JOB SATISFACTION AND MOTIVATION IN RELATIONSHIP WITH ORGANISATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

Job Satisfaction and Motivation In Relationship With Organisational Environment At Apple Company



Abstract

This paper looks to ensure the accomplishment of the research goals, the following research question will be used: This paper will also study how the organisational environment will get affect by the job satisfaction and motivation In spite of these limitations Maslow has been commended to be the first to attempt to make a comprehensive list of these human needs. His thinking has influenced and continued to influence management discussions with respect to job design, pay and reward structures.

Motivators were considered as 'high level needs' believed to include achievement, recognition, responsibility and opportunity for growth. Additionally, jobs had specific factors, which were related to job satisfaction or dissatisfaction. Herzberg did not however, believe that all jobs can be enriched to bring about job satisfaction. The highlight of Herzberg's findings was that the hygiene factors listed above do not motivate, but prevent dissatisfaction and pain. They provide the right environment for work. Motivators allow for growth towards self-actualisation. The illustration below provides a summary of Herzberg's job context/content continuum.

Chapter One : Introduction

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL; NYSE: AAPL; previously Apple Computer, Inc.) is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Apple software includes the Mac OS X operating system; the iTunes media browser; the iLife suite of multimedia and creativity software; the iWork suite of productivity software; Aperture, a professional photography package; Final Cut Studio, a suite of professional audio and film-industry software products; Logic Studio, a suite of music production tools; the Safari web browser; and iOS, a mobile operating system. As of August 2010, the company operates 301 retail stores in ten countries, and an online store where hardware and software products are sold. As of May 2011, Apple is one of the largest companies in the world and the most valuable technology company in the world, having surpassed Microsoft.

Established on April 1, 1976 in Cupertino, California, and incorporated January 3, 1977, the company was previously named Apple Computer, Inc., for its first 30 years, but removed the word "Computer" on January 9, 2007, to reflect the company's ongoing expansion into the consumer electronics market in addition to its traditional focus on personal computers. As of September 2010, Apple had 46,600 full time employees and 2,800 temporary full time employees worldwide and had worldwide annual sales of $65.23 billion.

For reasons as various as its philosophy of comprehensive aesthetic design to its distinctive advertising campaigns, Apple has established a unique reputation in the consumer electronics industry. This includes a customer base that is devoted to the company and its brand, particularly in the United States. Fortune magazine named Apple the most admired company in the United States in 2008, and in the world in 2008, 2009, and ...