Subject category:
Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Published by:
Darden Business Publishing
Length: 13 pages
Abstract
In today''s organizations leaders need to be able to influence employees to be motivated and committed to high performance; no longer can managers simply get by dealing only with employees through a power relationship, by telling employees what to do. Leaders need to look beyond behavior (level one) to employees'' thinking (level two) and their VABES (values, assumptions, beliefs, and expectations) (level three) about their life, the world, their work, etc. This note explains the differences between levels one, two, and three of human activity
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Abstract
In today''s organizations leaders need to be able to influence employees to be motivated and committed to high performance; no longer can managers simply get by dealing only with employees through a power relationship, by telling employees what to do. Leaders need to look beyond behavior (level one) to employees'' thinking (level two) and their VABES (values, assumptions, beliefs, and expectations) (level three) about their life, the world, their work, etc. This note explains the differences between levels one, two, and three of human activity