Introduction to Management: Motivation and Organizational Design

The essay provides a comprehensive analysis of critical aspects of management: motivating self and others, organizing work efficiently, executing strategies effectively, and ethical leadership. Motivation is presented as a complex yet essential part of organizational success, with frameworks like motivation, empowerment, and engagement highlighted. The diversity in employee needs necessitates personalized managerial approaches to balance tangible rewards such as incentives and intangible rewards like moral support. Organizational design emphasizes the importance of departmentalization for efficiency across various business operations. Execution strategies are discussed through people, operation, and strategy processes emphasizing time management. Lastly, ethical leadership underscores the responsible use of power in organizations, advocating for persuasion over domination, with attention to ethical dilemmas.

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WEEK 8: MOTIVATING SELF AND OTHERS; DESIGNING AND ORGANIZING
Motivation is of utmost importance for the smooth functioning of any and every business
organization. Motivation is one of the most difficult areas to work upon and it is also the
unavoidable needs of all the organizations. The managers have to motivate themselves first and
then try to motivate their employees (Kihara, Karanja & Kennedy, 2016). The three related
frameworks that can be used are motivation, empowerment and employee engagement. The
managers need to realize that every employee is different and their needs also differ from each
other a great deal. It is because of this reason that the employee motivation becomes a tough
factor. A manager often conducts meetings to interact with the employees and know their varied
interests (Katja, 2018). Motivation is obviously self-driven but the managers need to interact
personally with all the employees. It is in the meetings that he can make the employees speak up.
This will make the manager adjust his own conduct as per the needs of the employees. He has to
make out which employee is in need of tangible rewards like incentives or promotions and which
employee is in need of intangible rewards like some moral support and respect. A manager will
have to make out what might be the probable reaction of the employees to different situations
and rewards the strength and weakness of the employees. A manager will have to adjust his
behavior to adjust to his employees.
Designing and organizing are needed in each and every organization for making the work
easier and quicker. There are many departments in an organization that needs to be broken down
and then organized. The departments must be set up as per their needs, goals and time
requirement. Departmentalization is of utmost importance for making the work easier. There are
mainly 5 common departments that each company must have –Functional Departmentalization,

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Product Departmentalization, Process Departmentalization, Customer Departmentalization, and
Geographical Departmentalization
Time orientation
Tasks like paper processing will need much less time and skill as compared to the other works.
Goal Orientation
The organizations sharing a common goal will also have to perform different kinds of tasks at
different points of time. Different personnel in different departments will have to perform
differently.
Interpersonal orientation
This is mainly the result of the understanding and the kind of interaction present among the
employees.
Thus, in order to make the operations and the function the business organizations easy and faster,
departmentalization is of utmost importance.
WEEK 9: MANAGING EXECUTION AND DRIVING FOR RESULTS; USING POWER
ETHICALLY AND EFFECTIVELY
A proper execution is needed in each and every organization for the getting the expected
results. Execution does not merely refer to the tactics that might be used by a company for
managing its work properly. The process of execution can be done properly by following 3 vital
processes: the people process, the operation process, and the strategy process. The strategy

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process mainly helps in answering the questions of what will be the correct strategy, how to
execute the strategy, are the employees skilled enough to execute the strategies in a proper way.
The execution can be carried on properly only if there is a proper connection between the people,
the operations, and the strategies. Time management is the key to the proper execution of the
operations. Achieving the desired outcomes will become easier if the execution of work is done
properly (Davies et al., 2017).
Usage of power is also necessary for the work organizations. However people have to see
that they are not taking the undue advantage of their power rather than dominating or abusing
their employees, an ethical leader will use the tools of persuasion. The managers can often suffer
from ethical dilemmas, especially in case of dismissing an employee. So, they must not misuse
their power. Rather they must be flexible and open and then try to judge the matter from an
unbiased viewpoint (Quinn, 2016). The employees, on the other hand, must also maintain their
ethical responsibilities. Effective networking has to be used for the overall benefit of the
employees.

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