Managing Individual Behavior Affects The Realization Of Individual And Group Goals

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Managing individual behavior affects the realization of individual and group goals and this makes it necessary to shape behaviors in a way that supports the realization of specific goals (Bunn, 2013). Motivation is an important area of management as it helps managers to understand how to influence behaviors positively in a workplace environment (Louis, 2015). My experience as a team leader led to motivation. This experience has been evaluated in this paper using theories, models, and principles to provide insight on motivation. The experience has been described clearly, identifying knowledge acquired and how it can be applied to promote self-motivation as well as the motivation of others.

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A high rate of absenteeism and low morale was being experienced in the division, and this compelled the captain to exploit different ways of addressing the problem. The captain had expressed frustrations about the issue in one of the weekly meetings of commissioned officers. The commissioned officers had made attempts to enquire from the warrant officers about the issue, but they did not identify the specific causes of high absenteeism and low morale in the division. A meeting of the commissioned officers was convened by the captain to look at the way forwards. The officers resolved to create a task force to investigate the causes and the problem and come up with mitigation strategies. The captain established a team of eight members to examine
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