Motivation Case Studies Samples For Students

The resignation of Port Hueneme Police Chief Kathleen Sheehan amid claims of improprieties brings forward the ethical issue: whether or not it was the right thing to do (Martinez 2). Was resignation the most ethical solution to the problem Chief Sheehan was facing? Since there is no knowing the truth until she herself lays it out into the open. One point to consider, though, is if she was not guilty of the allegations thrown at her, why did she give in and sign an agreement with interim City Manager Richard Velthoen? Why did she resign without fuss? Her action ...

Justin received a positive reception from his managers with his discussions regarding increasing revenues by 15 percent within twelve months and now has an open dialog with them. That is a great first step. Now he is looking for ways to keep them motivated and working every day towards an annual goal. He should also look at the rewards he is offering. Different people enjoy different rewards. The designation “Store Manager of the Year” is meaningless if every manager in the franchise achieves it. In the same line of thought, if the “Store Manager of the Year” goes to ...

1. According to Maslow’s hierarchy, which basic need does the Patagonia culture meet? What would it be like to work at Patagonia? What’s your assessment of the company’s work environment?
The culture at Patagonia has fulfilled the employee’s physiological, safety, and belongingness needs (Educational Psychology Interactive). As the employees are able to afford a better than basic lifestyle it suggests that physiological needs are met. The company provides its employees with job security as the turnover rate is well below the industry average in the retail sector. This indicates that the company can retain its ...

“Human Resource”

Patagonia is one of the most attractive companies for employees to work with. The organization offers a lot to the employees, and the management has created such a working environment that every individual would love to work at Patagonia (Outside, 2011). The working environment of the company motivates the individuals to perform well. The company encourages employees to celebrate, and this helps in enhancing the motivation level of the employees.
The management encourages the participation and appreciates the efforts of the employees. Patagonia offers a complete lifestyle to the employees so that they can enjoy their work and their time at ...

Free cycle organization has achieved a high level of growth in such a short period because we all live in a disposable society. In addition to that, we not only dispose of papers products like before, but we also dispose electronics such as televisions, computers, cell phones, furniture’s and clothing’s. These items are the major disposals because of the change in live style and change in technology. In the modern society items which are in fashion, are likely to be outdated in few days (Kelly, 2008).
On the other hand, technology is changing, for example, it is every hard ...

High Performance Work Systems( HPWS) are organizations that adopt a radically different approach to management. The fundamental of this approach is drastically changed employer-employee relationship. Theoretically speaking, these systems are guided by motivated and competent workforce that is committed towards organizational growth and development. At the same time, organization should provide required opportunities to the staff so that they contribute as per the requirement. It includes exploring their true potential and put it to the optimum use. In that sense, HPWS is the effort on both ends, employers as well as employees.
Given the high rate of dynamism and ...

Introduction

Friendly Bank has recently switched over to a new process and this requires excellent leadership efforts. Especially in a change management situation, it is essential that effective leadership is in place so that employees are motivated to perform. The decision to commence the online banking system of Parkers PLC and the incorporation of Friendly Bank is a change management initiative. Such situations warrant effective transformational leadership style which is based on the four fundamental principles of idealized influence, inspirational motivation, individualized consideration and intellectual stimulation (Gabel, 2013).
The main problem with Friendly Bank was the decision to rope in previous employees ...

The organizations employ workers that thy reward periodically and after retirement. The compensation process is determined by the pay for performance for the individual and groups. This paper seeks to explain a pay for performance for individual and group level in light of the job evaluative done between A and B
A pay for performance system is a system that records the remuneration for workers of a given be organization. The remuneration purposely reward and compensate rather than the job done. It is an effective tool for keeping employees motivated. It also serves the purpose of making employees proactive. This is ...

Question 1

Communication is important in improving quality especially in all aspects of operations of the company. Communication is key in most of the improvement programs in the company and by the members or stakeholders of a particular company observing the use of effective communication skills. They can develop the company and thus produce quality services and goods. Communication through the use of visual management pictures is important in a company as it presents the goals and approach that the company uses to solve some of the problems that it faces. By presenting the goals of the company, people are motivated, and most ...

