...An individual’s effectiveness in the workplace often depends on his/her personality, attitudes and values, along with his/her motivation to succeed. Concurrently, the perception, attitudes and values of colleagues in the workplace play a role in determining the individual’s effectiveness. Understanding these characteristics of employees can be very crucial for organizations to operate successfully. At the same time, it is essential that employees understand the values associated with the organization in order to avoid any conflicting feelings toward the work they are employed to do. By recognizing and appreciating each other’s characteristics and constraints, employees and the organizations they are part of, form a highly-beneficial symbiotic relationship. Thus, it becomes imperative for employees to remain motivated and for organizations to keep them motivated. Personal Reflection Having read and understood the importance of personality, attitudes, values, and motivation to succeed, in the workplace, I reflected upon my own characteristic traits to predict my effectiveness in the workplace. Personality Heredity. A very important factor that determines certain aspects of our personality is heredity. Although heredity is responsible for one’s biological, physiological and psychological makeup, and it plays a major role on the personality characteristics of a child, but as you grow into an adult, it is possible, and highly probable that a lot of these characteristics would...
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...A Plan for Positive Influence LDR/531 – Organizational Leadership January 31, 2011 A Plan for Positive Influence This week assignment was to complete three assessments and create a plan to increase motivation, satisfaction, and performance of a team that could be applied in a business setting. I will address how motivation, satisfaction, and performance are related to each other. Next, I will address specific differences in attitudes, emotions, personalities, and values in the learning team and how it influences behavior. Lastly, I will address how those differences can be implemented to positively influence the team. Motivation, Job Satisfaction, and Performance Motivation can be defined as the processes which account for an individual’s intensity, direction, and persistence of effort towards a goal (Robbins & Judges, 2007 pp. 186). Motivation positions an individual’s efforts directed to achieve goals and cultivate persistence. Persistence validates how long an individual will dedicate efforts to achieving a set goal. Job satisfaction can be defined as a positive feeling about one’s job resulting from an evaluation of its characteristics (Robbins & Judges, 2007 pp. 30). Job satisfaction is subjective towards the nature of work, promotions, salary, supervision, coworkers, and relationships. Performance is standards for an individual’s behavior in the workplace that help them perform effectively. When people are highly motivated it leads to job satisfaction and eventually...
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...Increasing Team Motivation, Satisfaction, and Performance Campion, Mumford, Morgeson, and Nahrgang (2005), focuses on the practical significance of work design in the organization as a method of team motivation, satisfaction and performance. Work design is one method to boost the ubiquitous effectiveness of a team. However, the attitudes, emotions, personalities and values of the individual team members affect the operation and behavior of a team. Understanding, evaluating, and analyzing the attributes of each team members contribute to the work design and team layout of an organization. Team members who are not ecstatic about their job are usually not comfortable with the team concept. Using the emotions, attitudes, values and personalities of employees to motivate their team performance creates a cohesive and progressive team. An analysis of Team C Future Leaders personality tests created a progressive team assessment. The evaluations were used to combine personality traits to create a cohesive and productive team. Their interactive personalities are dreamers that create ideas and persuade others to believe in the dreams. Their outgoing personalities lead marketing, and advertising projects. The members of Team C are interactive which will perform well in those roles. Attitudes Attitudes are individual perceptions on people events or items. Attitudes are either negative or positive reactions. Attitudes contain components which develop their perception, which are cognitive...
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...increase motivation, satisfaction and performance. We must start also by evaluating each team member attitudes, emotions, personalities, and values and how they influence behavior. Diversity is in the workplace and it is necessary to improve the value of effort from each individual on the team. The three elements in a business setting to making goals achievable are motivation, satisfaction, and performance. This paper is to prepare a plan and apply it in a business setting in increasing the performance, satisfaction and motivation of all members of a team. Throughout the paper will be addressing the differences in motivation and personalities discover in team collaboration and how each influence behavior. Introduction When working in a group there is various types of teams that are found in many settings. Regardless of the setting of the team, accepting and appreciating the similarities and differences of the teammates can contribute more effectively and improve productivity as a whole. Creating a plan that will influence organization positively is important for management in an organization. Teams need to understand the objectives of the task and know that it is important element to the plan. This will motivate team members who are willing to indentify the job and participate in accomplishing the tasks. There are people with different culture, personalities, attitudes, values, beliefs, morals and trust levels. These differences can affect employee’s performance, motivation, and...
