...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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...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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...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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...Ch5. Motivations and Emotion: Driving Consumer Behavior – Graded Quiz 1. Alexa gets lemonade for herself after a long walk on the beach, on a sunny day. This is an example of _____. a. regulation b. homeostasis c. self-actualization d. self-improvement B is Correct. This is an example of homeostasis. Homeostasis refers to the fact that the body naturally reacts in a way to maintain a constant, normal bloodstream. It is the state of equilibrium wherein the body naturally reacts in a way to achieve this. See 5-1: What Drives Human Behavior? 2. ADC Inc. claims that the anti-virus software produced by it helps block all forms of software viruses that are harmful to computers. This implies that ADC Inc. appeals more to those with a(n) _____ focus. a. self-actualization b. self-improvement c. prevention d. promotion C is Correct. ADC's claim suggests that it appeals more to those with a prevention focus. A prevention focus orients consumers toward avoiding negative consequences, while a promotion focus orients consumers toward the opportunistic pursuit of aspirations or ideals. See 5-1: What Drives Human Behavior?. 3. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, the physiological needs refer to the: a. need to be recognized as a person of worth. b. need to feel like a member of a family or community. c. needs for basic survival. d. needs of security and protection. C is Correct. Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory...
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...involvement in problem solving, decision making and planning to better meet the organization’s goals. In order for teams to successfully improve the effectiveness of the organization, they must be mission and goal focused. When teams are actively involved 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...
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...Motivation Plan In today’s business world, each business organization has a diverse workforce and each worker has specific motivations and emotions. An effective manager understands the challenges involved in creating a workplace that combines the employee’s motivations, satisfactions, and performance into a cohesive and effective workforce. A manager must develop a plan encompassing the employee’s motivation, satisfaction and performance. It is essential that the plan includes both the manager’s and employee’s insights to guarantee that all perspectives are merged into the plan for constructive impact. According to Robbins and Judge (2006), “Motivation is the process that accounts for an individual’s intensity, direction and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal” (p. 186). Satisfaction is defined by Merriam-Webster’s dictionary as the “fulfillment of a need or want” and performance is defined as “the execution of an action” or “the fulfillment of a claim, promise or request”. Motivation, satisfaction and performance are important aspects that a manager must employ with people and each aspect can define the success or failure the employee has as an individual or a team”. If a manager has a positive influence within their span of control, the manager will be able to increase an employee’s motivation, satisfaction and performance. A manager can leverage a variety of tools in developing and evaluating employee motivation, satisfaction and performance. Some of those tools...
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...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 have...
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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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...Psychological factors encourage it * Social factors encourage it * Structural factors encourage it * ex: Vietnam war – committed large number of troops to combat * Reduce escalation of commitment * Separate initial decision-makers from decision evaluators * banks making problem loans * get a fresh set of eyes to evaluate * Shift focus of attention * think about others, pro-social view * hopes and aspirations, growth * Hold people accountable for decision processes, not only outcomes * Maximizers vs. Satisficers * Maximizers – 20% higher salary * Maximizers less successful * less satisfied with outcomes * more negative emotions during search * Maximizers tend to do better but feel worse than satisficers * ex: Silver medal in Olympics * Maximizers at greater risk of escalating commitment * Irrationality * Often can not articulate why we make decisions * ex: Predicting double faults * when asked to justify, they do not really know but may give an answer * Irrationality is unconscious * people’s decisions are also shaped by factors outside of their conscious awareness * Role of priming * requests – providing a reason gives greater compliance * the word “because” has an automatic reaction * ex: copier * annoyance with apology has same results...
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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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...Motivation PSY/355 Sources of Motivation Motivation can be one of two influences, internal or external. It makes an individual move in a particular direction or take action. There are either positive or negative motivations, which cause positive or negative effects. A positive motivation is pleasurable or rewarding effect on someone, where negative motivation can lead to something painful. Being positively motivated can be many things mainly it is makes an individual feel good. An example of positive motivation would be parents telling their kids that if they get good grades they would let them pick the next family trip. An example of a negative motivation would be criticized by your boss about your work while they aren’t doing anything would make you do less work and not respond well to them. Biological and psychological motives are two sources of motivation. Biological needs motivate humans to behave a certain way. The most important biological needs are hunger, thirst and human connections to others, which motivates humans to seek and find food and water. Both food and water are important to human survival. For example the need for comfort for an individual who is too hot or cold will change t the temperature in the room. Psychological needs are the motivation to belong in groups in society. The psychological need to be happy can also include the need to make others happy. A student goes to class and is psychologically motivated to...
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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...
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...Motivation and Emotion Principles of Psychology Bryant & Stratton College By: Tara Hardaway Instructor: Pamela Parker Motivation and Emotion I choose to write this paper on motivation and emotion in order to identify how if the two are combined they create a sense of satisfaction in the workplace as well as daily life. I had to define the meanings of them and elaborate on the effect of them and identify how they have been used in my professional work life. "The term motivation refers to factors that activate, direct, and sustain goal-directed behavior... Motives are the "whys" of behavior - the needs or wants that drive behavior and explain what we do. We don't actually observe a motive; rather, we infer that one exists based on the behavior we observe." (Nevid, 2013) When it comes to work a person needs to be motivated to know what type of work environment they would choose to work in. Once you have the right environment the motivation comes naturally. You want to do your best and most you really do. Hauser, L. (2014) stated that in today's society and economy employees are well educated and relatively well off. This fact strongly influences the mechanisms of motivation. Therefore, today's managers have to use a large variety of motivational instruments. While under employment as an Adult Instructor with RCSD, I had the opportunity to work for the Family Learning Center in Rochester NY. In order to attend the Family Learning Center a students who had been out of school...
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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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...Short notes of ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR Chapters 1 to 15 www.vustudents.ning.com ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR Organizational Behavior (OB) is the study and application of knowledge about how people, individuals, and groups act in organizations. Contributing disciplines to the OB field: Organizational behavior is an applied behavioral science that is built upon contributions from a number of behavioral disciplines. Psychology is the science that seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change the behavior of humans and other animals. it may be the mental and behavour characteristic of an individual or group Sociology is study the social system in which individuals fill their roles; that is, sociology studies people in relation to their fellow human beings. Social psychology is the area within psychology that blends concepts from psychology and sociology and that focuses on the influence of people on one another. it deal with the fulfilment of social needs in a phycological sense of interpretations.it cause different socio phycho conditions and affaire for the modificationof OB. Anthropology is the study of societies to learn about human beings and their activities. we also define anthropology as "science of human beings especialy of their environment and social relations and there culture" environment play a pivotal role in the improvement and modification of OB Political science is the study of the behavior of individuals and groups within a political environment...
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