bibera, S., 2015. The problems and prospects in the teaching of mixed methods research. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 1(1), pp. 1-14.

Heyvaert, M. & Hannes, K., 2013. Critical Appraisal of Mixed Methods Studies. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, XX(X), pp. 1-26.

Long, H., 2014. An Empirical Review of Research Methodologies and Methods in Creativity Studies (2003–2012). Creativity Research Journal, 26(4), p. 427–438.

William, C., 2012. Research Methods. Journal of Business & Economic Research, 5(3), pp. 65-70.