Intech Mini Case

Effective leadership involves the process of developing motivated and satisfied followers (Hughes H. R., 2012). Motivation provides direction, power and determination to behavior. It makes a person put more effort when undertaking any activity and to persist with the effort for a certain period. Performance involves how individual behaviors affect the missions and goals. Satisfaction deals with how one feels about the work activity, promotion and pay (Hughes H. R., 2012). Best leaders are those who motivate workers to perform at a higher level but at the same time, they maintain a higher level of job satisfaction. Motivational theories and approaches such as ...

The process of making hotplates involves a number of departments in which they are different workers to complete the job. The initial arrangement was in such a manner that each hotplate would pass through different workers with each having to complete the manufacturing process partially. This involved teamwork and collaboration within the workers as the work of one affected the other. This method did not however work as each worker preferred making own plate from the beginning to the end instead sharing the manufacturing duties.
Absenteeism in the workplace was caused by the low morale of the workers regarding the ...

Organizations are groups of people who work closely together with an aim to attain some purpose i.e. they have a collective sense of purpose. Behavior, on the other hand, is the response of a person or people to an action, environment, an individual or a specific event. Organizational behavior is the study of how staff members of the organization think, respond, act and feel within the confines of the organization (Stone & Marsden, 2001). Workplace practices influence prospective of human capital. Human capital entails workers skills; knowledge and other abilities that provide competitive advantage by helping uncover opportunities and reduce threats. The study ...

Reenergizing Employees After a Downsizing

The case dwells upon the change management, when a small college-town newspaper Blaze is going through the process of downsizing. The editor, Andrea Zuckerman has to deliver a final change and take control over the operational side of the change process, while the message delivery and initial stages of the process where handled by the external consultant, who, according to the editor, is complete stranger to the company. The reality is that the technology and the latest media trends make the business of Blaze a dying one and the company´s decision to downsize is, somewhat, expected by the employees. However, the ...

Introduction

Roberto is one of the numerous victims of a mix of solutions. That is; he is characterized by different beliefs and thoughts which are directed by the different environmental factors engulfing him. Initially, he has a position of being a National Guard after recent calls for the deployment back in Iraq. He is a victim of factors that could either discourage or encourage someone in his or her career. However, this depends on the different avenues and angles from which the issues can be elaborated.
Initially, Roberto could have been motivated to work with the military. The reason behind this could not ...

SAS’s CORPORATE VALUES AND GOALS BRING JOB SATISFACTION AND MOTIVATION FOR SAS’s EMPLOYEES:

SAS is one of the world’s leading companies in the information technology industry that provides services of business analytical software development, management, and installation. This company was founded in 1976, and headquartered in Cary, NC (SAS, n.d.). The company has been rewarded, as the world’s second best company to work in the year 2014. SAS has continuously been generating healthy revenues for a number of years in Asia Pacific region and has maintained the smooth record of good profits which represent around 12% of its total revenues from around the world (Fortune, 2014). However, the company has successfully ...

Human character and attitude seems to be the defining attributes that people value in their leaders, pushing other classical leadership traits such as experience and technical skills on a secondary level. This is what the examined case study indicates, when comparing the leadership skills of Barak Obama and Hillary Clinton, suggesting that neither Obama’s communication skills nor Clinton’s political experience mattered as much as their human character and attitudes in their political confrontation from 2008. While this situation might be true for the political scene, the business environment acts on different principles. The examined study identified fairness and ...

Fredrick Herzberg is the mastermind behind the two-factor theory. He has categorized motivation as stemming from the presence of the hygiene factors and motivator factors. The presence of both these factors is essential in order to motivate employees at the workplace. SAP has ensured to incorporate a certain level of hygiene and motivator factors to keep their workers happy. On the other hand, Saviour Beds has adopted these factors according to the requirements of its workforce and organizational culture. The way both companies have embedded motivation within its work environment is evident from the results it generates. Both companies have ...

Applying the 4 models of motivation (motivation, performance, outcome and satisfaction), we can then analyze Joe Chaney’s case. It is quite clear that there is a lack of motivation in the respective company in general. Joe complained that no one acknowledges his effort at all. The organization failed to meet the organizations structure and systems goals. It seems that it has failed to identify the help needed. The management should emphasize more on performance, which was lacking. For instance he often finds Joe daydreaming instead of working. With the maximum involvement of the leadership in gauging the task characteristic ...

