Assessment Task 1: Individual Essay and Reflective Piece (25%)1) Assessment Details Individual 1000 word essay and 500 word reflection2) Criteria used to grade this task Marking Guide/Rubric will be...

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Assessment Task 1: Individual Essay and Reflective Piece (25%)1) Assessment Details Individual 1000 word essay and 500 word reflection2) Criteria used to grade this task Marking Guide/Rubric will be provided via Moodle. 3) Task Assessor Tutor/ Lecturer 4) Suggested time to devote to this task A suggested minimum of ten hours 5) Submission details Week 5 via Moodle 6) Feedback and return of work. Within three weeks of submission via Moodle Details of task: This assessment requires students to complete two parts: 1) an individual essay on how motivation impacts individual and organisational behaviour; and 2) a reflective piece on how the student’s own motivations affect his/her behaviour and his/her understanding of other people’s behaviour. 1. Research and write an essay on employee motivation. In your essay, critically discuss how well academic theory and research are able to explain specific behaviours and/or attitudes in an existing organisation. You should base this discussion on first hand data or experience that you have collected in an organisation of your choice. You should research employee motivation and provide a short review drawing from the academic literature relevant to the topic with full references (the list of references does not count towards the 1000 word maximum). Collect information from a minimum of five academic sources such as academic peer reviewed journals and edited book collections. Once this information has been collected, you should: - define motivation - describe the behaviours/attitudes that you have investigated within your chosen organisation - discuss how the concepts from the literature can be used to explain these behaviours - explain how understanding motivation theory could be applied to managing people to work more effectively. The aim of this assignment within the context of BUMGT2606 is to develop research and analytical skills as well as critical thinking skills. You are to present this section in an essay format and include a word count. Please refer to the Federation University Australia General Guide to Writing. 2. Based on the essay, write a reflective section discussing your own motivations and how they affect your behaviour and/or your understanding of other people’s behaviour (approximately 500 words). A reflective piece of writing requires you to think about how theory relates to your own experiences. Being reflective means linking your own experiences of motivation (for example, your own personal motivations) to the theory of ‘Managing People at Work’. Reflective writing requires you to think about what the theory means to you, and/or whether the theory represents your experiences. In developing your reflective piece, think about your findings from the essay and ask yourself: “what does this theory actually mean to me?” or “how has this theory helped me understand my own and other people’s behaviour better?” You have to describe how your experience has influenced your understanding of motivation and how you think these might impact your attitudes at work or how you behave at work or towards other people. Therefore, in writing this section adopt a structure that responds to the following questions: 1. What did you learn about motivation and how does it help us understand behaviour? 2. How do your motivations affect your behaviour towards work? 3. How do your motivations affect how you think about and respond to people who do not hold the same values as you. The aim of the second section of the assignment is to apply theories discussed in the first section to personal experiences; that is, to develop an understanding of motivation and how it affects the way we approach work and life. Additionally, it provides the student with an opportunity to connect theory to practice by reflecting on actual real-life events within the context of the theory they have learnt. Further information on reflective writing will be available on Moodle. Additional Guidance for Assignment 1 1. Academic third person writing style should be used for the first task 2. First person writing style can be used for the second task. However, it needs to be used appropriately. For example, both tasks should include the characteristics of successful writing as outlined in the FedUni ‘General Guide to Writing and Study Skills’. 3. The reflective writing task is not an opinion piece. Rather, it is an application of the theory to personal experience; it should only represent the experiences and interpretations of the individual author. 4. Presentation: Word processed in size 12 font, 1 ½ line spacing. Please ensure that you check the grammar and spelling in your assignment before submitting it. If you are submitting online please use a word format (unless your tutor specifically requests PDF versions) as this allows assessors to provide comments on your script.
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Jose answered on Apr 22 2021
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Individual Essay and Reflective Piece
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Due Date: 22/4/2021
Section –One
1. Introduction
Employees can be called valuable assets of the organization. For getting the quality outcome the companies required the s
upport of the employees. While analysing the largest entertainment group in Australia Crown Resorts, it is evident that the company is using different methods for motivating the employees. Crown Resorts started its operation in the year 2007, and the headquarters of the company is situated in Southbank, Melbourne Australia. Robert Rankin is the Executive Chairman and Ken Barton is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the organization. The company have branches in different parts of the world and more than 25,000 employees are working in the organization. The company spend a huge amount on training and development programs. The company started a Crown College for providing meaningful training and learning opportunities. This research paper aims to analyse the behaviour and attitude of the employees in the organization and also focuses on explaining different motivational theories.
2.0 Body
Definition – Motivation
Motivation can be called the process of stimulating people to do a certain action. Companies are using different techniques and methods for motivating employees. According to the words of Michael J Jucius “push the right bottom for getting the desired action”. According to the words of Dale S Beach “Willingness or readiness for expanding energy for attaining the goals and objectives”. From time to time, international companies are using different motivational tools and methods for encouraging the employees ((Orbell et al 2020)
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Behaviour and Attitude Identified in the Organization
While analysing the operations and strategies of the organization Crown Resorts we can understand that the company implemented different activities and methods for engaging the employees. The behaviour and attitude discovered in the organization include job satisfaction, job involvement and organizational commitment. Job satisfaction simply means the feelings of the people towards the job. Through the research, it clears to us that most of the employees are highly satisfied with the opportunities and work conditions provided by the company Crown Resorts. The organization is also collecting feedback from the employees for improving the services provided to the customers. Crown College helps the company understand the satisfaction level of the employees and it also helped the organization understanding their training needs. Job involvement can be called another attitude that the researcher identified in the organization (Yang et al 2020). Job involvement simply means internalizing the value of goodness and the importance of working among people. While analysing the different programs offered by the organization Crown Resorts it’s clear that that company implemented quality circles and a structured suggestion system for ensuring the involvement of the employees in the job. Through the research, the researcher understands that the employees considered the organization as their second home and they are involved in all the activities and programs...
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