Introduction
It’s hard to talk about commitment without mentioning human psychology. Psychology is the study of human behavior which seeks to measure and explain change in behavior in humans. Different people work in an organization which may require a systematic way of their working environment. Organizational behavior is a characteristic pattern of behavior owned by an individual at the work place and how it is influenced by the facilities and work condition in a particular environment. The way people interact with each other in groups may influence the organization to understand the social psychology and social relation of the organization.
Main Text
Leaders in organizations need to possess great technical mastery in order to understand different individuals in an organization. They need to involve their subordinates in their decision making to develop acceptance and trust by all. Moreover, any change in an organization need to be properly communicated to make it acceptable and to avoid employee resistance to the change process and improve their commitment. Change should be based not on spontaneity or ad hoc or unplanned but on careful consideration of the goal of the change and the methods that will lead to the achievement of that goal. We can see Peter Senge in The Fifth Discipline he suggests that change should consider and include all members of the organization not certain individuals or group. This will require a firm commitment of resources to the change process. There should be clear goals set for organization. He also argues that leadership in any organization must be achievement oriented; this involves setting challenging goals for subordinates, seeking improvement for their performance and showing confidence in subordinates’ ability to perform well.
Any firm should encourage the innovativeness by delegation of authority and duties to the junior staff. One of the tasks of a leader is to initiate appropriate sequence of action at the right time. David Bohm argues that, a good leader should posses a strong inner motivation or the urge to accomplish something. His thinking should be innovative and strategic. In strategic management a leader performs directive and creative duties which may include policy making (e.g. discipline and grievances), devising personnel strategies and contributing to the organization’s corporate plans. In measuring an individual’s abilities or characteristics and to enable a team leader to gain great understanding of the individual, its important to conduct an intelligent test on an individual.
Discussions should be encouraged in any organization. These discussions will get the audience to participate actively in learning. They will help people to gain understanding of others’ points of view. Discussing will also give people an opportunity of learning from the experience of others and develop powers of self expression. The aim of the trainer in discussions should be to guide the group’s thinking. He may therefore, be concerned with shaping attitudes than imparting new knowledge. He should stimulate people to talk, guide the discussing along predetermined lines and provide interim summaries and a final summary. Organizations should encourage team building which consists of a series of activities designed to help individuals who work in groups to develop a sense of team work (Senge 1990:10). These are members who work alongside one another daily or are together on a project only for a short time. Exercises are introduced to the team members that help communication among members and teach problem solving techniques.
Conclusion
Building organizations that are learning requires shifts on how each and every subordinate think or interact. The changes we experience go beyond individual corporate cultures. Being always committed to your tasks and showing devotion, help in community building and it’s an exercise which is achieved through moving forward. Communities have to join full in organizations in order to make them learn smoothly. Leaders should seek what they can do in learning organizations through interacting with various people for them to establish and build better organizations. Dr. W. Edwards Deming feels that nothing happens without “personal transformation”. The transformation we get from organizations can only be gained if all the problems are solved within the organizations and changes made in order to get advanced technologies and better results. The leaders should be in position to think full about their entire organizations and concentrate fully on grading it and giving better services to its customers and better welfare services for their subordinates.
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