Continuous Quality Improvement, Shared Governance, leaders leading by example and pay for performance are just a few of the many programs implemented at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City, Ok. in an effort to motivate employees to perform to exceptional standards. This paper describes just a small portion of how these programs attempt to motivate the employees based on different motivational theories.

Workplace Motivation

I work for St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City, Ok. St. Anthony is one hospital in a network called Sisters of Saint Mary Healthcare (SSMHC) based in St. Louis, Mo. and has 20 hospitals in the system. (Sisters of Saint Mary's Health Care [SSMHC], 2007)St. Anthony is the largest entity in the organization and therefore, motivation is a factor in everything that all...