What drives motivation? How far will one go to achieve their goal? Does it mean compromising their ethical beliefs or will they succeed following their ethical compass? For many, they will do just about anything, include being unethical. No boundary, no barrier, no obstacle will stop them. A great example is Margaret Tate, an Executive Editor in Chief of a book publishing firm from the movie “The Proposal”. The movie depicts various management and observation behavior concepts covered in Organizational Behavior such as communication process model, power and counter power, the MARS Model, and values and ethics.
The communication process model was illustrated in the beginning of the film when the receptionist sends out the instants message to other employees to warn them of Margret who was making her way to the office. The information got through the office before Margret walks in and everyone pretended to be working in her presence as she walked through the office. This illustrates how fast information was send through electronic communication and the receivers understood what the message meant. The employees knew how to act and avoid getting in the way of Margret before she walked in. The receptionist who originally sends out the message received the feedback through indirect evidence from the employee’s action which meant that the receiver understood the transmitted message.
In addition there were two parts of communication channels that were depicted in this movie. A verbal communication channel was portrayed when Margaret went over to Bob’s office to fire him. Their face to face interaction allowed Bob to verbally express his emotion through the use of vocal intonation and facial expression. Margaret was able to under...
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... the MARS model. There were also different kinds of communication channels that were depicted in a few of the scenes from the movie. It was clear that Margaret’s power over Andrew influences his decision to follow through with Margret’s plan and vice versa. And Andrew also uses his counter power to get what he wants out of the deal they’ve made. Towards the end of the movie, it all came down to be Margaret’s ethical value. The stressed of keeping up with the lies and going through a change of emotion was enough for Margret to confess the truth and accepted the fact that she was going to be deported back to Canada.
Works Cited
McShane, S.L., & Von Glinow, M.A. Organizational Behavior, 4th Edition. McGraw-Hill, 2008
The Proposal. Dir. Anne Fletcher. Perf. Ryna Reynolds, Sandra Bullock, Betty White, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson. Touchstone Pictures, 2009
Key terms will be pointed out and highlighted, as well as described in relation to the examples extracted from the film. To begin with the film started out with a communication climate that was both tense and without verbal communication. This was mainly due to the variance in membership constructs of the characters involved. The character's included the brain Brian, Andrew the athlete, the criminal Bender, the princess Claire, and the basket case Allison. There was a great deal of interesting nonverbal communication taking place between these people. Their reactions and responses to each other demonstrated perceptual errors, which would be shown as the story progressed.
Communication is defined in the book as "a systematic process in which individuals interact with and through symbols to create and interpret meaning." (Wood, p.9). The definition can be broken down into four separate parts and they are as follows: process, systematic, symbols, and meaning. Process means that communication is ongoing and always in motion. Systematic focuses on how communication involves a group of interrelated parts that affect one another. Symbols are described as abstract, arbitrary, and ambiguous representations of other things. The key note on symbols is that they do not only include all language, but also include an important aspect of communication which is non-verbal. The fourth and final focus is meaning and is considered the heart of communication. The great thing about meaning is that we create it.
Verbal Communication: In this episode, a lot of verbal communication has been shown. “Words are powerful’ seems right in this episode. Every employee communicated the message in direct words and it reached Brad clearly. All the employees used direct words like, ‘no-system’, ‘not well-paid’, and ‘not-happy here’ etc. The message reached Brad and he acted on that immediately. So Verbal communication was direct and powerful in this episode.
What is organizational behavior? Prior to this course, I had never known that much of what is organizational behavior and in which ways it can impact the organization. Initially, over the course my knowledge about OB was expanded.
Communication involves the exchange of messages and is a process which all individuals participate in. Whether it is through spoken word, written word, non-verbal means or even silence, messages are constantly being exchanged between individuals or groups of people (Bach & Grant 2009). All behaviour has a message and communication is a process which individuals cannot avoid being involved with (Ellis et al 1995).
Communication is the process of conveying information to each another using words, actions, or by writing the information down to be read by another person. Communication is something that most people do at some point each day, and is an important part of life especially in a working environment. “The concept of communication is an essential part of every profession, and it is required to foster and maintain healthy relationships”( Jasmine, 2009, para. 1).
