Organizational motivation and leadership in the workplace. The selected organization is a private company called I.W. Industries in which is categorized under Screw Machine Products and Manufacturers.

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Organizational motivation and leadership in the workplace

AnnMarie Eulo

PSYCH/570

July 4, 2011

Dr. Jonathan Cabiria


Organizational motivation and leadership in the workplace

In today’s multicultural world of business, the workplace includes different types of people and personalities, in which creates a need for different motivational strategies. To develop these strategies, organizational leaders or managers need to understand and adapt to the changes and needs of the employees as well as keeping the aim of aligning an employer and employee relationship stay in balance. Within this paper, a selected organization and situation will be discussed, and how motivational theories can be applied to the situation, along with evaluating the leadership role, power, and influence it plays on the situation.

The Selected Organization

        The selected organization is a private company called I.W. Industries in which is categorized under Screw Machine Products and Manufacturers. This organization also has sub-divisions, such as lamps, lighting, plumbing fixtures, blown glass, and glassware. I. W. Industries also does business as Concinnity Division, I.W. Inc. and has been in business for over 79 years (I.W. Industries, 2011).

        This organization was developed by a family named Warshawsky, in which they built this company with a vision of being successful through the help, concerns, and needs of their employees. They employ more than 200 employees and estimate annual revenue of $20 to $50 million dollars. This organization’s home base is located in Melville, New York and does business all around the world (I.W. Industries, 2011).

        I.W. Industry’s vision, mission, and strategies are based on new innovative products that are needed by other manufacturers and distributors to meet consumer demands as well as their needs. Having a strong and happy work environment, this organization has provided a great relationship among vendors, clients, as well as their own employees. They provide a family oriented atmosphere, in which many of the original employees are now promoted to executive positions. This company has never been on strike and has never fired anyone unless the situation was to damaging that they could not fix or control, the human resource manager would have no choice but to let that person go.

        In the three years of working at I.W. Industries has given me a sense of job satisfaction as well as belonging. This organization was considered home away from home because of the atmosphere it provided. This company still remains strong in their values and complies with the needs of their employees.

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The selected situation

        Although many situations occur in organizations, such as absenteeism, conflicts, and personal problems, each situation is handled differently. In many organizations, absenteeism is one of the most significant problems that affects productivity in addition to overburden other employees to step up and do their work (Smith, 2010).

        Today more industries are trying to grow and prosper toward the competitiveness of other organizations, but when the performance is determined by employee attendance, their productivity, and commitment to the organization is questionable. Therefore, it becomes difficult to minimize the incidences of absenteeism, and the costs in which associates with ...

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