Introduction

Nowadays, MDPD is one of the most innovative police departments of the country. The DRNC Conference is about to take place in Miami and the major of the city should do everything possible to prevent riots and strikes. Before taking measures on preventing riots, I, as the major Warrant, should analyze why MDPD has become the most innovative structure in the country, as well as the reasons for it becoming less successful. In this report, I will analyze the factors, as well as the measures that should be taken to encourage police officers becoming more innovative and initiative. Besides, ...

The performance of any employee is also highly dependent on motivation. According to the four factors model of work motivation, performance, outcomes and satisfaction, several conclusions and inferences could be drawn. This model explains that any employee in an organization naturally starts working motivated. Decrease or eventual lack of work motivation is a behavior adopted in the course of time which is attributed to misunderstandings among workers or even unattainable and unrealistic expectations. In the case of Joe, when he was newly employed, he was hardworking and generated work of high quality. He would contribute ideas concerning firm development and ...

CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE KEY ISSUES

The role of human resource for the organization is to utilize the policies and procedures for aligning the workforce of the organization. The managers must understand the goals of the organization and then they must align the workforce accordingly. This requires that the managers analyse the ability and competence of the employees and create opportunities which motivate the employees. All this is associated to the performance outcomes of the individuals. If the workforce is motivated then the individual performance of the employees can be utilized (Watson, Maxwell, & Farquharson, 2006). This role of HR is shown in the chart below.
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The study conducted by Al Ansari and al Khadher (2011) formulated a list consisting of 42 leadership competencies needed for library and information professionals necessary for their vocational success. Of these competencies, 141 library managers rated the most important competencies. These were then translated into a leadership model by the authors.
In order to create the competency model, the authors identified various leadership competencies mentioned in the literature, while taking into consideration skills already indicated as essential for Kuwaiti leaders. The final list consisted of 42 competencies, grouped into six categories, as follows: managerial effectiveness- referring to traits reflected as a ...

In reference to the situation at TCI industries, it is evident that the firm problems are emanating from foreign competition through dumping, the firm has therefore changed it’s cooperate strategy and demands 14% rate of return after Tax. The simplest problem that has solutions to many of the firm’s solutions is the issue of employee morale. The CEO should recognize that employees are the most valuable assets of an organization and should be motivated through guaranteed satisfaction, genuine appreciation, recognition, inspiration, and good compensation. Cases of absenteeism, cost due to intentional damage and theft will be reduced, ...

Management and Organizations

Management and Organizations
According to its official website, ABB is a leader of automation and power technologies. It is a company that serves its clients and still takes care of the environment. ABB’s products are reliable making its clients more competitive in terms of costs and productivity. ABB does this through its leadership in technology, application know-how, local capabilities and its global presence. This global presence, according to the ABB website, can be translated into easy access of ABB’s products and services that can be purchased through ABB’s local distributors or from its geographic sales centers.
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Inequity

Comparison often gives rise to inequity perception or feeling within employees. This is quite similar to the case at Plantir, where the management observed dissatisfaction and lack of motivation in the employees which eventually resulted in the retirement of Colin (production manager). Although, the company was able to gain its desired objectives (i.e. increase in the level of sales and the generation of cash) but the obsession to increase sales and profit to reduce cash pressures led to the dissatisfaction of several employees, even including the production manager. The sales team was awarded with lucrative bonuses and rewards, whereas ...

Introduction

Washburn is an American guitar producing company with a hundred and twenty three years heritage. They have an annual production average of fifty thousand guitars and a turnover of over forty million dollars.

Question 1

Most employees at Washburn are motivated by their passion for music, their workforce is majorly comprised of individuals who Love music, play music and values the craft and design of each and every guitar. Their promise to customers that they produce the best possible guitar for at the best possible prices keeps them at their toes to produce high quality products. Customer satisfaction is also another factor that ...

