| dc.description.abstract | Organisations are all around us and they control and balance our world. Our lives are tied up in all kinds of organisations, or at least some sort of one. We are born and educated in an organisation. We work in organisations, and in the end, we are buried by an organisation. Organisations want to deliver good results and achieve their goals and visions, and to be able to do this the organisation needs employees. The more motivated the employees are in doing a good job the better the organisational results. The purpose of this study is to understand employee’s motivation in an organisational structure, and how goals and feedback is experienced in this setting. This study is a qualitative single case study performed within the engineering department in DeepOcean. The semi-structured interview guide, which served as the main basis for gathering data, was developed using both organisational and motivational theory. The results from the data analysis verify many of the challenges and opportunities identified in theory.
This study shows how important it is for employees to have a plan at work, and how motivating it is to work together with others. The degree to which the department is involved in the engineer's work life when setting objectives and plans, as well as how feedback is given, is found to be a factor for work motivation. Moreover, feedback is found to be more appreciated and valued when it is perceived directly from the projects and from the people where the relationships are closest. This study shows a correlation between the degree of autonomy and frequency of feedback, and how this can have an impact on organisational performance in a matrix organisation. The study concludes with recommendations that can be evaluated to increase motivation and performance in DeepOcean. | |