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...in the organization, employees have a better understanding of why decisions are being made, and leaders will gain more employee participation and support with plans, when employees assist with decision making and problem solving ideas within an organization it gives them an ownership of the changes being made. Leaders have a responsibility to the organization and their team to increase the team’s motivation, satisfaction and performance. In order to do this leaders must present a positive influence to the team and they must consider the various attitudes, personalities, emotions, and values of the team members and address how the team members can be productive with the various behaviors. Attitudes Attitudes are an individual beliefs, behavioral intentions and feelings toward an event, person or object. Attitudes logical thinking and reasoning, they are expressed through our judgments. Because an individual’s attitudes have involved a person’s thoughts they mostly remain the same, and are stable over a long period of time. There are three components that make up attitudes: • Beliefs—an established perceptions towards an event, person, or object—beliefs are usually established through past experiences. • Feelings—the experience a person has had with an event, person, or object. Their feeling would be either positive or negative • Behavioral...
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...advantage because the productivity of diversified people, working on the same task, is always greater than one person. For years, organizational leaders have recognized the value of having employees work in teams (Robbins &Judge, 2011). Companies who have choose teamwork, have expressed that the performance and work production have increased. Team work can improve job satisfaction and achievement for employees. An example of this, working in teams improves employees’ performance and also makes the work enjoyable to them. The biggest advantage of working in teams is the workload is shared among the team members. Team members will create a plan for positive influence. This plan will discuss the differences in attitudes, emotions, personalities, and values as well as how these differences influence behavior positively in a business setting. The plan will also adopt a plan for increasing motivation, satisfaction, and performance in a team. Attitudes, emotions, personalities, and values are different with each team member. Recognizing the strengths, weaknesses, values, and personalities can help in determining what each team member can provide and how each team member can motivate each other to complete the task. Motivation, satisfaction, and performance are necessary in a business setting. Motivation is the process that account for an individual’s intensity, direction, and persistence (Robbins & Judge, 2011). The way employees feel about their job determines how motivated...
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...out that addresses differences in attitudes, emotions, personalities and values as well as increasing the teams motivation, satisfaction and performance. In any team environment success is contingent on the motivation, satisfaction and performance of the team. Each of these facets requires the other to be successful. First, in order to motivate the leader should review Maslow’s hierarchy of needs which incorporates the elements of an overall theory of motivation (Robbins & Judge, 2011). This focuses around five specific elements, physiological needs, safety needs, love needs, esteem needs and the need for self-actualization. As long as everyone on the team can relate to each element the motivation to make the project a success will be achieved. The satisfaction is achieved by the progress a motivated team makes towards the completion of the project. If the project is broken down to phases a sense of satisfaction is easily achieved every time a phase is reached. The team leader will decide the rewards, but should solicit reward suggestions from the team themselves. This ensures that the rewards are truly wanted by the team versus unwanted rewards which can have little to no motivational appeal to win. Lastly, the performance aspect is reached primarily on the motivation and satisfaction of the team. Without motivation or satisfaction performance can and will suffer causing the team to be unsuccessful. The three facets of motivation, satisfaction and performance also...
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...employee’s performance, job satisfaction, and team’s motivation. Improving team’s motivation and performance is not a one-size-fit-all process. It involves minimizing issues that prevent employees from reaching their true potential while maximizing all positive factors that ensure success. In order to be successful, company begins to evaluate to employees’ attitudes, emotions, personalities, and values and how these factors directly impacted on the company goals. Sometimes, these factors are affected by the company’s values and vision. If the company and employee’s values, attitudes, and personalities are aligned in the same direction, employees are likely to have improved performance and increased employees’ satisfaction and motivations. This paper will address how attitudes, emotions, personalities, and values directly affect employees’ behavior and what effective plan to implement these factors to have positive influence to the team. An effective business operation is often based on how efficiently it can manage employee’s performance, job satisfaction, and team’s motivation. Improving team’s motivation and performance is not a one-size-fit-all process. It involves minimizing issues that prevent employees from reaching their true potential while maximizing all positive factors that ensure success. In order to be successful, company begins to evaluate to employees’ attitudes, emotions, personalities, and values and how these factors directly impacted on the company...