Personal Information

Prior to beginning the counseling process, it is vital for the counselor to gather some personal information from the client in an effort to assess the level of help or intervention that will need to be applied. Therefore, information concerning her personal and family history will be necessary. Furthermore, information regarding how often she engages in drug abuse will help to establish her level of addiction and thereby provide guidance on the intervention approaches that may be applicable to her situation. Further, obtaining family history information can help the counselor understand the cause of the drug abuse problem. For ...

Question One

In Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of needs, there are ideas that emphasis on the responsibility of employers to deliver a working environment which motivates the employees. According to Maslow, the working environment should enable the employees to attain their exceptional potential to self actualization. Maslow describes the physiological, safety, love, self esteem and eventually self actualization; as the motivational pattern that human beings move through to achieve self actualization, a unique personal potential to performance (Griffin, 2012).
Amanda Shank’s old boss never appreciated her efforts, and therefore the boss failed to meet esteem needs. Under the esteem hierarchy of needs, ...

- Provide a SWOT analysis for this firm ensuring that core internal and external aspects are identified correctly in the right place

- Identify define and apply two motivation theories to illustrate the sources/causes of poor motivation

Incentive motivation theory

This theory is based on the fact that people tend to be more motivated to work when they expect an external reward. In the case of Saltspray, the management has not put in place structures to reward and appreciate employees who attain high sales, quality designs or any other outstanding contributions. Martin is for instance an outstanding employee and had contributed immensely to ...

Management

- Major facts
The following are some of the major facts as regards to this company. The supply manager of the Eagle Manufacturing Company is Ted Jones. Ted has been facing many crises in the company. The company is also losing some of its esteemed team members. For instance, Bill Wilson has just submitted his resignation. The team is also like lacking morale or motivation to continue working. There are also big expectations from the shareholders of the company. According to Tim, the quality of the incoming parts was causing major production problems.
- Major problems
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Abstract

In this paper, answers to the questions pertaining to the case study on motivation and work behavior are presented. The case is about the behavior of employees working for the J.K. Roberts Company.
- Discuss the case in terms of the attitudes and beliefs of the managers and workers. Pay particular attention to issues related to satisfaction and organizational commitment.
The case is about the behavioral problem of the people working at the J.K. Roberts Company, manufacturer of large sliding doors.
Peter Roberts, the newly appointed Production Manager is the son of Mr. J.K. Roberts. He ...

Section

The J. K. Roberts Company Case Study:

Motivation & Work Behavior (BUS454-01), Spring 2013

Summary
The case presented by the company JK Roberts is about employee motivation, performance, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, needs and wants, use and abuse of power, and other organizational development issues. This case looks into an already impaired organization in JK Roberts, who is faced by stiff competition and must evolve to be able to retain relevance and long-term viability. Unfortunately, change has not been managed effectively as managers failed to recognize the needs of the employees and the pitfalls that happen when power is wielded incorrectly. The answers below examine ...

Analysis using motivation theories

In relation to the case, it can be noted that the input of employees is directly related to the remuneration awarded to the employees. Bartol (2007), discuses that for a reward: employees and individuals are likely to put more effort to achieve the said objective. As illustrated in the organization, the remuneration structure and benefit scheme does not suffice the amount of work the employees undertake. This leads to dissatisfaction and discomfort in execution of work projects leading to delays in project submission. Despite Lisa being the employee of the quarter, this did not accord her a promotion or salary increment. ...

What need theories would explain why Samuel Gibson was unhappy despite his high income?

People (employees) are the most valuable asset to any organisation; consequently, management of people in the workplace is a fundamental part in the management process. It is essential to have an inclusive harmonization between the human element and the organization in order to understand the critical importance of people. Many organizations have realized that average worker is the major source of productivity and quality gains. Organizations that have mastered the art of motivating their employees have the most powerful tools for achieving extra-ordinary results. Satisfied employees arm themselves with confidence that induce them to stay longer, commit more to the ...

Introduction

Various factors may influence the learning styles of individuals (Riding & Rayner, 2002). These factors include the intelligence, ability, personality and achievement of individuals (Riding & Rayner, 2002). Individuals who are highly outgoing with numerous successful achievements may become more confident in learning than those with introverted personalities. People with introverted personalities may think of themselves as small, therefore, when learning, they may perceive themselves as slow learners even before they begin to learn.
It is believed that when the instructional styles of teachers are matched with the learning styles of the students, maximized learning is most likely ...

