ASSIGNMENT 1 (a) “Although leadership is situational‚ some traits‚ skills and characteristics contribute to leadership effectiveness in many situations‚” (Dubrin‚ 1992). Analyse this statement giving examples of an organisation you are familiar with. (30) INTRODUCTION Leadership can be termed effective‚ whenever group or activities are required; the emergence of a leader becomes imminent. A group always works effectively when there is a leader to guide the members and keep them motivated
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Contents 2 Introduction 3 Employee Engagement 4 Employee Empowerment 5 Elements of Empowerment 6 Methods to Empower Employees 7 Present Scenario 8 Employee Engagement Approaches for Employees 10 Communication Activities 10 Reward Schemes 11 Activities to Develop the Culture of the Organization 12 Team building activities 12 Leadership development activities 12 Employee engagement in action: Sun Microsystems 13 Employee empowerment in action: Verisign
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Chapter 1.INTRODUCTION 1.1 Concept of employee engagement 1.1.1 Defining Engagement One of the challenges of defining engagement is the lack of a universal definition of employee engagement‚ as a research focus on employees’ work engagement is relatively new. More often than not‚ definitions of engagement include cognitive‚ emotional‚ and behavioral components. The cognitive aspect of engagement includes employees’ beliefs about the organization‚ management and working conditions. The
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A PROJECT REPORT ON EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AT INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD. - HO (MUMBAI) SUBMITTED BY PUJA KUMARI MMS (2013-2015) ROLL. NO 20024 UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF STEPHEN.EKKA JANKIDEVI BAJAJ INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES SNDT WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY MUMBAI-400049 SPECIALISATION: HR2014-15 DECLARATION I‚ Puja Kumari‚ hereby declare that the project report titled “EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT” submitted to Jankidevi Bajaj Institute of Management Studies affiliated to SNDT University
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Research An investigation into work engagement Contents Executive Summary……………………………………………....................... 3 Introduction…………………………………………………….……………... 4 The company…………………………………………………………….………………… 4 Issues……………………………………………………………………………………….. 4 Goals of the report……………………………………………………….............................. 4 Research ethics……………………………………………………………………………... 5 Literature review……………………………………………………………… 6 Methodology…………………………………………………………………
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from being just a support function to being a strategic partner in the growth of businesses. It has transformed itself being merely Personnel Management – maintaining records and ensuring statutory compliances‚ while doing the bare minimum to keep employee satisfaction on an even keel - to being an integrated part of the corporate machinery. The HR function of 21st century India has made a transition from being ‘behind-the scenes’ support appendage to becoming the critical differentiator in business
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XYZ Organization Employee Engagement Plan L. McDowell Human Resources Management August 18‚ 2012 ------------------------------------------------- Engagement Plan for XYZ Organization The XYZ organization is a eight-year old public interest law and policy organization focused on reform of juvenile justice and other systems that affect troubled and at-risk children‚ and protection of the rights of children in those systems. XYZ has a staff of seven‚ consisting of an executive director
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The presence of different internal and external forces that affect the operations within a company provides the manager with a chance to choose the best reaction to a situation. The use of the situational leadership theory as a response mechanism is quite appropriate because it offers new changes that adhere to different goals intended within an organization (Lambert‚ Marler‚ &Gueutal‚ 2008). The experiences gained during a specific period will determine how well the management can respond to biting
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Leadership is the process of interaction of the leaders to his or her team members. An effective leadership is contingent upon a number of variables‚ such as traits‚ leading style‚ communications skills‚ conflict resolutions‚ and be able to motivate team members. Paul Heresy and Ken H. Blanchard have developed a leadership theory in the late 1960s‚ called "the life-cycle theory of leadership" (Hershey‚ P. & Blanchard‚ K.‚ 1982)‚ which has gained a strong following among management development specialists
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Northouse (2013) explained that situational leadership model is one that consists of a directive and a supportive dimension of influence. In essence‚ a situational leader is one who attempts to match one’s leadership style to what is described as the competence and commitment of an employee (Northouse‚ 2013). For example‚ if Ann decides to use the second style (s2) referred to as the coaching approach. Then‚ Ann would be demonstrating high directive behavior as well as high supporting behavior (Northouse
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