First of all, sender exits ideas in his or her mind and encodes the ideas as a message, then he needs to pass the messages to the receiver. The messages include different kinds of contents which are views, ideas, thoughts, information, and so on. However, effective communication needs to ensure that the message has been not only received but also clearly understood and this is relevant whether the communication is internal or external (The Times 100, 2011). As a result, the messages will be translated into a series of symbols which can be understood by the recipient. Then, messages will be delivered through an appropriate format or channel to receiver. Since different types of symbols have different types of transmission mode. Messages can be written as letters, memos and so on. And it may also be verbal. For instance, conversation, lectures , telephone and so forth. It can even be expressed through body movements, such as gestures, facial expressions, gestures, etc. Afte...
Motivation is an important concept which is critical for understanding of and improvement in organizational behaviour and performance. It is therefore important for the managers to understand motivation. It is an important tool which they can use to get more out of their employees and increase organizational performance. Motivation can be defined as the factors, both internal as well as external which arouse in individuals the desire and commitment for a job (Mele, 2005, p. 15). Organizational performance on the other hand refers to the degree to which the organizational objectives have been achieved.
Robbins and Judge define motivation by means of three elements. The first element is defined as being the process that account for an individual’s intensity which is concerned with how hard a person tries. The second element is direction that benefits the organization and the third element is persistence which is a measure of how long a person can maintain effort. Motivation is also driven by certain situations that vary between individuals and within individuals, at different times. (Robbins & Judge, 2007, p.186) These elements should not only be expected from employees but from managers as well.
Motivation is the reason or purpose behind action, or what causes one to act in a particular manner. Motivation can either be intrinsic or extrinsic in nature, yet it rests solely within the power of the individual actor to be motivated (or not) by intrinsic and extrinsic motivators. Motivation is an extremely important topic of discussion in the larger discourse on leadership. It is important because it provides the basis for human action, or inaction. Leaders must be able to understand what motivates their followers in a hope to use that knowledge to guide them to behave in a certain way that is beneficial for the organization. To do so, it behooves leaders to understand the basic concepts and theories of motivation that abound.
Motivation is an aspect of managerial function of directing under execution. It is necessary as a means to induce people to work, as they are able and trained to do, willingly.
Organizational behavior is the study of the many factors that have an impact on how people and groups act, think, feel, and respond to work and organizations and how organizations respond to their environments. (George & Jones, 2005) Organizational behavior is particularly important to managers, who are responsible for supervising the activities of one of more employees.
Communication is an interdependent process of sending, receiving, and understanding messages. The definition implies that the components of the communication process cannot be examined separately. Rather, the relationship exists between the sender and the receiver, as well as the environment of the communication event, must be viewed as a whole. According to this perspective, if any of the components and circumstances change (that is, the number of individuals involved in the interaction, seating arrangements, or the time of the day) the communication event is altered. Communication is an ongoing process; we never stop sending and receiving messages. As we will discover, communication is a dynamic process, a process that changes from one communication setting to the next. Although it is difficult to predict, the ways of interpreting communication, certain components are always present in the communication process.
Communication is the sharing of information between two or more persons or groups to reach a common understanding. In the communication, the information or ideas conveyed must be understood. Effective communication allows participants to properly exchange ideas. Communication is the two way process of exchanging information. Communication can be done through oral, verbal and written communication. Information is transmitted as words, tone of voice, and gestures and postures. Information can be shared face to face or by telephone, fax, e-mail, text messaging, videoconferencing, electronic-portfolios, chat, memos, letters, reports, etc. The number and types of methods increase as information technology systems become ever more involving a great deal of worldly experience and knowledge.
Motivation is the force that transforms and uplifts people to be productive and perform in their jobs. Maximizing employee’s motivation is a necessary and vital to successfully accomplish the organization’s targets and objectives. However, this is a considerable challenge to any organizations managers, due to the complexity of motivation and the fact that, there is no ready made solution or an answer to what motivates people to work well (Mullins,2002).