Instructions This written reflection, which includes two entries, is a record of your experiences putting key leadership and management topics into practice. Entry 1: Understanding the individual at work and enhancing performance (Minimum of 6 academic references required) In this portfolio entry you will be demonstrating your ability to form an accurate understanding of people and make recommendations for change. To do this, you will talk to someone to find out about his or her motivation and then use the concepts and ideas from to work out what sorts of things might increase or decrease the amount of effort the person puts into his or her work. Who they are as individual plays a role in this? You will also need to analyse the extent to which individual differences are influencing their motivation and performance. These differences would also inform whether your recommendations would be the most effective. Please use the following structure for your entry (approximately 1,200 words): do the interview with person that you work with A. Briefly describe the person you spoke to (healthcare employee). Describe his or her job and any other information that the reader will need to understand the rest of the entry (100 words). B. Using quotes to illustrate and substantiate your points, describe the person’s work motivation. Describe what the person said about the things that motivate or demotivate him or her at work. In this, there is no need to include any theories; they come in a later section (300 words) C. Using the content discuss the extent to which the individual’s demographics, abilities, perception, personality, and attitude influence their workplace motivation (300 words), motivational interview, The Big five personality model/test (OCEAN). D. In 500 words, using theories (Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, Motivation-hygeine theory) explain what sort of actions would: (i) increase the person’s motivation and, (ii) decrease the person’s motivation. E. References (Not part of word count). Use tables, charts, questionnaire, employee satisfaction survey …. Entry 2: Focusing on teamwork (minimum of 3 academic references required) In this portfolio entry you will perform diagnostic activities on your team (or another team in your organisation) to assess their current level of team performance and then make recommendations for improvement Survey your colleagues using the checklist. Collate the data and reflect on the results in your portfolio entry using the following structure (approximately 800 words). 1. Trust among members 1 2 3 4 5 2. Feedback mechanisms 1 2 3 4 5 3. Open communications 1 2 3 4 5 4. Approach to decisions 1 2 3 4 5 5. Leadership sharing 1 2 3 4 5 6. Acceptance of goals 1 2 3 4 5 7. Valuing diversity 1 2 3 4 5 8. Member cohesiveness 1 2 3 4 5 9. Support for each other 1 2 3 4 5 10. Performance norms 1 2 3 4 5 Where you don’t want to be Where you do want to be CHECKLIST A. Provide a summary table of the team’s results, also indicating the mean and range in scores, and delineating your response from their aggregate results (200 words). B. Did the aggregate results of the team represent your view of the team? Why/why not? (200 words) C. Choose the lowest rating item and using academic research, make two recommendations designed to improve your team’s performance. (400 words) D. References (Not part of word count). Notes on word limit: Word count (excluding references and appendixes) should not exceed 2,000. Please make table of contents at the beginning. Notes on academic references: Websites do not constitute academic references. Please use peer-reviewed academic journals that you find from the GoogleScholar. There is a list of some of the best academic journals in the discipline of management relevant to this unit. • Academy of Management Journal • Academy of Management Review • Administrative Science Quarterly • Human Relations • Human Resource Management • Journal of Applied Psychology • Journal of Management • Journal of Management Studies • Journal of Organizational Behavior • Journal of Vocational Behavior • Management Science • Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes • Organization Studies • Organization Science • Personnel Psychology • The Leadership Quarterly Please use Harvard referencing styles. Include your list at the end of all your portfolio entries. Please do not repeat references across entries.
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