Leadership and Management: Motivational Theories and Approaches - Desklib

This presentation discusses various motivational theories and approaches in leadership and management, including Maslow's hierarchy needs theory, Adam equity theory, and behavioural theory. It also covers performance management approaches and different leadership styles. The presentation is relevant for students studying leadership and management courses in colleges and universities.

UNIT 4: LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT
PART 2

TABLE OF CONTENT
 INTRODUCTION
 PART 2
 CONCLUSION
 REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION
 Motivation is the urge to behave in a certain way that will satisfy the desires goals and
needs.
 Hays is the British international company which provides the human resources and the
recruitment services globally. With the skilled, professional, and qualified personnel.

INTRODUCTION TO MOTIVATIONAL THEORIES,
INCLUDING CONTENT AND PROCESS
 Motivational theories includes content theories ( Ma slow needs theory, herzberg's
motivation theory, mcclelland'S needs theory, and Alderfer's ERG theory).
 The process theories (Vroom expectancy theory, Adam equity theory, goal setting
theory, reinforcement theory).
 .Maslow' s hierarchy needs theory is the part of the content theory outlines to study the
persons behaviour in which the physiological, safety, belonging, love, esteem and self
actualisation.

Maslow' s hierarchy needs theory.
 PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS.
 SAFETY NEEDS
 BELONGING NEEDS.
 ESTEEM NEEDS.
 SELF ACTUALISATION NEEDS.

ADAM EQUITY THEORY AS A MOTIVATIONAL
THEORY.
 This theory helps Hays, to show the salary and the benefits is being
given on the fair terms to all the employees.
 Adams equity theory, is the part of the process theory which ensures
the fair balance between to employee inputs that are the hard work,
skills and also the outputs that are the benefits, salary, and
recognition.
 It helps to ensure the fair balance among the team
members(equality).

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT APPROACHES:
 The Comparative performance management approach.
 Attribute approach of performance management.
 Behavioural approach.
 Result approach.
 Quality approach .

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT APPROACHES
 Behavioural theory: This theory focusses o the specific behaviour and the actions rather
than the characteristics.
 This theory will be helpful for the company as it will allow the human, technical and
the conceptual persons to run the organisations smoothly.
 The great man theory: this theory specifies that the leaders are born with the right traits
and the abilities.

CONTD..
 Management approach :Human behaviour approach.
 Democratic approach : This approach aims to ensures the commitment in the workplace.
 Autocratic management approach is exercised by the individual control over all the
decisions.
 In the company this approach is used to hold all the economic, social and political
concerns.

RECOMMENDATIONS
 The company can also use the reinforcement theory of the motivation which helps to
identifies the desired behaviour, inflecting on the unwanted consequences.
 The company may use the her berg's theory which helps to identify the factors which
gives the job satisfaction to the workforce and also some gives the dissatisfaction.
 This theory will helps hays to identify the recognition, opportunities, growth. And also
the hygiene factors of the workplace.

REFLECTIVE STATEMENT
 In the recent time, group work is not that easy for any person to do so as it needed efforts, support
and engagement of others, which made them capable to provide and obtain expected outcomes.
 In order to complete the specific project or task, my team members has contributed and collaborated
with each other properly.
 I am working with 5 group members, who are capable to perform effectively and productively.
 Each member has providing full on support and strategic direction to achieve set aims, whether it is
long, medium or short.
 The best example of team members' contribution is effective communication that they made with
everyone, also with whom who are not accountable to our work but still play important role in term
of asking for any help or support to work productively.

CONCLUSION
 From the above presentation, it can be concluded that the various motivational theories
including the content and the process (Maslow's need hierarchy theory and Adams
equity theory).
 Also the leadership approaches being used are the comparative, attribute, behavioural,
and result approach has helped the company in evaluating the employees with their
capabilities, skills.
 With the leadership and the management approaches helps the company in diversifying
their decision making and also continuously boosting the performance of the recruiters.

REFERENCES
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