Effect of Leadership and Motivation on Organizational Behavior - Desklib Library

This report discusses the impact of leadership and motivation on organizational behavior. It covers various theories and concepts of leadership and motivation, their importance, and recommendations for effective organizational behavior. The subject is Organizational Behavior (MG414).

Organizational
Behaviors

Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMERY..........................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................3
Topic 1.....................................................................................................................................................3
Leadership...........................................................................................................................................3
Topic 2....................................................................................................................................................6
Motivation...........................................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................................8
RECOMMENDATIONS.............................................................................................................................9
REFRENCES.............................................................................................................................................9

EXECUTIVE SUMMERY
This report includes the basic factors that are needed in the organization to maintain
healthy working environment and its behavior to achieve future goals. There are two important
factors that plays essential role in changing the behavior of the employees towards their working
and those are leadership and motivation. This report includes the different theories of leadership
and the motivation with the importance of both in the working of the organization.
INTRODUCTION
Organizational behavior is defined as the study of the behavior of an individual entity that makes
impacts on the organizational culture and the performance. The performance of an individual
depends on the many challenging and the situational factors that makes the impacts on the
success and the profit of accompany. Organizational behavior defines how an individual and the
organization should behave in context of achieving the organizational desired goals. There are no
human behavior is same and to make balance in order to generate the performance in terms of
performing tasks and the activities called organizational behavior. The managers with whom
employees working should be able to evaluate and modify human behavior depends largely upon
the knowledge, skills and the experience of an individual (Balwant, 2018) . The aim of this
report is to highlight the theories and the concepts of the leadership and the motivation skill in
the organization and the importance the both the leadership and the motivation had on the
success of the business.
TASKS
Topic 1
Leadership
It is defined as the ability to make influence on the group of people or an individual and provide
guidance to the team members to an organization in order to establish an effective organization
environment as well as for achieve the goals. The leader should have the qualities that are strong
, innovative thinking, management skills and the willingness to take risk to made change in the
organization. In a business leadership made multiple impacts that take the organization on the
way to success(Enyioko, 2021) . There are different theories and the concepts that effects on the

working of the organization. With the application of these theories on the organization it helps in
organizing the environment in a positive way. Some of these theories are discussed below:
Contingency theory – This theory states that there are different leadership style is applicable in
different situation in the organization. It includes that there are different variables that makes
impacts on the organizational situation but with the right course of action , a leader can makes
change in that situation . An effective leadership makes the effective balances among the needs
of the employees with the behavior and the motives of the business(Heyler and Martin, 2018).
The leadership must have the quality ti identify and evaluate the situation and then make
implementations of the leadership skills that handles the situation well with the productive
output.
Situational Leadership theory- This theory states that there are no leadership style that is
perfect or best in any situation instead of that it evaluate that best leaders and the leadership is
that which adapt or make changes in the direction and guidance based on the situation . This
theory considers the flexibility and defines that leadership is works on the maturity level of the
leaders and the followers. According to the situational leadership theory different situation
demands different course of action in the decision making process.
Transformational leadership theory- This theory works on the relationship between the
leaders and the followers . It states that a leaders should possess the following qualities to make
influence on the followers such as the one should be encouraging, charismatic, hard working and
the most important make impact on the working of the employee. This style provide motivation
to the employees by their capability to make them understand the importance of tasks and the
higher goo involve in performing it(Khaola and Rambe, 2020). A leaders should focus on the
team performance and provide them required knowledge and the motivation in order to perform
the tasks well.
Transactional theory- This theory mainly concentrates on the supervision and the organization
work. This theory states that there should be reward for the good working and the punishment
for those who didn’t perform the task well. This theory makes the best impact on the working of
an organization as providing rewards to the best performers also motivates others to work hard

and get recognisation. It as viewed as the most effective leadership style that focused on the
result-oriented behavior in the company. It makes most impactful organsational structure.
Behavioral theory- This theory states that there is need to make shifts in the behavior and
actions of a leader in accordance to the situation. It considers that an effective leadership style
can be acquired different skills and focuses on the how’s person environment and the natural
abilities makes them leader. It evaluates the ways of leadership behavior and a leader will more
likely to act in different style based on environment responses and the behavior.
Great man leadership theory- This is the most traditional theory of leadership as it states that a
leader has inborn qualities that makes impact on its followers. It emphasis that a leader has
leading personality traits that is confidence, communication skills and social aptitude from the
birth which makes them different from the others. It states that leadership is inherent quality.
Trait theory of leadership- This theory assumes that leaders are born with the capability that
makes the suitable for the role of an leader and highlights certain qualities that make the apart
from others such as sense of responsibility, creative, innovative, intelligent and the accountable
for the quality work(Koenka, 2020). And these are the qualities that make an individual entity a
leader.
Importance of effective leadership that make impact on organizational behavior.
 Generates vision - An effective leadership in the organization build a clear vision of
what an organization need to achieve . A leader provides the way on which employees
work and resource their business needs in terms of work as per the desired target the
company wants to achieve.
 Helps in decision making- A leader helps in the decision making in order to make
organization successful . Leaders are perfect and experienced in analyzing the situation
and makes the right decision in accordance to the circumstances. Leaders know the
strengths and the weaknesses and makes sure they make decision that works to provide
advantage in the organization.
 Guidance- The work that has been done by the employees in the organization needs an
effective supervision of the leaders with that the guidance which helps in making