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...evaluate how attitudes and emotions influence behaviors, to explain ways personality and values influence behaviors, and to create a plan to increase employee motivation, satisfaction, and performance. This paper will analyze the information discussed by Learning Team A. Evaluate How Attitudes and Emotions Influence Behaviors Attitudes and emotions influence behaviors by the way a person acts. Their character, how they take criticism, and their composure under stress and pressure all directly affect their behavior. From a business standpoint, these things that would affect behavior would also affect how someone interacts with others which would be a determining factor as to how successful someone could be. Some people have negative attitudes about work and fall behind, while others stay positive and work through their issues. Sometimes, how an employee is treated by management can affect how employees work. Trying to build a good rapport and a positive work environment is vital to the overall success of a company. Attitudes and emotions influence behavior in a number of areas, not only in interpersonal relations, but also in life in general. A person’s attitude can determine how they handle stressful events, and their emotions guide those attitudes in the eventual construct of behavior in relation to those events. Explain Ways Personality and Values Influence Behaviors A person who has a caring and strong personality, in addition with high values, would likely...
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...DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE | | | | DATA | f | % | | | | AGE | | | 17-25 | 247 | 61.75 | 26-35 | 131 | 32.75 | 36-45 | 15 | 3.75 | 46-55 | 5 | 1.25 | 56-65 | 1 | 0.25 | 65 ABOVE | 1 | 0.25 | TOTAL | 400 | 100 | | | | GENDER | | | FEMALE | 246 | 61.5 | MALE | 154 | 38.5 | | 400 | | | | | INCOME | | | 0 | 162 | 41 | 1,000-8,000 | 142 | 35.50 | 9,000-16,000 | 53 | 13.25 | 17,0000-24,000 | 28 | 7.00 | 25,0000-32,000 | 13 | 3.25 | 33,000-40,000 | 2 | 0.50 | | 400 | | | | | OCCUPATION | | | none/bystander | 57 | 14.25 | student | 98 | 24.5 | housewife | 16 | 4 | employed | 218 | 54.5 | self-employed | 11 | 2.75 | | 400 | | MOTIVATION | Mean | st. dev | desc. | 1. I shop online as I can shop in privacy of home | 3.67 | 0.94 | | 2. I shop online as I do not have to leave home for shopping | 3.53 | 0.93 | | 3. I shop online as I can shop whenever I want | 3.48 | 0.95 | | 4. I shop online as I can then save myself from chaos of traffic | 3.43 | 0.98 | | 5. I shop online as I can save myself from market crowd | 3.39 | 0.94 | | 6. I shop online as I can get detailed product information online | 3.36 | 0.98 | | 7. I shop online as I get broader selection of products online | 3.31 | 0.88 | | 8. Online shopping gives facility of easy price comparison (Hence, price advantage) | 3.3 | 0.94 | | 9. I shop online as there is no embarrassment if...
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...positive attitudes, emotions, and personalities along with the personal values of the individuals can increase the team’s satisfaction, motivation, and performance. The creation of a plan that has a positive influence on the team will be the cohesive that keeps the team together and assist them to rise above the trivial minutiae. This paper will show that business plan and how the plan will increase the team’s morale, contentment, and production. This paper will also show the specific differences in those elements and how these differences will have a positive influence on the team. Team Collaboration The collaboration of several diverse individuals as a team, especially in the business setting, and achieving the best results can often be challenging and taxing. The implementation of a positive influence plan, especially for teams that will be together for a long period, is beneficial, judicious, and wise. The plan will help produce satisfaction, high performance, and motivation for the team. The plan can help address the specific differences and how to manage those differences without taking away the advantages of the diversity. Each individual on the team brings strengths and weaknesses. If the management has this understanding, they can create a conducive workplace that promotes motivation, satisfaction, and improved performance (Robbins & Judge, 2011). Some of the specific differences that may affect team collaboration are: attitudes, emotions, values, and personalities of...
