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Definitions

 

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B=f(P,E)

Human Behaviour is a function of the person and the environment

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Behaviour Anchored Rating Scale(BARS)

Provides concrete examples of behaviours for different levels of performance.  Participative procedure utilizes the input of supervisors and employees rated by the system.  Pool of highly meaningful item describing effective and ineffective job behaviours.   Provide meaningful examples of possible behaviours related to a particular performance dimension.  The clarity of the behaviours improves employees’ understanding of their job expectations and helps them achieve higher performance.

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Behaviour Modification    ( B Mod)

Process Theory

B.F. Skinner.

Cognitive motivation theories posit that behaviour is a function of internal needs and motives.

B Mod states that external or environmental consequences determine behaviour.

Major benefit is focuses on observable employee behaviour which can be measured and used to improve motivation and performance

Main principal 4 methods of reinforcement

Both positive and negative reinforcements strengthen behaviour.

Positive reinforcement -  a pleasant outcome is obtained

Negative reinforcement – an unpleasant consequence is avoided.   (Successfully avoided an unpleasant consequence)

Extinction a pleasant consequence is removed or a neutral consequence occurs.(this weakens behaviour)

Punishment occurs when an unpleasant consequence is presented.

Punishment and extinction both weaken behaviour

Each is called a contingency of reinforcement.

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Control Organisational Structure

Mechanisms used to keep actions and outcomes within predetermined limits.   

Setting work standards, measuring results against plan and initiating corrective action.

Process oriented Control similar to scientific management job design

Results oriented Control similar to MB

 

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Co-ordination

Organisational Structure

Is concerned with linking together the actions of employees and their work units throughout the organization.

Links Sub Units:

Vertical Co-ordination – link between levels, decrease task uncertainty

      Teams and task-forces

      Direct supervision

      Standardize work process

      Standardize output

      Performance Appraisal

      Create MIS

Horizontal Co-ordination orderly processing workflow, work units integrated more effectively

      Direct contact

      Liaison roles

      Horizontal task forces

      Permanent teams to manage recurring workflow problems

 

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Distress

Is the dysfunctional result of stress.

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Enlarged

 

 

Job Range

to make larger

to give greater scope to

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Enriched

To enhance, To make rich or richer especially by the addition or increase of some desirable quality, attribute, or ingredient <the experience will enrich your life>:

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Equity Theory

Process Theory

Employee’s Rewards      compared to         Other’s rewards

Employee’s efforts                                        Other’s efforts

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Eustress

Is the successful adaptation to stress in the work setting or a degree of stress that does not exceed our personal capacity to cope with stress.

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Expectancy Theory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Process Theory

It specifies the relationship between, effort, performance and rewards.

Articulates the significance of expectancy, instrumentality and valence.  Sensitive to individual differences and organizational factors.

Valence is defied as personal attractiveness of different outcomes.

Two classes of outcomes

First level – result of expending effort in some directed way

Second level – after first-level outcomes and are direct result of achieving, or not achieving first level outcomes – examples = pay raise

Instrumentality is personal belief that first-level outcome lead to second-level outcomes.

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Extroversion

Social stimulation high  see Introversion

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Forms of Validity

Content Validity – performance appraisal measure and its administration are logically related to the aspects of performance being measured.  Supervisor and employees agree that the dimensions of performance measured are related to actual job behaviours.

Empirical Validity – Performance measures are statistically related to other important work outcomes.  An analysis show that scores on the performance dimensions are related to quantitative measure of output.

Construct validity – The performance appraisal system logically derives from a model or theory of performance behaviour and motivation.  An organization develops its appraisal program from the expectancy theory of motivation.

Convergent validity – Multiple measures of the same performance dimension yield equivalent scores.  Observation methods correlate highly with paper and pencil measures of performance.

Discriminant validity – Measures of performance using the same method produce different scores for different aspects of performance.

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General Adaptation Syndrome

ALARM – body and mind prepare to fight or adjust tohe stressor

RESISTANCE – body tries to re-establish a normal state using resources to adapt to the stressor

EXHAUSTION – After chronic exposure to stressor the body begins to wear down.  Stress related illness may result.

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Herzberg’s two factor Theory of Motivation

Content Theory

Hygiene’s – components of job context –status maintenance factors ie pay, supervision, work environment job security company policies

Motivators -  work itself, promotion, challenges, achievement, growth, responsibility, recognition

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Horizontal job loading

Improve employee motivation and performance

See Job Range

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Human Behaviour

Rests on the basic concepts of needs and motives.  A need is an experienced state of deficiency that pushes one’s behaviour.  Examples of needs are hunger, thirst and belongingness.  A motive pulls one’s behaviour in a predictable direction.

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Instrumental Values

Are the means to achieve goals by using acceptable behaviour to achieve an end state..

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Introversion

Prefer less external ‘social noise’ see Extroversion

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Job Analysis

Focuses on the content of what employees actually do at work as a basis for extracting dependable performance measures.

Produces a set of primary duties for each employee, which are documented in the job description.  Produces a clear specification employee characteristic and experience qualifications (skills) to perform the job adequately.

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Job Depth

The amount of discretion, which a person has to select various job procedures to accomplish work.

 

Changes which influence the planning and doing components of work. – Vertical job loading

 

Direct feedback on performance

Opportunity to learn new skills

Influence Schedule of Work

Job fit personality of the holder

Control over job resources

Personal Accountability should increase

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Job involvement

Develops through one’s job affects employee’s self worth and desire to participate in work-related decisions. Employees can have job involvement without being committed to the organization.

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Job Range

 

Refers to the number of tasks an employee performs

Improve employee motivation and performance. – Horizontal job loading

Job rotation

Rotation to similar positions will not be much of a motivator.