improvement in the working. In overall leaders ensures that workers efforts align with the
organizational goals through enhance efficiency.
 Provides growth in the organization- The effective leaders build the working and
healthy environment that helps in growth in the business. They generates the new
innovative ideas and the techniques that results in the flexibility in the work and gives
sense of encouragement to the subordinates to work in the processes that increases the
chances of individual as well as organization growth.
 Builds coordination- An effective leadership makes the balances in interest of
employees with the organizational growth and objectives. Leaders know the employees
working reasons with that they make alignment with the business working environment .
They builds a suitable environment for their employees to work effectively.
Topic 2
Motivation
It is describes as the analysation of the needs , wants and the derives of an individual in the
organization and makes employees influence in their working in terms of satisfying those needs
and wants. It is the procedure that guides employees and maintains their goal oriented
behaviors(Schunk and DiBenedetto, 2020). There are various types of motivation that make
influence in the working of an individual such as biological, emotional, cognitive and the social
forces. There are multiple motivation theory that works as deriving effective working from an
individual, some of them are discussed below:
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs- This theory provides the hierarchy of needs into the pyramid
shape with the basic needs of an person in the bottom of the pyramid and more high level . In
respect of motivation an organization needs to fulfill that needs of an employee in order to
generate tasks and activities of the company(Siangchokyoo, Klinger and Campion, 2020). In this
theory it states that a person can only on to another level after addressing and fulfilling the basic
needs of the pyramid.
 Physiological needs- This is the basic and the lower needs in the hierarchy of the
pyramid. It states that the most basic needs consist human survival needs that are food
and water, enough rest, clothing and shelter, health and the reproduction. It comprises

that theses basic physiological needs must be fulfilled for the basic stability in the life
of human and after that human moves on the next level of the fulfillment.
 Safety needs- The next stage includes that safety is the second priority in the
physiological needs and it includes the protection from the violence and the theft ,
increment in the well being, stability in the health security , emotional stability and
the last financial security(Wang, 2018). The safety needs states that a person needs
stability and the safety in the life after the basic needs and this drives a person to
work more in order to generate the safety needs.
 Love and the belonging needs- The third level in the Maslow’s hierarchy includes
the human interaction and their satisfaction from the lives. In this level of
physiological needs it stated that friendship and family bonds both with the biological
needs of a human. A person needs physical and emotional intimacy in the life and is
important to achieving the feeling of elevated kinship. Membership and involvement
in the social groups contributes to meet the needs of a person. This needs is the last of
the lower needs of the human.
 Esteem needs- This is the first stage of the higher needs which states that the basic
element of the esteem are self respect which involves the belief and valuing deserving
dignity and the self-esteem s which includes the confidence in a person potential in
context of personal growth and accomplishments. This stage in the Maslow’s includes
two types of elements that are acknowledgement from the others and the self-
assessment.
 Self-actualization needs- This stages describes as the fulfillment of a person
potential as a human being. It also called as the self fulfillment needs ,it occupy the
highest position in the pyramid of Maslow’s hierarchy and this includes education,
skill development, refining of the talents such as music, dance, designing, cooking
and many more(Wu, 2020). This stage set apart from others as after the completion of
the needs of the human being it moves to fulfillment of intrinsic values and hobbies.
The importance of the motivation factor in the organizational behavior.
 Increase productivity- Motivation is the procedure that leads to make
enhancement in the productivity of the employees. As motivation completes the

needs of an employee and thus it builds the drive in them to work harder and to
best in their abilities. As in this an employee will put its best efforts in order to
achieve organizational goals
 Makes workforce loyal to the organization- Motivation plays a very essential
role in changing the attitudes of the employees in terms of the organization
values. As by fulfilling their needs motivates them and build trust on the
organization and by this favorable attitudes maintains the organization growth
and to be successful.
 Facilitates direction- Direction in the organization is most important and helps
in forming the company. By the needs motivation employees plans to work
wholeheartedly with the loyalty in the organization and this commitment requires
the motivated workforce.
 Makes organizational efficiency- Motivation is important in the changing
organizational behavior towards effective performance in the tasks and the
activities in the company as it changes the attitudes of the employees in the
organization. The presence of favorable motivation in the organization allows the
change in the working ability of workers and thrives organization.
 Reduced absenteeism in the organization – Motivation through the financial
incentives and the non-financial incentives motivates the employees to work more
and reduced the absenteeism in the organizations and provides benefit by
increment in the productivity.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it is concluded that Organizational behavior is defined as the right
behavior of the employees and the leaders in the organization which results in increment in the
profits and generates the success in the company. There are 2 topics in this report that contributes
in the development of the right organizational behavior which are leadership and the motivation.
Leadership includes various theories of it such as Contingency theory , Situational Leadership
theory, Transformational leadership theory, Transactional theory, Behavioral theory, Great man
leadership theory and Trait theory of leadership. And its importance includes Generates vision ,

Helps in decision making , Guidance, Provides growth in the organization and Builds
coordination. Then it includes the Maslow’s theory of motivation in it which includes different
stages that are Physiological needs, Safety needs, Love and the belonging needs, Esteem needs
and Self-actualization needs. There is also importance of motivation that are Increase
productivity, Makes workforce loyal to the organization, Facilitates direction, Makes
organizational efficiency and Reduced absenteeism in the organization.
RECOMMENDATIONS
The recommendations for the right organizational behavior include the right and proper
leadership. The proper leadership includes to provide the leadership as per the situation of the
origination and as per the needs of the workforce. Leadership is very important for the success of
the business so to makes effective leadership there are some qualities that need to be possess in
the leader. Then after that employees needs motivation to generate effective working in the
company, to maintain organizational motive there is a essential need motivation which based
employees needs and wants . Some wants financial incentives while some wants non-financial
incentives.
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