Kellogg's Modern Workplace: Leadership and Management Analysis

This report analyzes the modern workplace practices of the Kellogg Company, focusing on leadership, employee motivation, and work environment. The report begins with an introduction to the importance of a flexible and supportive work environment, highlighting its impact on employee productivity and retention. It then provides a background on Kellogg's, detailing its history and core business. The core of the report examines leadership and management behaviors, specifically referencing Taylor's theories on motivation and the use of monetary rewards. It also explores group and team behavior, emphasizing the importance of collaboration and employee motivation. The report uses Maslow's hierarchy of needs to explain employee motivation. The conclusion summarizes the benefits of a positive work culture, including improved performance and reduced operational costs. The report references scholarly articles to support its findings.

INTRODUCING
MODERN WORKPLACE

Table of Content
 Introduction
 Main Body
 Conclusion
 References

INTRODUCTION
 In the modern world employees need a suitable and
comfortable working environment.
 Work place needs to be more flexible having open
communication between the employees, accepting each others
decision and ideas.
 Employees tend to be more productive and effective when
they work freely in flexible environment. Retention rate is said
to be high in such organizations where work environment is in
favor of employees.

Background of the Project
 The Kellogg Company is an American food manufacturing
company. The company was founded by Will Keith Kellogg
and headquartered in Michigan, United States. It is an 113
years old organization.
 The company manufacture cereal including cookies, pastries
and distribute their product by famous brand including Corn
Flakes, Pringles etc.

Leadership and Management Behavior
 The company follows Taylor theories for motivation at workplace. Frederick Taylor
believed that monetary rewards are important factors to motivate. Money can simply be
used for increasing the rate of output.
 His concept to motivation apply to the employees who work on narrow concepts like
production line. So these employees can paid with respective to the work done by them
or units produced

Group and Team Behavior
 Group and team behavior means working together as one. Keeping everyone motivated
in the group weather their roles are easy or not.
 Kellogg's was listed in the top 100 Best Companies to work for list in the The Sunday
Times. The values and culture followed and focused by the employees in Kellogg's
made it reach their

Motivation
 Maslow's hierarchy of needs is often portrayed in the shape of a pyramid with the
largest, most fundamental needs at the bottom and the need for self-actualization and
transcendence at the top.
 In other words, the crux of the theory is that individuals’ most basic needs must be met
before they become motivated to achieve higher level needs

CONCLUSION
 From the above study it has been summarized that a better work culture has improved
the performance of employees.
 It has increased their productivity and efficiency. It has also helped company in
reducing their operational cost.

REFERENCES
 Raziq, A. and Maulabakhsh, R., 2015. Impact of working environment on job
satisfaction. Procedia Economics and Finance. 23.pp.717-725.
 Samnani, A.K. and Singh, P., 2016. Workplace bullying: Considering the interaction
between individual and work environment. Journal of Business Ethics.139(3). pp.537-
549.