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Nicole’s Motivation Case Analysis
Nicole will develop and provide me with distinct work schedules indicating how she has prioritized her duties (ability). I will help her out with reminders for the first two weeks after which she will be expected to perform all duties, in order of prioritization without being reminded. By the end of the first month this would have helped her to develop her organizational and self-management skills. In addition, this will make her more responsible with regards to meeting deadlines. Most importantly, this is useful in helping her keep track of her work, meet deadlines and be able to provide information about her work progress proactively. Nicole will also be expected to address different work environments without compromising efficiency (ability). This will be instrumental in helping her mange work relations with ease and avoid conflicts that undermine optimal performance. Furthermore, this will be important in helping her to manage changing work environments effectively.
Nicole will be expected to manage jobs ht require teamwork (opportunity). This will enable her to learn how to relate with her colleagues and address emergent concerns accordingly. Drummond Hall Advertising will be expected to provide Nicole with jobs that require consultation and follow up (opportunity). Coupled with the need for teamwork, this will enable her to perfect her social skills. In addition, Nicole will be required to attend more training sessions regarding employee performance as well as well as the importance of teamwork (opportunity). The company provides training sessions once every month. By the end of six moths, Nicole needs to have perfected her social skills and reduced incidences of work related conflicts significantly.
I will monitor the performance of Nicole and provide her with feedback about her progress. This will be undertaken on a weekly basis and will provide insights regarding what she needs to do in a bid to enhance accuracy. Nicole will be expected to work on the weak areas and provide a personal report regarding her improvement every week. This is aimed at helping her to avoid mistakes and improve the quality of work. She will be expected to participate actively in this and even make contributions to measures she perceives challenging (to motivate her). Then, Nicole will be promoted to be in change of her colleagues in the advertising department (need for power). This is based on the premise that previously, she has exhibited a tendency to be domineering and influential. Putting her in charge of her colleagues will satisfy her drive for power and enable her to perform better. In addition, this will help her to work well in her position, as she is very self-oriented. Her performance will be monitored and would be promoted further if this improves.
Also, the organization should provide her with an opportunity to experience wok environments in other organizations (opportunity). This is a mode of motivation that exposes employees to other work environments within the same field of specification The aim of this is to enable Nicole to understand how the respective systems work and learn form these (positive reinforcement). This can go a long way in helping her to improve her relation sand avoid conflicts that compromise performance (Tosi, Rizzo and Mero 112).
Then, Nicole will be required to take over training sessions in after a period of six months (need for power). She will be expected to address wide-ranging issues such as employee relations, performance and motivation and so forth. This will enable her to not only exercise her authority but to also learn about the importance of maintaining positive employee relations in a bid to ensure sustainable growth and development. Nicole will be expected to provide me with her weekly budget for approval before expenditure (to avoid extinction). Monitoring her expenditure will be instrumental in enabling her to meet her personal as well as institutional budgetary goals by aligning expenses to revenue (Daniels and Daniels 46). Then Nicole will be given more jobs requiring proof reading by working for more hours than what she is working for now. This is aimed at enhancing her performance and motivating her to pay more attention to details and accuracy. By the end of three weeks, her work will be evaluated she will be rewarded with a salary bonus in line with increased efficiency (positive reinforcement).
Evaluation of the quality of her performance will be done at the end of every month and each time, she would be rewarded for any improvement (continuous reinforcement). This will be aimed at motivating her to persistently perform well under all circumstances and in all environments. Then, the organization needs to limit her use of her telephone. Regardless of the fact that this is n her line of duty, monitoring measures should be undertaken to ensure that this is only used during working hours and for professional reasons. In addition, performance or results of this should be monitored and rewarded accordingly (reinforcement). This would ensure that Nicole does not waste time on the telephone; rather she pays particular attention on achieving results.
Works Cited
Daniels, Aubrey and James, Daniels. Performance Management: Improving Quality Productivity Through Positive Reinforcement. USA; Performance Management Publications, 1989. Print.
Tosi, Henry, John Rizzo and Neal, Mero. Managing Organizational Behavior. USA: Wiley, 2000. Print.
Drummond and Hall AdvertisingYEARLY MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES GOAL SETTING PLAN FISCAL YEAR 2010Employee: NicoleDate: 10th Feb 2010 Department: AdvertisingPosition: Advertising Coordinator
Goal Measurement Feedback/ Tracking
Follow Up Completion Date
Organizing work
Schedules Quality of schedules Model work
Schedules 17th Feb
Prioritizing work Accurate completion
of
Prioritized duties Work schedules 28th Feb
Developing
Relationships Improved
Relationships Employee feedback 15th march
Assuming
Leadership Improved
Performance Continuous
Monitoring 10th August
Engaging in
Exchange Programs Improved
Productivity Monitoring 15th April
Training No. of sessions Performance sheets 15th May
Ensuring accuracy Accurate
Completion of
Duties Monitoring sheets 15th March
Improving
Performance Improved
productivity Performance
feedback 15th August
NOTE: All goals should be written with action words and either have a quantitative or due by date measure of completion. Thank you
