Research Project - Critical Literature Review
Selected Topic: Assessing the impact of organisational culture on employee motivation.
LITERATURE REVIEW STRUCTURE
The aim of this Literature review:
The study aims to assess the impact of organisational culture on employee motivation.
Specific Objectives:
- To relate the linkages and distinctions between organisational culture and employee motivation from current literature.
- To identify organisational culture, culture, motivation and employment theories.
- To determine the factors with positive and negative effects on organisational culture, culture, motivation and employment.
- To analyse the effectiveness of organisational culture that persuade employee contributions towards satisfactory corporate performance and outputs.
Review Outline:
1. Introduction
2. Organisational culture
2.1 Theories of Organisational culture
2.2 Features of organisational Culture
3. Culture
3.1 Theory of cultural capriciousness
3.2 Facets of culture
4. Motivation
4.1 Theories of motivation
4.2 Factors of motivation
4.2.1 Compensation Provisions (Rewards and incentives)
4.2.2 Appraisal Systems (Recognition)
4.2.3 Career Planning (Training and development)
5. Employee Analysis
5.1 Theories of employment
5.2 Types of Employment and employees
5.3 Individual variances
5.4 Flexibility Vs Rigidity
6. Impact of organisational culture on employee motivation towards Corporate Progression
7. Conclusion
8. Bibliography
RESEARCH PROJECT
Welcome to the Research component of your degree. The research project for this degree will take the form of a critical literature review. Three topics are provided to you (refer below). You are required to choose one of the topics for your review. Guidelines are provided to assist you with your compilation.
Topics (SELECT ONE)
Construct a critical literature review based on one of the following topics:
1) Assessing the impact of organisational culture on employee motivation.
2) An evaluation of the relationship between e-marketing and consumer behaviour.
3) An assessment of the risks and opportunities facing Small and Medium Enterprises (SME's).
The Structure should:
- Specify the aim of your Literature Review
- Outline specific research objectives/questions your review will focus on
- Provide a breakdown of the subsection you will cover in the review
Please note that all submissions will be sent through turn it in (anti-plagiarism) software. You are required to ensure that your submission is free from plagiarism prior to submitting. All information must be paraphrased (summarised in your own words) AND referenced in text. Work that has a high degree of similarity will not be examined.
Length of literature is 12-15 pages
12 credible sources not older than 5 years (year 2012 onwards)