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...evaluate how attitudes and emotions influence behaviors, to explain ways personality and values influence behaviors, and to create a plan to increase employee motivation, satisfaction, and performance. This paper will analyze the information discussed by Learning Team A. Evaluate How Attitudes and Emotions Influence Behaviors Attitudes and emotions influence behaviors by the way a person acts. Their character, how they take criticism, and their composure under stress and pressure all directly affect their behavior. From a business standpoint, these things that would affect behavior would also affect how someone interacts with others which would be a determining factor as to how successful someone could be. Some people have negative attitudes about work and fall behind, while others stay positive and work through their issues. Sometimes, how an employee is treated by management can affect how employees work. Trying to build a good rapport and a positive work environment is vital to the overall success of a company. Attitudes and emotions influence behavior in a number of areas, not only in interpersonal relations, but also in life in general. A person’s attitude can determine how they handle stressful events, and their emotions guide those attitudes in the eventual construct of behavior in relation to those events. Explain Ways Personality and Values Influence Behaviors A person who has a caring and strong personality, in addition with high values, would likely...
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...company: Motivation, satisfaction, and performance of each member. Discussed in previous opportunities, human capital in any organization is the most important asset in achieving company objectives. The role as managers and leaders is to understand that we are working with people who have their own way of thinking and behaving. For this reason this time we are given (one year) we must use our energy, creativity, knowledge, and experience to enhance the three factors mentioned above. Our plan must be clear to understand, transparent in their actions and to establish clearly the role of each team member. The way we approach each of the different attitudes, emotions, values and personalities allow us to improve and identify the mechanisms that we use to create a productive work environment. Team Performance and Effectiveness Teamwork is essential to the performance of a team and is necessary for most development programs as it needs multiple skills to manage any development project (Biswas, 2008). When a team is formed several factors must be considered in order to determine if a team is able to succeed. They are personality, values, attitudes, and emotions. Personality Personality traits are individual characteristics that describe a person’s behavior. The characteristics are a result of heredity or environment that influences satisfaction and well-being at work. (Greguras & Diefendorff, 2010). For example, an individual with a proactive personality has an...
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...increase a group or team’s motivation, satisfaction, and performance. The topics of discussion will concentrate on specific attitudes, emotions, personalities, and values that the members of the team will collaborate with, and address how each difference influences behavior within the business setting. In a business setting there are three essential factors that team members need so that they increase productivity and a constructive business environment. Additionally, the leader in the team setting must make certain that the members are inspired to complete the task by motivation. Next the norms must be set so that the team understands what is acceptable and what will not be, and agreed upon by each member. The agreement on the acceptable standards will influence the members’ behavior with the least amount of external controls. According to (Robbins & Judge, 2011, pg. 285-286), “norms are acceptable standards of behavior within a group that are shared by the group’s members.” Motivation The three key elements of motivation are direction, intensity, and persistence. Intensity describes the passion a person has about the designated task; this is the element most individuals focus on when thinking about motivation. However, the intensity alone does not lead to a favorable job-performance outcome unless the effort is channeled in a direction in alignment with the organizations values, and mission. The employee’s alignment with the organizations values and mission benefits the...
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...backgrounds and cultural values have to work together effectively and efficiently. Organizational behavior seeks to emphasize the understanding of behavior competencies in order to have an insight into how people are likely to behave as this knowledge is essential in controlling these behaviors and ensuring they are befitting to the achievement of organizational objectives. Whenever people interact in an organization many factors come into play and in this write up¸ we would be looking at a lot of factors associated with organizational behavior like culture, motivation, attitude and personalities, leadership and so on. We would be using wings café as our case study in understanding this concept while trying to bring fresh suggestions and ideas on how we think it should be managed and operated. Literature review The introduction of the concept of organizational culture has generally been attributed to several individuals, including Hofstede (1980) and Schein (1985). Although organizational culture has been defined in various ways, the definitions share a common view that “culture consists of some combination of artifacts (also called practices, expressive symbols, or forms), values and beliefs, and underlying assumptions that organizational members share about appropriate behavior” (Detert et al., 2000). Culture, therefore, is an explanatory variable that distinguishes one organization from another (Sathe, 1985). The relationship between an employee’s motivation and job satisfaction...
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