Johnson of Whixley: Leadership, Motivation, and Team Dynamics Report

This report examines the role of leadership, motivation, and effective team theories within the context of an organization, specifically using Johnson of Whixley as a case study. It explores democratic leadership, the application of Tuckman's FSNP model for team effectiveness, and Herzberg's motivation theory. The report details the stages of team development (Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing) and the importance of hygiene and motivation factors. Current strategies such as job security and annual awards are also discussed as methods to manage transitional changes and enhance employee performance. References include key academic sources supporting the theories and strategies presented. The report offers a comprehensive overview of these elements and their impact on organizational success.

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TABLE OF CONTENT
Role of leadership
Motivation and effective teams theories

Role of leadership
 Johnson of Whixley is the largest company of the Europe where organization have a goal
to improve employees productivity along with success.
 Organization adapts democratic leadership because company has 90 staff members and
wants to enhance around 200 staff during seasonal peaks.
 It is also known as participative leadership style where group of member are involved in
decision-making. The main goal of this leadership style is to fulfil employees needs as
result which lead to high profit in the company.
 Manager of the company adapts democratic leadership style for meeting staff
requirements and their expectation with the company (Abu Sultan and et.al., 2018).
 Manager involves employees in various operations such as in decision-making process,
where promotes them to shares their ideas and opinion to manager for implementing
decision.

Motivation and effective teams
theories
Effective team theory
 Tuckman's FSNP model is organized for the team effectiveness which is proposed by
the “Bruce Tuckman”. This model defines the Forming-Storming-Norming-Performing
(FNSP) model in 1965. Organization adapts Tuckman's model for influencing team
effective. This model classifies into four stages for achieving team effectiveness.
Stages are-
Forming: It is initial stage where manager invites employees for
meeting and forces them to introduce themselves.
Manager clarify goals and objectives of company to each employee and
permits them to share their opinions which can make more effective
goals and objectives.

Cont.…
Storming
 It is second stage which supports staff to raise communication and shares their feelings to each
other which leads emotional attachment for them as result builds trust. Building of trust leads team
bonding (Jaques, 2017).
 Manager also encourages employee to do work as team member. The main goal of the team
building to lead understanding each other about working styles and helps employees that how to
work as team.
Norming
 This stage supports team member to understand importance of working
together. As team member they begin to accept and stand team member
conflicts for the keeping member in the group (Argyris, 2017).
 In simple word norming stage defines significance of the team member or
group and also understand them how to lead group in team towards success.

Cont.…
Motivation theory
The motivation theory is organized for motivation which leads effectiveness in company culture.
Organization applies Herzberg's motivation theory for motivating employees which supports
organization during transitional changes.
Herzberg's motivation theory model also known as two factor theory or dual factor theory
(Fotaki, Kenny and Vachhani, 2017). This theory leads job satisfaction by resolving
dissatisfaction issues.
Hygiene factors:
Hygiene factors refers job factors which is crucial for motivating employee at workplace. Job
factors doesn't give long-term satisfaction but essential for the job performance at job place.
Hygiene factors includes pay, company policy, physical working condition. Fringe benefits, job
security etc. which is essential for the job.

Cont.…
Motivation factors
 Hygiene factor is short-term satisfaction factor which leads satisfaction in employee
for the job place and improves their productivity.
 On other hand motivation factors are long-term factors which leads inspiration in
employees for the prolong time.
 This factors helps to lead sustainable success in the job. Motivation factors motivates
staff to give the high performance which leads high profitability in the company.
 Motivation factors includes recognition, promotion opportunities, responsibility etc.
which assist company to achieve their goals.

Cont.…
Current strategies
Job security
 It is the first approach of the organization for handling transitional changes which can occur due to
small villages and can lead drastic changes in company(Bosse and et.al., 2017).
 The main goal of the approach to satisfy employees about their job and retain employee within
company.
Annual award sharing
 It is second approach or can say strategy of the organization which is organized by the manager to
influencing their working efficiency.
 Even employees gets golden opportunity to earn high profit along with incentive by giving large
number of task achievement over the time the main goal of the strategy to make them intellectual
for the transitional change which can improve their sense of humour for identifying opportunity and
loss.

REFERENCES
 Fiaz, M., Su, Q. and Saqib, A., 2017. Leadership styles and employees' motivation:
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pp.143-156.
 Fotaki, M., Kenny, K. and Vachhani, S.J., 2017. Thinking critically about affect in
organization studies: Why it matters. Organization. 24(1). pp.3-17.
 Jaques, E., 2017. Requisite organization: A total system for effective managerial
organization and managerial leadership for the 21st century. Routledge.
 Kegan, R. and Lahey, L.L., 2016. An everyone culture: Becoming a deliberately
developmental organization. Harvard Business Review Press.