Awards are considered a motivating factor. Awards encourage people to achieve more. It is said that people act differently even with the hope of getting something. In some cases, indicators and criteria are formulated regarding who should be given or received an award. In some cases, there is a practice of handing over the leadership to whomever they want. In reality, awards are a symbol of positivity.

Awards add more responsibility to individuals and organizations, and make them feel more responsible in their roles. The purpose of awards is to encourage, inspire, appreciate, and move society, organizations, and individuals forward on a positive path.

Awards are a material form given for a special achievement, success, competition, or extraordinary contribution. Awards are also given for excellence and achievement, encouragement, and appreciation. Awards given both alive and posthumously are distributed based on achievements, based on areas, and based on form.

Any organization moves forward to fulfill its vision and mission with a specific objective. Some organizations may not have a declared vision and mission, but they do have a specific objective. Whether it is a political organization or any other organization! Various types of human and material materials are used to achieve institutional objectives. Human resources are responsible for giving life to material materials. The work of people and employees should be evaluated and rewarded based on their performance, which makes them feel responsible.

The ideals, values ​​and norms of award distribution are so scientific that if implemented, not only those who receive the award will be motivated, but those who do not receive it will also be motivated to work by saying ‘work is appreciated’. If the method-process-ideal-values-norms of the award are on one side and the distribution is on the other, neither the employee who receives the award will feel responsible, nor will the one who does not receive it hope that ‘work is appreciated and the award will be obtained only by working’! Awards are and should be a matter of respect. If awards should be able to instill a sense of responsibility, then the class that selects for the award should also say from their inner self, ‘the decision I made is right, the award has gone to the right place’. Only then will the burden of that award increase and remain alive. Awards increase a person’s self-esteem, help them stand out as more responsible, soft, polite and exemplary personalities.

However, ironically, most of the awards distributed today are not based on work and honor, but rather on the basis of selfishness, greed, nepotism, favoritism, color, fear, intimidation, and lies.

Since awards make employees more responsible and burdensome, some people worry, ‘Will I be able to bear the burden?’. Those who truly deserve it, but no one is kind to them and they do not receive the award. Those who receive such awards are as if they are arrogant as if they say, ‘Do you see who I am?’.

The award-distributing body goes beyond all these bases, works, and methods to award based on achievement, contribution, creativity, excellence, courage, integrity, service, inspiration, and exemplary character. No matter how the award is distributed, the direct beneficiary of it is the person receiving it. Will the award received in this way give self-respect? His mind may or may not say – someone else has contributed more than me, he was more deserving of the award .

Now the criteria for award distribution have changed, so many people seem to be nominated for the award . And, they are seen running in a race, rushing. They do not rush to fulfill their responsibilities, but they run in the queue for the award . Those in responsible bodies are also increasingly eager to announce awards to those who come first in the race. Such a trend reduces the passion for work in other employees . And, overall productivity decreases and institutional objectives cannot be achieved . On the other hand, those who rush in a race – they become so skilled that it cannot be said that the principle of 'specialization' cannot be implemented in them .

The leadership in today's organizations should break the psychology of being obsessed with awards and distribute awards based on the excellence, contribution, creativity, service, courage, etc. of the employees within the framework of policies and rules. That alone will have a positive impact on the organization and society. It is important for those at the responsible level to pay attention to this. It also increases the self-esteem of those who participate in receiving awards, truly inspires and opens the door to greater progress for employees.