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Leadership and Performance in the Workplace Paper Outline

PSY/435

September 14, 2015

Simone Mathieu

Leadership and Performance in the Workplace Paper Outline

1. Introduction –

0. Briefly Summarize situation at Woody’s Veneer Factory

1. Group/Team Concepts to Improve Performance/Diversity

1. Identifying Group and Team Concepts

0. Establish roles and norms in the factory

0. Reducing conflict

0. Identify process losses

1. Group Diversity

1. Interventions with floor workers and factory managers

1. Team building

1. At least two examples of leadership theories and how to implement them in order to improve the relationship between management and floor workers.

2. Leadership is not just those in supervisor/management roles. It involves influencing the attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, and feelings of other people

2. Path Goal Theory- Management adopts one of four styles

1. Supportive

1. Directive

1. Participative

1. Achievement

2. Leader Member Exchange Theory-

2. Cadre or in-group

2. Hired hands or out-group

1. How the floor workers view the influence and power of management. Discuss how this is negatively and/or positively impacting the workplace and changes you would recommend –

1. Explain the differences between leadership and management. Examples of how management at the factory could utilize leadership styles to improve networking with the floor workers.

4. Manager’s Job is to:

I. Plan – Assign Task

II. Organize – Define Purpose

III. Coordinate – Develop talent, and nurture skills

4. Leaders Job is to:

I. Motivate – Focuses on people

II. Inspire – Trust, integrity, and honesty

III. Innovates – Has a long range perspective; vision

VI. Conclusion

a. Summarize the purpose of the report.

b. Briefly Summarize Group Concepts

c. Overview of Path Goal Theory & Leader Member Exchange Theory

d. Summarize Leadership changes to bring positive growth