Two business owners are seen coming out of their busy factories with workers rushing to get home. Factory 1 is colorful, cheerful and organized. Factory 2 is black and white and disorganized. The workers from Factory 1 are happy and chat with ease with their boss while the workers from factory 2 are grumpy and seem keen on running away from their boss.

Cheerful slow music plays in the background as the two business owners begin to chat

Business owner 1: How do you do it, mate?
Business owner 2: How do I do what?
Business owner 1: How do you keep them so happy and cheerful? They look like they haven’ ...

1. Evernham’s Leadership Tactics
Evernham’s leadership tactics are consistent with the literature on high performance teams. This is because he emphasizes on teamwork, adequate preparation and is open to new ideas. Evernham also displays the qualities of a leader in-charge of a high performing team such as being open to new ways of doing things. Evernham achieves high performance by keeping his team highly motivated and also emphasizing on group responsibility. Evernham displays this need for group responsibility by sharing his earnings from personal events related to his career as a pit leader with his team members. This shows ...

Abstract

In this research, I have pointed out that Hierarchy of Needs is the best approach to explain motivation because it involves the overall wants and needs of an individual which comes in different levels. First, we need to satisfy our basic needs in order to survive. When these are met, our needs increases and we seek to satisfy the next level and then move on to the next until we achieve personal growth and self-fulfillment. This theory focuses on the growth process of an individual. A friend of mine was once a struggling systems analyst who needs to work in ...

- Issues for Tom Muccio
Tom Muccio has the responsibility of renegotiating with Wal-Mart for a deal that does not pressurize the retailer to accept large product inventories. The extra inventory would require Proctor and Gamble (P&G) to do advertising and to offer price specials for the goods to move, this is extra expenses for P&G (Sebenius & Knebel 3). Internal letdowns is another issue, whereby P&G lacks the incentive and structure for customer relationship improvement, there were internal conflicts between the new teams approach and the sales people who wanted to handle both sales and customer handling as it ...

Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Theory

Both supermarket managers’ mode of leadership can be explained using Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational theory that states that successful leadership is achieved by opting for the right leadership style and the sub-ordinates readiness (Robbins & Judge, 2007). Readiness is the willingness and ability to carry out a certain task. The degree of willingness and ability is determined by the experience that one has in doing the tasks required. Alex and Stephanie are mature workers in their fields of work since they have over three months experience, and they understand their duties. Jonathan uses the recommended form of leadership whereby ...

A Brief Study

Leadership, Motivation and the Case of Alex & Stephanie: A Brief Study

The case of Alex and Stephanie (Robbins & Judge, 2010, pp. 712-714) and their experiences in motivation and subordination while working for their respective bosses throws to light some very interesting facts about the theories of motivation and leadership. The case presents to us two individual Alex and Stephanie who are working at a local supermarket and come from pretty similar backgrounds and needs. Both are students in the state university and work to make ends meet and help pay tuition fees. The experiences of the two individuals, ...

A teacher is a person who imparts skills, knowledge and understanding to the learners. In order to do this, one has to view teaching as an important profession that needs to be conducted under the generally accepted standard codes of conduct. Even if teaching it was once regarded as a noble profession, it has nowadays become very rare to come across the highly motivated who can be relied on as the world’s greatest teachers (Patrick, B.C., Hisley, J. & Kempler, T., 2000).
According the above articles, It is true that each and every teacher should not only consider their role ...

What was Joanna Reed’s diagnosis of the situation in the donor services department?

Employee commitment and relation is wanting in the donor services department. There is no coordination between them, as regards the conflicts they have among themselves. Dedication and loyalty to the department also lacks.

What should she recommend to Sam Wilson?

One recommendation is for Sam to hire another person to head the donor’s department as Jose seems to be so much concerned with the community issues. Secondly, there is need for policies that govern employee relationship and communication in the department, in bid to avoid personal problems influencing how employees relate.

Describe the managerial styles of Sam, Jose and Elena. What is the impact of their styles?

