Organizational Behavior: Analysis of Discrimination and Lack of Motivation in Workplace

Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Organizational Behavior
Name of the Student
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Introduction
The essay helps in the entire analysis of the experience which has been faced by me
when I was performing my summer internship in an organization. The main problem which
was being faced by me during my internship was related to discrimination from the
employers towards the employees working in the organization. Organization is social
arrangement and the members have the different collective goals and this has been seen that
organizations depend on the ability to meet the different predetermined targets as well.
With the implementation of the different kinds of concepts such as emotional
intelligence, techniques of conflict management and the leadership style which will help in
managing the different issues in an appropriate manner. These techniques are useful and will
be successful in reducing the different kinds of issues which can affect the workplace
employee-employer relationship.
Diagnosis of Problem
The problem which have been identified in the previous organization wherein I
worked as an intern was the lack of motivation. When I started doing my internship, my
mentor was not at all cooperative and he used to always find mistakes in the different tasks
which I performed. After I joined the firm, my supervisor allocated with tasks, I tried to
perform them with all my efforts and was successful in the completion of the tasks as well.
However, my supervisor did not encourage me and there was discrimination as well.
Furthermore, due to the lack of motivation, I felt depressed as none of the tasks
performed by me was appreciated. The discrimination between me and my fellow colleague
was the other major issue which demotivated me and I was not able to perform well. For
instance- The same task was being allocated to me and my colleague and we both performed

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it in almost the same manner, however this was being noticed that my fellow colleague was
appreciated and he received perks for the good performance, however I could not receive the
appreciation which was my right. Additionally, this can be seen that there were no motivation
theories such as Maslow’s Hierarchy theory or Herzberg’s theory wherein the needs are
required to be provided with major importance in order to deal with the issues appropriately.
The three months of my internship was not at all successful as I felt nervous in
performing the tasks. I was unable to overcome adversity as a demotivated employee is not
being able to overcome the challenges and this was affecting my performance in the
organization as well. Furthermore, due to discrimination I felt that for the same tasks, I am
not being appreciated, however my colleague was appreciated for the same as well. All these
factors affected my overall productivity and performance in the organization as well as I was
not getting any kind of motivation to perform the tasks efficiently (Rahim 2017).
Due to lack of motivation and discrimination, I was not successful in completion of
my internship appropriately and this affected my growth in the career as well. I became
careless about the tasks performed by me wherein I was not bothered to perform tasks and I
did not apologize the different kinds of mistakes I committed during the internship program.
There was conflict between me and my supervisor and this affected my reputation in the firm
as well.
With the help of collaboration technique, this will help in resolving the different
conflicts with proper courage and consideration. The collaboration with the different other
parties helps in involving listening to both sides of conversation to resolve the problem
without any kind of concessions. This is the duty of the individual to forget of winning or
being right in the respective situation. Looking for the root cause is helpful in managing the