Employee Rewards And Recognition

As an HR manager in a large health care organization, you have developed a new reward and recognition program designed to help increase employee motivation and job satisfaction in a specific hospital department of your choice.

You may choose either a clinical or non-clinical department. Instructions Based on the course readings and a minimum of four appropriate sources of research create a 4-6 page executive summary suitable for presentation to senior leadership on employee motivation that includes the following: Determine which department is suitable for the reward and recognition program. Identify a specific goal the employees must work on to be eligible for recognition or to receive the award. 

Examples include reducing errors, increasing customer or patient satisfaction, reducing costs. Research a specific motivation theory and determine why this method would be the most practical and effective for this program. Theories such as the expectancy theory, equity theory, goal-setting theory, Management by Objectives (MBO), or the four-prong model of intrinsic motivation.

Explain why the selected theory would be the most practical and effective for the rewards and recognition program. Recommend 2-3 types of rewards and (or) recognition that would be the most effective in motivating the employees to achieve the goals.

Create a communication tool for eligible employees announcing the program, rules, and awards. For example, email, newsletter, internal Facebook post.  Locate at least four quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources.