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Macy's Motivation

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Motivation has been the cause and the effect of numerous successful companies. Almost all companies that are now greatly successful have once or twice had their share of downfalls or bad luck due to a bad economy or strong competition. It is my belief that those companies were able to overcome their pitfalls by motivating their employees with incentives. Management must use motivation to introduce an incentive program which will encourage employees to work harder in order to gain additional benefits in on top of their normal compensation. It is a manager’s job to motivate their employees. If a specific employee or group of employees is not being motivate then it is safe to assume that their managers are not performing their job correctly. …show more content…

In order for Macy’s to have an effective working team, it is imperative for us to re-evaluate what we are trying to achieve. I is clear that our ecommerce competitors have put a dent in our profits for the past few years, however, it is very possible for us to turn a profit by making changes internally. We must evaluate how we can make internal improvements as well as even take a lesson from our competitors as to what they are doing that is making them so successful.
Our main competitor is Amazon. Their internal organization consists of millennials who are fully satisfied and excited about their jobs. Amazon being a technology company also offers innovative benefits to their employees such as up to twenty weeks of paid leave, Leave Share as well as tuition assistance for employees who have a desire to expand their education Cain, %. (2017, August 03).
I think it is important for Macy’s Inc to re-evaluate the current benefits that are being offered to our employees and find a way for us to enhance them. When employees believe they are being well compensated at their jobs they will work harder to meet

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