LET1 Task 3 The five bases of power are defined as the following. Legitimate power is the ability to influence the behavior of another person based on the title or position held in an organization or hierarchy. Reward power is the ability to influence the behavior of another person based on giving rewards or benefits that others view as desirable or valuable. Coercive power is the ability to influence the behavior of another person based on being able to harm or punish the person. Expert power
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LET1 Task 317.1.1-06 Organization Behavior and Leadership The Expectancy Theory of Motivation One of the most widely accepted theories of motivation is Victor Vroom’s Expectancy Theory. “Expectancy theory argues that the strength of a tendency to act in a certain way depends on the strength of an expectation that the act will be followed by a given outcome and on the attractiveness of that outcome to the individual.” (Robbins & Judge‚ 2007‚ p.208) [i] In other words‚ employees will have
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closely tied to the tasks given. Expectancy is proposed to be an individual’s understanding of how their effort leads to a given performance level. Vroom put forth in his theory that individuals believe the more effort put into a task or objective‚ the better the performance on the task. Therefore‚ effort leads to performance or E P. This effort is closely related to the individual’s belief that they can perform the given task (self-efficacy)‚ whether they believe the task is perceived obtainable
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317.1.6-03-10 Upon review of the current appraisal process I have 3 main concerns. Firstly the form seems to focus on simply behaviors and traits. I do not see any emphasis on the task outcome being evaluated. It appears that the company is more concerned with if the worker is getting along with others that if he is doing the job assigned to him. Actually I see no reference to his job performance at all. Secondly this appraisal seems to be focusing more on the manager’s impression of the
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person’s ability to impact negative results from failing to comply. Within the given scenario of this task‚ this ability is demonstrated by Employee number 2. As the only CPA (certified public accountant) in the company‚ this person is responsible for the financial statements and the timely filing of these statements. Because of this the company has given Employee number 2 a shortened work week of 4 days. This effectively demonstrates the coercive power of Employee number 2. Reward power is
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LET1 317.1 Behavior and Leadership There are many forms of leadership style used among top companies today. Within the given scenario we are given three different leadership styles among three different leaders. Within this scenario we will look at transactional‚ transformational‚ and level 5 leadership. We will identify what type of leader each person is‚ and also how the style of each new leader might affect the performance of the company. Executive A is a “level 5” leader. A level 5
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LET1 Commercial Printing Company Evaluation (LET1 317.1.5-03-05) The corporation being looked at in this paper started as a commercial printing company and expanded into many other services such as digital printing‚ mailing services and other fulfillment services. The company has always had very satisfied customers because of its knowledgeable staff‚ creative methods and their strong desire to work together as a team. Within the last 5 years the company fell upon some hard times where they were
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DO of leadership. A friend of yours said that she understood the BE and DO parts‚ but wasn’t sure about the KNOW. Which of the following would be a good example to illustrate what KNOW means? A cadet motivates a team to accomplish a mission. 4 The JROTC Instructor asked your friend what he knew about Army JROTC. He replied that he had heard both good and bad things about it. He also said that he thought it would be a good place to learn leadership‚ but that he was sure he wasn’t going to
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Expectancy is the first key component of the Expectancy Theory of Motivation. It can be explained as the belief that the employees have about their ability to meet the performance of a certain level. It is often called the effort-performance relationship. If a person does not believe that they are able to meet their employers performance standards no matter what they do‚ they will lose all of the motivation that they have. The second component is Instrumentality. If the employee believes that they
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Legal and Ethical Issues to using business information LEGAL ISSUES ARE VARIOUS ITEMS OF LEGISLATION THAT PROTECTS THE USE OF BUSINESS INFORMATION. DATA PROTECTION ACT 1998: Many business and shops have information about people. This act protects the information held about them to be misused. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION 2000: this act provides individuals the right to request information from a public authority. The public authority has to inform the applicant if they have the information which must
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