Presenting motivational strategy
Unit Learning Outcomes
Examine leadership and management theories and principles, and their impact on the effectiveness of an organisation.
Review the influence of different leadership and management styles on the culture of organisations.
Vocational Scenario, Activity and Guidance
As a new trainee, you are to complete onboarding training to help you understand leadership and management in action. As part of this onboarding process, you have been asked to undertake a case study report for an organisation. Focusing on a large organisation of your choice, critically evaluate their leadership and management theories, their impact on decision making and the factors that influence their organisational culture. The research of additional business examples should be used to assist in your analysis and evaluation.
Business activities to inform your report will include the following.
Conducting research into leadership and management theories and their application in the workplace in order to analyse the effectiveness of leadership and management in the given organisation.
Comparing at least two other organisational examples to compare the different styles of leadership and management approaches taken for a range of business situations and how they impact decisions taken.
Examination of different leadership and management approaches taken to evaluate their effectiveness and the impact that the role of leadership and management has on organisational culture and performance.
Your report should consider the following:
definitions of leader and manager
hard vs soft skills
analysis of various leadership theory examples and their impact on effectiveness and decision making
comparison of leadership and management activities in different organisations
the importance of culture and the role leaders and managers
critical reflection on the impact of leadership and management.
Submission Format: Part 2
Submission is in the form a 15-minute individual presentation and individually devised motivational strategy. You are required to make effective use of PowerPoint headings, bullet points and subsections as appropriate. Your research should be referenced using the Harvard referencing system. You will need to provide a reference list using the Harvard referencing system. Inaccurate use of referencing may lead to issues of plagiarism if not applied correctly.
The recommended word limit for both the presentation and the strategy is 1,500–2,000 words, although you will not be penalised for going under exceeding the total word limit.
Unit Learning Outcomes
Develop a motivational strategy to optimise organisational performance.
Apply leadership and management approaches to managing performance to ensure continuous improvement.
Vocational Scenario, Activity and Guidance
You are required to prepare a 15-minute presentation that shows performance management techniques for continuous improvement. This will be followed with the creation of an individually created motivational strategy.
A motivational strategy is a plan that considers a range of financial and non-financial incentives, for both successful performance and to support unsuccessful performance.
Business activities
You will present your research to the potential client. The presentation should address the following areas:
• An introduction to motivational theories, including content and process, performance management and continuous improvement.
• Examples of the application of performance management approaches.
• Assessment of leadership and management approaches and theories, including their role in supporting performance.
• Recommendations of how the above could improve continuous improvement and performance.
Produce an individual, comprehensive motivational strategy that considers both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation alongside social, cultural, and organisational variables. The strategy should be supported with appropriate literature.