Job enlargement

Greater demands on employee than job rotation

Frequently requires learning new skills

Cross training

Skill-based learning

Acquire new work skills

Increase workforce expertise

Create pressure on pay system

 

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Job Satisfaction

A key work attitude:  it is a function of employee perceptions of events at work.

It is composed of facets which are extremely sensitive to employees’ perceptions of work setting, reward, supervision job demands.  Each facet is really an attitude

An attitude is a predisposition acquired through experience, to respond to people objects or institutions in a positive or negative way.   More specifically, the facets of job satisfaction are attitudes which focus on 1) work itself 2) pay 3) fellow workers 4) supervisor,5) promotion. An employee my be very satisfied with one facet and unfulfilled with another.  Possible for importance of any particular fact change as work events unfold.

 

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Karoshi

Japanese – means sudden death by heart attack or stroke caused by too much work.

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Leadership

Trait Theory – quality of a leader

Behaviour Theory – Leaders actual behaviour

       Initiating Structure – focus on group goals by stressing process etc

       Consideration – focus on approachability, supportiveness

Contingency theory – Leader behaviour with the situation

       Fiedler’s Contingency Theory –High LPC and Low LPC

       House’s Path-Goal Theory – clarification of pathways between subordinates performance and rewards they value.

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Locus of Control

One’s belief about what causes outcomes in life

Internals – believe themselves as the cause of outcomes

Externals – outcomes created by forces and events outside themselves.

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Machiavellism

Need to influence others to achieve one’s personal ends

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Management

The process of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the human, material and financial resources of an organization

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Manager 3 basic components

Technical  - efficient use of resources

Conceptual – develop new systems and methods

Human – concerned with employee welfare

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Managers

Responsible for achieving organizational objectives through people. Achieve results by supervising and motivating people in work organizations – Newer definition have de-emphasized the; activities and focus on roles of ‘coaching’, integrating, advocating, tracking forms of unit performance and allocating resources among more autonomous employees or among their self directed teams.

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Managers

Job in terms of roles

Interpersonal

    Figurehead; leader; liaison

Informational

    Monitor, Spokesperson

Decisional

    Entrepreneur

     Disturbance Handler

    Resource allocator

    Negotiator

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Maslow’s Hierarchy

Content Theory

á   Self actualization -  need to reach one’s fullest potential

á   Esteem – feel good about oneself and respected by others

á   Social – Belongingness

â   Safety  and Security

â   Physiological – food, water, shelter

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Motivation

Study of motivation is extremely complex.  It stimulates employee behaviour to achieve organizational goals.  Motivation sustains our behaviour and keeps it systematic and focused.  IT directs responses towards the goals we value.

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Motivation

One of several factors that influence performance.  Low motivation does not necessarily cause low performance.

Progresses through a sequence of need, behaviour and goal attainment.

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Motivation Theory

Two types

Content theoriesspecifies those factors in individuals, which stimulate, direct, sustain and stop behaviour –  answers the question “What specific needs cause motivation?”

Process theories  - explains how behaviour is stimulated, directed, sustained or stopped.  Explains how motivation occurs.

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Motives

Initiate, sustain and channel behaviour.

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Organisational commitment

Employee agreement with organizational goals, willingness to exert effort on behalf of the organization and desire to maintain membership

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Organisational Structure

Formalized practices or framework controlling work behaviour and expectations of employees,  Written rules do not ensure coordinated effort and goal accomplishment to ensure these outcomes; managers must create co-ordination and control.

See Coordinate or Control Organisational Structure

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Performance

Always involves the evaluation of a person’s behaviour on the job.

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Performance Appraisals

AN organization’s performance appraisal system is defined as a process, which generates valid information about employee work effectiveness for the purpose of making informed human resource decisions.  Organizations must evaluate employee performance for a number of reasons.

Must produce results, which are both fair and accurate.

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Personality

Makes employee unique, complex, multidimensional relatively permanent set of psychological characteristics that influence individual’s behaviour

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Punishment

Is an unpleasant consequence following behaviour.  Much of our behaviour is learned under the conditions created by naturally occurring punishers.

Quick, intense, fair, focused, private, informative and not followed by rewards

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SOBC

S – Stimulus – ie light, sound job demand supervisor

O – Organism – characteristic of the person

B -  person’s Behaviour and actions

C – Consequences or outcomes

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Socially acquired needs

Achievement – primary cause of entrepreneurial behaviour

Affiliation – needs energize supportive and collaborative behaviour in work groups

Power – Social – important managerial quality

Power – Personal – try to dominate & control feel self confident by intimidate others.

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Stress – 3 Causes

ENVIROMENTAL – Economical, Political, Technological uncertainty

ORGANISATIONAL – Task, role, Interpersonal, Organizational structure, leadership demands
INDIVIDUAL – Family, Financial

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Stress – 3 Consequences

PHYSIOLOGICAL – headache, High blood pressure, Heart disease

PSYCHOLOGICAL- Sleep disturbance, Depression, anxiety, declines in job satisfaction

BEHAVIOURAL – Productivity level, Attendance, Quitting job, Accidents, substance abuse.

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Stressors

Refer to objects, events and situations in our physical and social environment that make a demand on our minds or bodies.

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Terminal Values

The goals to be achieved or the appropriateness of desired end states.

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Type A behaviour

Action-emotion pattern characterized by competitiveness, impatience and hostility

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Values

Deeper psychological level than work attitudes they are more general and basic in nature.  Used to evaluate and judge our own behaviour and the behaviour of others.  Enduring belief that give us a sense of good or bad, right or wrong.  Terminal and Instrumental

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Vertical job loading

The planning and doing components of work                      

See Job Depth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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