Case Study – Report 4
also allows its employees to pursue personal achievement by giving them opportunity and
resources to enroll for further training. Current employees are given priority in the event where
there is needs to fill vacant positions.
Acquired needs theory alludes that people are motivated by achievement, affiliation, and
power. At PriceWaterhouseCoopers Australia, employees are funded to pursue a career
development opportunity of their own choice and empowered to showcase their ideas and
inventions. The need for affiliation is satisfied in a way that new employees are assigned a
designated co-worker to help them be fast assimilated into the workplace. This instills a sense
of belonging to the employees. Letting employees decide when and how to work gives them a
sense of power thus enhancing their ability to change their working environment and make a
difference in the own lives and that of the company.
Goal-setting theory is a theory that stipulates setting goals become a major motivator for
employees when put into practice. PriceWaterhouseCoopers has set the general goals for the
whole organization. It also allows its employees to incorporate their own goals to those of the
company. This leads to company sense of direction. Set goals energize employees to wake up
every morning to work, provide a challenge and triggers creative thinking
Maslow’s theory of needs is a pyramidal representation of the hierarchical ranking of
needs, starting from the basic and the most urgent. Once a need is satisfied, it no longer
becomes a motivator. A higher need becomes a motivator. Employees at
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Australia are subjected to this hierarchy in a way that once the
company satisfies the lower level need; it gives an opportunity to the employees to focus on
their higher level needs. This creates a temporary motivator. Safety needs are satisfied by the
provision of sufficient security to each employee. Employees are also given time for fitness
practices bedsides the company prioritizing employee wellness. The title "work place genius"
instills each employee with a feeling of accomplishment. Providing training opportunities helps
employees to achieve their full potential and attain self-actualization
Recommendations
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Australia has the best employee culture, Human resource
practices, and corporate policies which have set a good public image that leaves everyone
envying the company. I recommend other organizations to adopt the following practices. Priority