Sam and Jose have an almost similar managerial style. They are the type that ...

Modern day managers who care less about employee motivation and satisfaction do so at the business’s peril. It is imperative that the business managers put in place strategies to maintain low staff turnover by placing value not only on clients but also on the employees (Grant, 1984). Fullerton and Toossi (2001) assert that doing this assures the business of continuity and gives it a competitive edge over its competitors. The case of a Peter Gibbons working for Initech exemplifies this issue by contrasting the working conditions at Initech to those at Coffee Beans.

Peter’s achievement orientation

Peter is not motivated and cares less ...

Introduction

The lowly Green Spring Bedding company motivates its employees as the workers displays poor working attitude, and the need to appreciate the work at the company is low. This is because the staff does not participate in program motivation of employ hence the concern for urgent motivation. More so, the attitude displayed by these workers worsens the situation since most of them feel that they are in the wrong working environment. The majority of them do not care whether the company sales increase or not, as they say that only the best workers can get promotions and rewards. Apparently, ...

Elements of the Self-Determination Theory

The Self-Determination Theory proposes that autonomous motivation is distinct from controlled motivation (Gagne and Deci, 2005) where autonomy “involves acting with a sense of volition and having the experience of choice” (Gagne and Deci, 2006, p. 333) while controlled motivation involves external regulation. It proposes that uninteresting activities require extrinsic motivation; thus, making the activity externally regulated.

External regulation is the use of external factors to initiate and maintain a behavior. However, the Self-Determination Theory names another type of extrinsic motivation where the regulation of a behavior and the value that is associated with it becomes internalized. Internalization is when people have ...

Sergeant George’s position is not an uncommon trend in the management field. This is mainly due to the fact that each employee has their own way of being motivated while the leader has their own; at times these motivation styles are not similar as is the case for Welsh. In such cases the efficacy of operations within the organization or department depends on how the different styles are fixed into one motivation method. If I was in the sergeant’s position I would first take time to understand the motivational dynamics of the sector that I have been ...

Question 1. Identify several common sense notions about leadership.

Leadership is obviously important if any organization is to survive accordingly First and foremost, a manager in any organization has substantial problems in making his/her presence felt if he/she is not assertive and motivational towards staff. The manager is always the person to whom everyone turns when there is some sort of trouble brewing and this means that he/she has to have capabilities to motivate staff to do their job with the least amount of blemish possible. This is also true from the client’s perspective as if there are bottlenecks in operation, these may result in problems of an ...

Each day on Southwest is different, both for clients and for its employees, but it is always fun, interesting and makes you wait for the next day, for the next flying experience at the board of Southwest. The colored and crazy presence of the Leperchauns among the cabin crew members (“Leperchauns on a Plane”, youtube.com), or the flight attendant’s song (“Southwest Airlines Flight Attendant Song”, youtube.com) and personal communication with the customers represent the added value attributes of the company.
Moreover, the flight attendant’s song clearly speaks about Southwest competitive advantages among other airlines. The employees are ...

A leader is someone who has the ability to set the example to his/her subjects, direct them on what to do, make right decisions and lead the team to achieve the goals set. Leaders should have some sets of qualities in order to be successful. Most business organizations aim at choosing leaders who can inspire the rest of the workers, keep them focused on achieving the targets and maintaining high discipline standards in the team. Leaders are not determined by their intelligence, but by their will to help the organization or team achieve its targets.

A leader should be ...

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Question 1:
Using specific examples drawn from the case study, critically discuss different styles of leadership and potential behavioural responses.

In today’s global economy, leadership and organizational behaviour are important factors that can determine the success of organizations. However, the methods used by leaders to influence employees for achieving goals are a matter of contention among researchers (Skansi, 2000). In answering this question, various leadership styles that motivate employees to increase productivity levels have been discussed. This answer attempts to focus on the various modes of leadership and potential behavioural responses to them in terms of motivation, communication, ...

1. In the present situation, the focus of cutters is to maximize the number of pieces cut per hour as their wages are linked to that and hence, they are not concerned about the wastage of the fabric. The present situation has to be changed and new concept has to be introduced which would motivate the cutters to minimize the wastage while maintaining the speed of cutting the fabric. I, keeping this in view would understand the factors restraining cutters to minimize the fabric by ensuring that the die-cut doesn’t break. The major factor identified to be is ...

