Organizational studies and human resource management

This study is theoretically anchored on Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory which found two factors that influence employee motivation and satisfaction namely motivator factors and hygiene factors. Motivator factors leads to satisfaction and motivation of employees to work harder. It includes enjoying work, feeling recognized and career progression. Hygiene factors leads to dissatisfaction and lack of motivation in the absence of these factors. Examples include salary, benefits, and facilities.…

What is a goal? To me, a goal is something that a person sets for themselves to work towards in order to improve their skills, knowledge, or well-being. Every single day, I set goals for myself; some goals are relatively effortless to achieve, while others are deeply challenging. Recently I was asked to challenge myself for a period of thirty days. To start, I had to decide what my challenge would be and what I needed to do in order to be successful in my challenge (SC15). The challenge I…

controls are used to ensure that individual efforts and unit efforts unite. Organizations work best when the rational decisions made are above personal agendas and outside pressures. Effective organizations are using their current situation and resources as…

Covey’s idea was basically that has humans, we are responsible for our own lives and the decisions we make. People tend to focus more on the things they cannot control and less on the things they can control. People can choose to live either a Proactive lifestyle by taking responsibility and…

The proposed study would investigate the relationship between the two types of workplace deviance, organizational and interpersonal, and the individual facets of job satisfaction. These two variables can interact and produce harmful effects for various aspects of an organization such as productivity and cohesiveness. Researching these variables can help organizations solve the many problems they may have with satisfaction and deviance. It is hypothesized that co-worker satisfaction will…

Drucker, in his new book, Management Challenges for the 21st Century, gives a rather different opinion and set of ideals for both organizations and individuals that aim for success. He analyzes the tasks that will be a significant problem for society and business. He also describes how changing an organization’s overall structure or refining an individual knowledge worker may help deal with those tasks. Drucker also had the idea that there is only one correct organizational structure designed…

3. Concept- Situational leadership style Leadership has always been hotly debated with countless traditional and contemporary models postulated by countless discussions and research. The situational theory draws its main view from contingency thinking as developed by Kenneth Blanchard and Paul Hersey states that successful leaders rather than using one leadership style should adapt their styles in relation to the maturity of the people being led and the details of the task. In using this theory…

expected from students to meet. If the steps are clear and regulated, the learning process is more effective. A supportive leader consists of motivate followers and it is important to be friendly and approachable. It is a must to attend to well-being and human needs of his followers. As a teacher, I believe that knowing my students and their needs will help me keep them motivate to learn new concepts. Participative Leadership involves the leader and the followers to make decisions that will help…

Section A2 Personally, I believe that the contingency theory for leadership most relates to my leadership style. I tend to adapt my leadership and directions to the people I am managing. Depending on the level of skill, knowledge, and readiness, I change my methods of direction for certain employees. Just like previously mentioned in the Synergy section of the Seven Habits Profile, everyone has different methods of communication and difference strong suits. One method of leadership, or…

circumstances that caused a person to say that "I am satisfied with my job". To a society as a whole and from the individual employee's standpoint, job satisfaction, in and of itself, is a desirable outcome. However, from a pragmatic managerial and organizational effectiveness perspective it is important to know how, if at all, this variable relates to outcome variables. Various questions such as: does the job employee having high job satisfaction perform better? does high employee job…