Abstract:
This article explores the indispensability of employee motivation in effective organizational
management. In the style of a qualitative research, the paper x-rays, exhaustively, the merits, efficacy and
relevance of motivation in the success of organizational management. It also identifies and explains the factors
that affect employee motivation, the benefits of employee motivation in Nigerian organizations, some theories of
motivation and the significantlink between effective organizational management and employee motivation in
Nigerian organizations, both the public and the private. For the fact that employee motivation is an intricate
and sophisticated subject, once applied in the right way an organization is bound to achieve a long-lasting
success. However, if ignored an organization will fizzle out in the game. For Nigerian managers to have an
understanding of employee motivation, they must know the concept of motivation, organizational management,
differences in individual needs and the variety of motivational factors and the changes in priorities of these
factors overtime. The necessity of this work is situated in it provision of solutions to Nigerian employees’
redundant attitude to work and its consequences.
