Lecture 4 Flashcards
Managerial Skills
- human skills
- conceptual skills
- technical skills
Effective Manager
- task orientation: quality, quantity
- people orientation: attraction, maintenance
individual performance equation
individual attributes x work effort x organisational support = performance
Individual attributes
- biographic characteristics
- competency characteristics
- personality characteristics
Work effort
motivation to work
Organisational support
- situational opportunity
Motivational Theories
Needs Theory - Mazlow's hierachy of Needs - Alderfeld's ERG theory Process Theory - Equity Theory
Mazlow’s Hierachy of Needs
- Self Actualisation
- Esteem
- Social
- Safety
- Physiological
ERG Theory
Existence needs Relatedness Growth needs all feed into individual drive
self serving bias
- our success comes from our traits and dispositions
- our failure comes from factors external to us
attribution error
- others’ failure comes from their traits and dispositions
- their success comes from external factors
Equity Theory
two people paid differently for same job
- person paid less wants more money
- person paids more works harder/feels greater pressure
Job satisfaction
- low job satisfaction costs money in form of labour turnover, absenteeism and ultimately mental and physical health
- influences whether an individual stays a member of the group
Situational Theory
- Contingency Theories (assume that a leader’s effectiveness depends on the situation)
- Path-goals theories (leaders clear the path in order for employees to achieve their goal)
- Life-cycle theory
- Blanchard’s Situational Leadership
Situational Leadership
Directing: Beginner
Coaching: Learner
Supporting: Contributer
Delegating: Achiever
Beginner
Directing
Learner
Coaching
Contributer
Supporting
Achiever
Delegating