Employee Interest in Professional Certification

Introduction. Connections between Professional Certifications and Employee Motivation

1. Connections demonstrate to them that managers share their drive to be the best;
2. People like to work for companies that are involved in their professional development;
3. Workers will also experience recognized and appreciated by the organization;
4. Certified personnel learns the value of conforming to particular professional standards;
5. People can depend on the team’s capacity to satisfy industry criteria;
6. Certifications better train employees to deal with daily issues;
7. Certified personnel frequently perform more effectively than uncertified coworkers.

Examples of Professional Certifications

• Human Resources Certifications (PHR);
• Project Management Certifications (PMP);
• Sales Certifications (Sandler Training);
• Google Certifications (Publisher, Analytics, AdWords, etc.)

Functions Approach

1. Management functions are a systematic approach to achieving things;
2. The four management functions are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling;
3. Administrators must motivate personnel to work toward the strategy and keep everything under control.

Management functions involve 4 basic activities:

• Planning: Determining courses of action;
• Organizing: Coordinating activities and resources;
• Leading: Managing, motivating and directing people;
• Controlling: Monitoring and evaluating activities.
• the impact of a happy employee
• Workers that are pleased are more motivated;
• A healthy work environment fosters employee connections;
• Empowered workers have increased performance.

References

Adnan Bataineh, K. (2019). Impact of work-life balance, happiness at work, on employee performance. International Business Research, 12(2), 99-112.

Ferreira, J., Mueller, J., & Papa, A. (2018). Strategic knowledge management: theory, practice and future challenges. Journal of Knowledge Management.

Miah, M. M. (2018). The impact of employee job satisfaction toward organizational performance: A study of private sector employees in Kuching, East Malaysia. International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 8(12), 270-278.