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Using specific examples drawn from the case study, critically discuss different styles of leadership and potential behavioural responses.

In today’s global economy, leadership and organizational behaviour are important factors that can determine the success of organizations. However, the methods used by leaders to influence employees for achieving goals are a matter of contention among researchers (Skansi, 2000). In answering this question, various leadership styles that motivate employees to increase productivity levels have been discussed. This answer attempts to focus on the various modes of leadership and potential behavioural responses to them in terms of motivation, communication, perception, and teamwork.

Understanding Leadership

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Management & Organizational Behavior

Resistance is usually characterized by an opposition to the generally acceptable formats, which result in a change of organizational status quo. However, considering any resistance detrimental for the success of the change implementation does not reflect the full picture of the problem and limits the ability to use resistance for the benefits of the company (Eikenberry & Harris, 2011).

The blame for the resistance to any change is usually put solely on the change recipients. People in this case are considered reluctant to accept any alterations in the organization, and therefore they hardly ever support changes. However, the contribution of the ...

Question 1

In every work done, the main source of motivation is the pay or the remuneration. The pay should be according to the type and nature of work done. All the three groups: assembly workers, end-assemblers and technicians; are not satisfied with their pay system. As a result, the level of motivation is generally low. The technicians and the end assemblers are the least satisfied as they have limited chances of promotions. With respect to the complexity of the work they handle, their salary is relatively low, as compared to other companies. However, the assembly workers are slightly motivated by their ...

Introduction

The capability to shape and develop the leadership abilities of the members of the organization so as to fulfill organizational needs and demands is a complicated and challenging component of the general leadership development process. Leaders are responsible for the achievement of organizational goals, as well as for their followers' performance needed to attain the desired outcome. However, this is not an easy task. Widget PLC has problems with their leadership as revealed by decreasing employee motivation and managerial performance. This paper discusses and analyzes the relevance of transformational leadership and authentic leadership to the problem of Widget PLC. ...

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Executive Summary
When Robert J. Dewar’s “The Savage Factory: An Eyewitness Account of the Auto Industry’s Self Destruction” is read and evaluated, it becomes crystal clear that the Sharonville transmission plant at the Ford Company could not realize the negative consequences of their obsolete management style. In this case study, the main purpose is to examine the methods implemented at the firm and suggest a substitute impactful approach to resolve the various issues that had surfaced up at the Ford facility. In the past, Sharonville transmission plant’s torque converter line was failing to ...

Introduction

Weak relationships among medical care workers are often found or evidenced by malpractices’ reports by some nursing and medical cases. Unresolved challenges often result to one group avoiding the other with the last persons becoming the troublesome individual or party. Kaluyu memorial hospital in Nairobi, Kenya has been experiencing a related scenario where there are conflicts and tension among doctors, nurses and other hospital employees most of whom avoid tasks given and even looking forward to the end of their shifts. The hospital has been incurring losses that result from the unhealthy relationship among staff members of the organization. ...

Inside Apple

Inside Apple
Myers, K. K., & Sadaghiani, K. (2010). Millennials in the workplace: A communication perspective on millennials’ organizational relationships and performance. Journal of Business and Psychology, 25(2), 225-238.
This resource identifies the characteristics of team members who were born in 1979-1994 as people who are unmotivated, self –centered, disloyal and disrespectful in an organization. In addition, this journal article reviews positive characterizations of this generation as people who are motivated to work in a business environment where they will impact in a huge way, prefer open and frequent communication with their organizational and team leaders and possess good ...

Motivating Employee

Identification of Problem and Analysis:
First, before any solutions are identified for the given case, it is required to understand the demotivation factors of the employee so that appropriate motivational theory can be referred for the solution. Following demotivation factors were identified.
It is noted that there is the practice of micromanagement hence, one of the prominent factors for the lack of motivation among the employees (Hedges, 2014) as well as managers have no empathy with their subordinates. The threat to the job from the managers exists if the employee activities are not according to the personal interest of ...