Employee Involvement
• Participative process that uses employees’
input to increase their commitment to the
organization’s success
• If we engage workers in decisions that affect
them and increase their autonomy and control
over their lives, they will be more motivated,
committed, productive, and satisfied
• Major forms of employee involvement:
participative management and
representative participation
Stephen P., and Tim Judge. Organizational Behavior. 12th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2007. Print.
Participative Management
• Joint decision making: subordinates share
significant degree of decision-making power
• Issues where employees participate must be
relevant to their interest so they will be
motivated
• Employees must have the competence and
knowledge to make a meaningful contribution
• BUT research says participation has only a
modest influence on employee productivity,
motivation, and job satisfaction
Stephen P., and Tim Judge. Organizational Behavior. 12th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2007. Print.
Representative Participation
• “the most widely legislated form of
employee involvement around the world”
• Aims to redistribute power within an
organization; put labor on equal footing
with the management and stockholders
• Workers are represented by a small group of
employees to participate – works councils
and board reps
• BUT influence of RP on working employees
seem to be minimal – merely “symbolic”
Stephen P., and Tim Judge. Organizational Behavior. 12th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2007. Print.
Styles and Effectiveness
Social Style
• Social Style – pattern of behaviors
that others can observe
• These inevitably extend into the
realm of business and interpersonal
communications in the workplace
d W., and Roger H. Reid. Personal Styles and Effective Performance: Make Your Style Work for You. Radnor, Pa.: Chilton Book, 1981.
Evolution of the Theory of
Style
• Erving Goffman: “people are actors playing
their special parts, wearing masks, on- and
off-stage”
• United States Office of Naval Research’s
experiment (by Ohio State University):
– Made a list of behaviors that leaders exhibit
– Asked people which behaviors they felt good
leaders show
– Top four factors: CONSIDERATION, STRUCTURE,
PRODUCTION EMPHASIS, and SENSITIVITY
d W., and Roger H. Reid. Personal Styles and Effective Performance: Make Your Style Work for You. Radnor, Pa.: Chilton Book, 1981.
Assertiveness
• An assertive
person:
takes a
stand and
makes
his/her
position
clear to
others
d W., and Roger H. Reid. Personal Styles and Effective Performance: Make Your Style Work for You. Radnor, Pa.: Chilton Book, 1981.
d W., and Roger H. Reid. Personal Styles and Effective Performance: Make Your Style Work for You. Radnor, Pa.: Chilton Book, 1981.
d W., and Roger H. Reid. Personal Styles and Effective Performance: Make Your Style Work for You. Radnor, Pa.: Chilton Book, 1981.
d W., and Roger H. Reid. Personal Styles and Effective Performance: Make Your Style Work for You. Radnor, Pa.: Chilton Book, 1981.
The Effects of Leadership Styles on
the Organization
• by William Pirraglia & Demand Media
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Autocratic Style
• Authoritarian leadership
• Autocratic style clearly defines the division between
leaders and workers
• Autocratic leaders make decisions with little or no
involvement from employees
• Leaders are supremely confident and comfortable
with the decision-making responsibility for company
operating and strategic plans
• Works best when fast decisions must be made
without employee involvement.
• Employees may feel some disconnect with this style
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/effects-leadership-styles-organization10387.html
Participative Leadership
• Democratic leadership
• Usually considered the best option for most companies
• The opposite of autocratic leadership, this style
emphasizes that management offers guidance to its
teams and departments while accepting input from
individual staff members.
• Leaders reserve the right to make final decisions but
encourage feedback, ideas, and suggestions
from all employees.
• Participative leaders generally have a more content
workforce, since each individual has input into
decision-making.
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/effects-leadership-styles-organization10387.html
Delegative Leadership
• Laissez-faire leadership
• Typically considered the least effective option
• Delegative leaders rarely make decisions, leaving
this function up to the group.
• Leaders seldom offer guidance to the team and
delegate decision-making to trusted team
members
• Job descriptions and lines of authority become
blurred and confusing
• A loss of motivation and positivity often
accompanies the confusion of team members
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/effects-leadership-styles-organization10387.html
Corporate Culture
• Also called organizational culture, corporate culture
defines "the way we do things"
• Leadership styles have strong effects on corporate
culture because employees tend to act in ways that
mirror their leaders
• Staff also subconsciously wants to please supervisors
and management.
• Leaders and employees usually become "comfortable"
with each other, which can cause some "culture
friction" when new leaders take over
• A business’ culture can help or hurt operations, often
dependent on the strength and efficiency of leadership
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/effects-leadership-styles-organization10387.html
Effectiveness & Efficiency
Definition
• Dictionary.com:
– Effective (adj.) – Adequate to
accomplish a purpose; producing the
intended or expected result.
– Efficient (adj.) – Performing or
functioning in the best possible manner
with the least waste of time and effort.
Which is better?
• Is it more important for your organization to
pursue effectiveness or efficiency?
• If you’re trying to grow aggressively and have
resources to burn, optimizing effectiveness
might be the way to go.
• However, if a smaller company has very limited
resources to work with, they might be more
interested in pursuing efficient operations in
order to maximize their capabilities and not
stretch themselves too thin.