Organisational Behaviour and Management Motivation and Self Regulati

Question: Describe about the Organisational Behaviour and Management for Motivation and Self Regulation. Answer: The Incident This case study incident focuses on my efforts I put while organising the silver jubilee anniversary celebration for my uncle and aunt. It was the time of December when my uncle and aunt completed 25 glorious years of their marriage and wished to celebrate the event in a large scale. They gave me a call a month before the celebration about them wanting me to organise and coordinate things properly. They have so much faith in me I thought to myself and started looking for ideas that would make their celebration special. As I was busy working in the office in the daytime, I only got time to handle the event after my work. After the days work, it was tiring to make innumerable calls, and assemble the different components required for the event such as flowers, decorations, catering, music, stage performance, guest invitation cards, return gift ideas and much more. It was mentally as well as physically exhausting to find the best rates by talking to different people daily. This is not going to be easy I thought to myself while taking a moment for myself. I needed to find the best rates possible as there were many competitors in the market. However, I also needed assurance in quality at all stages. Their belief in me motivated me to do the job they had given me in the best manner I could. I did not want to spend their money on useless things, and make the best out of the money they were willing to spend. In a couple of days, I started putting things in order, prepared checklist for my own convenience. I maintained a file of contacts and confirmations of the tasks that were in my control. I usually spent my weekends resting or hanging out with my friends and family. As there were only four weeks left, I had to work harder because in a short amount of time, it was difficult to prepare everything in the best manner. As soon as I got over with tasks such as flower selections, cake design, guest invitation card design and other similar confirmations, I communicated the same to my uncle so that he could get the invitations printed. They appreciated me for my dedication. I reached my uncles town three day before the event to coordinate things. I had taken a leave from my office to ensure that my uncle and aunt have the best day of their life. The day had come when everything was put up as I wanted it to be. My uncle and aunt could not thank me enough for the arrangements. It gave me inner happiness and joy to receive such tremendous appreciation. Personal Reflections on the Incident This case study has been a positive experience as it unleashed my potential and allowed me to put extra effort. I have never been under such immense pressure when my office work has been at its peak, and at the same time organising a huge social event. In the case study, I have revealed my shortcomings and instability I faced while managing both work and family together. When it comes to work, I am very strict about it. I believe in maintaining a healthy work-life balance, but due to the pressure faced while managing the work as well as social life equally helped me in exploring new level of my capabilities. I have learnt that in times of stress and pressure, one must not lose calm. I kept my tolerance level high and worked hard that helped me in gaining appreciation from my uncle, aunt as well as my parents and friends. After gaining the appreciation, I found all my efforts totally worth my time as I got appreciated. After putting small parts of the event at the right place, my uncles appreciation kept me motivated to perform better. Despite the work pressure, I did not make excuses for not taking care of the anniversary event, as the appreciation gave me inner happiness. It takes inner strength to face the challenges and turn them into positive experiences. My friends and family have supported me the entire time that teaches me a lesson of being with the people who value my efforts. Affirmations helped me in boosting my focus and improving determination. The motivation also helped me in believing in myself and increasing self-esteem. Applying Theory to the Incident The following discussion applies expectancy theory related to the Effort- Performance relationship. Expectancy theory was propounded by Victor Vroom that stresses on the motivation of an individual and that leads to better performance (Robbins, Millett and Waters-Marsh 2014, p232-3). Expectancy is termed as the faith that would that the results would be better with increased motivation (Schunk and Zimmerman 2012). The effort-performance relationship establishes the relationship between an individuals efforts being recognised while appraising efforts (Hsu, Shinnar and Powell 2014, p121). I would argue that the motivation helped in enhancing my performance. Valence is the importance of the individual putting upon the expected outcomes (Robbins, Millett and Waters-Marsh 2014, p232-3). In my case, I have high effort-performance expectancy in which my efforts lead to better performance. Putting the theory into practice, I argue that the performance shall be better with increased faith. I did not have any extrinsic rewards related with the organization of event for my uncle and aunt. However, I value intrinsic motivation. I might not be able to put significant efforts if I am not motivated by the people around me. At first I was unsettled because of the pressure faced by my office and social life as I lacked self-esteem. With the motivation of my family and friends, I was motivated to manage things in a better way. I learnt to manage my time and stress levels in a better manner and thus established the fact of the relationship between effort and performance. The previous discussion uses referenced theory about motivation, effort and performance from a personal case study. It is established that my level and willingness to perform depends upon the motivation level. List of References Hsu, D.K., Shinnar, R.S. and Powell, B.C., 2014. Expectancy Theory and Entrepreneurial Motivation: A Longitudinal Examination of the Role of Entrepreneurship Education. Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, 26(1), p.121. Robbins, S., Millett, B. and Waters-Marsh, T., 2014. Organisational behaviour. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson/Prentice Hall. Schunk, D. and Zimmerman, B., 2012. Motivation and self-regulated learning. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.