According to Me Farland, “Motivation refers to the way in which urges, drives, desires, aspirations, strivings, needs directly control or explain the behaviour of human beings.”

Importance of Motivation is as Follows :

• Helps in achieving determined goals: 

Motivation plays a vital role in achieving the determined goals. Motivation inspires the people to work for the achievement of organisational goals. Motivation is the core of management.

• Increase in Job Satisfaction : 

Through motivation, by creating interest for doing work, by analysing the importance and utility of the work for the employees, an employee’s job satisfaction can be enhanced. If the interest for doing work is not there, the person will not be able to do it efficiently. 

• Proper Utilisation of Resources : 

Motivated employees concentrate on finding new and more effective ways of doing a job and utilising resources. Properly motivated employees usually avoid work and misuse the resources.

• Improves Morale :

Morale is an individual’s (or group’s) attitude and feeling about his work and work situation and morale is the result of good motivation.

• Builds better Labour Relations :

Motivation focusses on the fact that even labour as a resource is human and should be treated with dignity and kindness. Good motivation creates congenial work environment and job satisfaction. 

• Basis of Managerial Functions : 

Motivation is inevitable for performing managerial funetions-planning, organising, coordination, direction and control. If employees are not motivated, planning, organising, etc. functions cannot be performed successfully. 

• Key to behaviour management Action : 

Motivation is the key to behavioural management and in its executive form it is among the chief tasks of manager. In all managerial actions, execution of motivation is essential.