Motivation presentation

Today in class we had our first presentation group and their topic was motivation. We had watched a Ted Talk by Dan Pink which spoke about how some of the most successful companies have the most autonomy for their workers. He went on to say that they would decide their own schedules as long as they are able to do the work they can get done. When you have the autonomy you are likely to be more productive with your time and work harder. He also explains how studies have shown that bonuses actually make productivity go down. I personally would not be able to have that much autonomy, I like my schedules and planning everything out with lots of detail. I do see however how many could benefit from this and improve their own work. I would imagine that the more trust you have with employees the more likely this will work out to their advantage. We also talked in class about how Zappos which has been very successful as a company had tried to implement an autonomous work condition and it did not work well for their company, but on the other hand this is what Netflix does and currently is thriving. To me it still takes the correct leadership, industry and employees to make this work. People are all motivated by different things so it would make sense that one worker would thrive in an autonomous work field but another worker may prefer his 9-5 job that has specific tasks he must repetitively do. I do not believe their is one clear way to motivate employees but that it depends on what the companies culture and values are and where the employee is in regards to them,