Discuss the importance of goals in motivation and leadership
The essay itself is a major piece of academic written workthat must to be supported by at least six refereed journal articles. Other books and sourcesthat enable you to develop and support your lines of argument in the essay are expected to be used additionally.
Consistent with the learning objectives for this course, students will need to frame their essaysfrom a multilev el perspective. This means looking at the topic from the persfiectiv e of the organisation, the work group andt e individual. The studentwill need to be careful in the selection of the literature they use for their essay to ensure they understand the organisational behaviour issues from each ofthese three perspectives. The importance of the multilevel perspectiv e in organisational behaviour will be discussed at several points fiuring the semester as most of the thingsthatWe study in organisational behaviour are best interpreted from a mixed-level perspective
Essay topic:
A goal is a regulatory mechanism for monitoring, evaluating and adjusting one’s behaviour…Goal attainment also gives people a sense of accomplishment” (Latham, 2007, p 267-268) In: Work Motivation History,Theory, Research and Practice, London, Sage Publications.
Discuss the importance of goals in motiv ation and leadership drawing upon relevant research literature to support your position.
Recommended Journals:
Apartfrom books, you will find itv aluable to get into the practice of reading relev ant articles from journals. You will need to consult some of these for your essay. These journals are peer revieWed.
- Academy of Management Executive
- Academy of Management Journal
- Academy of Management Review
- Administrativ e Science
- Ouarterl
- Annual Review of Psychology
- Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources
- Australian Journal of Management
- California Management
- Review
- Harvard Business Review
- Journal oprplied Psychology
- Journal of Management
- Journal of Management Studies
- Journal of
- Occupational Psychology
- Journal of Organisational Behaviour
- Journal of Personality & Social Psychology
- Management Learning
- Organization
- Science
- Organisational Dynamics
- Personnel Psychology
- The Leadership Quarterly
- The Learning Organization