Organizational Performance and Human Resource Management

Leadership How can you become a good leader In fact leadership is considered a positive quality owned by some people that makes them different from the others. This quality enables them to guide or direct people or their work. It has many different definitions for example, “Leadership is the process by which an executive imaginatively directs, guides and influences the work of others in attaining specified goals.” — Theo Haimann. It also can be defined as a position of power held by a member…

People need to be accepted for their special and unique spirits. One expects the great goals of collaborators and partners and does not reject them as individuals, even when one may be compelled to decline to accept certain behaviours or performance. The most successful servant leaders are those who have become skilled empathetic listeners. 3. Healing The concept of healing relates is a powerful force for transformation and integration. It relates to the emotional health and wholeness of people…

to approach complex and eclectic issues as well as to improve communication skills, decision making, conflict resolution and cognitive development. To analyze my group dynamics experience using relevant theories related to group processes and performance; it is crucial to start by identifying teamwork constraints that occurred during and after the process. Having identified such limitations, the best possible way to approach each area in concern is by strategically design a course of action,…

Organizational change is regarded as complex and multi-dimensioned and hence, a variation of change models is suggested such as Kurt Lewin’s Change Management Model, McKinsey 7-S Model, Kotter’s 8 Step Change Model. Among them, Lewin’s is one of the most widely-applied and influential models of change. It describes the planned approach to changes, using the analogy of water and ice to represent the process in three steps – unfreezing, moving (changing) and refreezing (Burnes, 2007). According…

Contingency theory basically means that no leadership style is the best fit in different situations. Cognitive Resource Theory (CRT) modifies Fiedler's basic contingency model by adding traits of the leader (Fiedler and Garcia 1988). It identifies the conditions which leaders and followers use their skills and knowledge effectively. It will always depend on different…

The chapter provided an outline of the leadership notion with specific emphasis on the Leader- Member Exchange (LMX) concept, from a theoretical perspective and also as per the introduction, reference to the positive and negative spillover effects of work into family life. Conceptualizations of different scholars are provided with reference to the LMX theoretical methodology. The leadership contextual framework are further underlined with reference to two different views on leadership, namely…

achieve something worthwhile, even if it is not your original goal”. Page believes in building team and avoiding bureaucracy. Three of the six people Google promoted to lead major product division are initial 10 employers. Page is working on faster management decision making approach and openness. He asked his colleague’s to send him 60 words updates on projects. Top executives are said to be meeting a day in week to make collaborative and quick decisions [15]. Innovation, team building and…

a part of it is referred to as Organizational commitment. Organizational devotion is often portrayed as having both an emotional or moral component and a more prudential component i.e. involving or showing care and forethought (M.S. Pams & Nugnet, 2013). Be loyal to the company, and the company will be loyal to you, is an old saying. Most employers expect some degree of organizational commitment from their employees (Mowday, Porter, & Steers, 1982). Organizational Commitment is a core predictor…

Every leader has a vision or goal for him and for his team. This vision or goals are synchronized with organizational aims and objectives. The leaders have to communicate the vision and goals to his team so as to motivate them to achieve them with efficiency. He communicates in a way so that he will be able to make others see what he is expecting from them. Team…

The book I choose to review and present is the autobiography of Malcolm X 1925-1965 explains the journey of this powerful journey through the eyes of Mr. Alex Haley, which was published by Ballantine Books in New York, New York in the year of 1992. The sources to support the theories defined in this review were taken from Central Michigan University library. The theories supported are good man theory, behavioral theory, transactional/power and influence theory, and reframing quadrant is reviewed…