Applying Leadership and Management Theories: Hays Company Strategy

This report delves into the application of motivational strategies within Hays Company, a British international recruitment firm. It explores both intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors and proposes a comprehensive strategy to enhance employee performance. The report analyzes the application of various leadership and management theories, such as transactional and administrative management theories, to address specific workplace situations like low productivity and lack of clarity. It assesses how different leadership approaches contribute to continuous improvement and provides recommendations for boosting performance, emphasizing employee engagement and clear communication of company goals. The reflective statement highlights the importance of leadership and management in organizations. The report concludes that motivation is crucial for inspiring employees and that leaders must adapt their approaches to different situations, utilizing both intrinsic and extrinsic rewards.

PART-2: PRESENTING
MOTIVATIONAL
STRATEGY

TABLE OF CONTENT
• INTRODUCTION
• Develop a motivational strategies for a company.
• Develop a detailed motivational strategy that addresses both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.
• Produce a comprehensive motivational strategy that addresses motivational factors in an effective way.
• Application of appropriate leadership and management theories to a range of workplace circumstances.
• Assess how leadership and management approaches helps in the continuous improvement.
• Make recommendations to performance improvement.
• Reflective Statement
• CONCLUSION
• REFERNCES

INTRODUCTION
• Motivation is a useful tool in any organisation.
• It is all about determining why individuals initiate,
continue and terminate a specific behaviour at a
specific time.
• It consists the emotional, biological, cognitive an social
forces that trigger behaviour.
• It is the driving force behind individual actions.
• Hays is a British international company facilitating
hiring and human resources services.

DEVELOP MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR
A COMPANY
• There are various strategies through which a leader or
manager can motivate his followers to improve the
effectiveness in the company.
• In case of Hays Company, motivational strategies have
been mentioned underneath:
• Reward system
• Trust
• Career Advancement

DEVELOP A DETAILED MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGIES
THAT ADDRESSES BOTH INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC
• It is very essential that employees remain motivated in
the company that resulting high productivity in the
company.
• In case of Hays Company, there are two types of
motivators through which employees can get rewards.
• Intrinsic rewards relates to the psychological rewards
that workers receive from doing meaningful job and
performing it effectively.
• For example, personal development, feeling of
competency or self-control over the work.

PRODUCE A COMPREHENSIVE
MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGY THAT ADDRESSES
MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS IN AN EFFECTIVE
WAY
• It is realized for the company Hays, employers can use
various types of motivation strategies to foster the
workplace performance.
• They can use both types of rewards intrinsic and
extrinsic in the company.
• Both are essential as employees needs emotional
motivation such as recognition of their work, whereas
at the same time they are requires benefits or perks
which reflects their hard work.

APPLICATION OF APPROPRIATE LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT THEORIES TO A RANGE OF
WORKPLACE
• Situation1: Low productivity of employees
• It is a major issue in the company if the
employees are discouraged and demotivated in
the company. It may lead to lower productivity in
the organisation. Managers and leaders must use
the proper approaches to deal with such issues so
that employees feel recognized and motivated
towards work.
• Application of theory:
• For the situation of low employee productivity in
the company, a leader may use transactional
theory to his leadership which considers rewards
and punishments as the base of actions of leaders.
• This is one of the common leadership theory in
which leaders can reward those employees who
work hard and deliver greater performance for the
Hays Company.

CONTINUE
• Situation2: Lack of clarity in work
• This is an another issue that affects the workplace
improvement.
• It is very important that leaders and managers set
a clear vision, mission, goals, ways to attain such
goals in a clear way so that employees would
know how they should work and behave to reach
such goals in the company
• Application of administrative management theory:
• This theory of management emphasizes on the
identification of rational method to design a
workplace as a whole.
• The main focus of this theory is on the formalized
administrative structure, a clear labour division,
delegation of authority and power and many
more.

ASSESS HOW LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT APPROACHES HELPS IN THE
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
• It is seen that there are different approaches available to the leadership and management.
• Different theory or approach can be used by employer to motivate and influence others to work.
• It is very important to understand that a leader cannot apply single approach to every situation so first he needs to
study the situation and then he apply theory and his leadership style accordingly.
• With the right kind of leadership style, he can build trusts among employees which results higher productivity and
continuous improvement in the company.

MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
• Continuous improvement is very essential in the workplace.
• It is recommended that leaders or managers of Hays Company can improve performance in various ways such as they
can engage their employees by setting clear vision and goals of the company.
• Also, a leader should give proper attention to his employees and must listen their opinions in the decision-making
process so that they can feel involved and engaged in the activities.

Reflective Statement
• I have realised that leadership and management both
terms are very impactful in an organisation.
• I came to know various perspectives about leadership,
management and motivation.
• I have experienced various challenges and problems in
the making of this assessment.
• It was a great experience to work in a group as it
involves engagement and interaction with all members.

CONTINUE
• In order to make this assessment I came to realise
various important aspects of leadership and
management theories and approaches.
• There are various theories mentioned such as
behavioural theory, contingency theory of leadership,
human relations theory of management, scientific
approach to management and many more.
• These theories can be used by leaders and managers of
Hays Company in different situations.