One of the ways to increase productivity in any company or organization is motivation.
When you appreciate people or employee's effort,you see them do more.
So for people or employees to do more, they need to be motivated.
Even in families, motivation can also be applied.
We have different kinds of motivations such as.....
1). commendation.
2).Gift of any kind.
3)it could even be early payment of salaries.
Etc.
Motivation is key in any organization or companies that wants to succeed.
Normally motivate dey help in this areas you outlined, every body needs motivation to do more, although we can also motivate ourselves depending on the scenario, most firms and institutions don't appreciate there employees that why they keep having issues, when an employees see his or her working environment to be a friendly one, that employees will definitely want to put in effort in what he does, this is a practical thing that most employers has to know, there are situations where an employer stil money from his or her boss although am against this but when you dig dip sometimes you find out that it is actually as a result the attitude or maltreatment metted on them from their so called boss, so I believe in motivation no matter how it goes.