In any organization, if employees are overworked and feel as if they are underpaid and/or underappreciated, it is certain that the organization’s performance will be greatly reduced; this is a direct result of low employee motivation. Each situation is different, however. Are the employees truly overworked or do they not have the proper resources to do the job properly? Are they not in an environment that encourages employees to do better each and every day? In the examples of Company X and Company Y, it is a combination of all of many different organizational and managerial characteristics that lead to low employee motivation and the resulting poor performance of the department and organization. Throughout the next few pages, our team of consultants
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Our consultants have answered these 7 questions with simply a “Yes” or a “No”. The questions and their respective answers are as follows. “Do you agree your performance is below expectations?” Yes. “Do you have the resources necessary to do the job well?” No. “Is a lack of training interfering with your job performance?” No. “Do you feel this is the right job/blend of work assignments for you?” Yes. “Is the lack of motivation the result of poorly understood or un-motivating expectations?” Yes. “Do you believe rewards are linked to your performance in this position?” In the example of Company X, the answer is …show more content…
This is beneficial for all employees because, per Whetten’s reading “shift workers sleep two to three hours less per night than day workers, are four to five times more likely to experience digestive disorders, ….75 percent of shift workers report feeling isolated on the job, and drug and alcohol abuse are three times greater..” (Perry, 2000) This move not only has a large benefit to employee motivation, but also on their health. A healthy workforce is imperative to the success of an organization. Without those workers, products will not be produced and the company will not be able to earn revenue. If employees are still looking for rewards of sorts, the organization must be careful of when and how those are given out. To increase productivity through rewards, rewards can be given out for good attendance and improvement ideas that can be implemented throughout the organization. If an organization chooses to not do individual rewards, they can reward all employees for their hard work by having something as simple as donuts each Friday or a pizza party once every month. Small, simple rewards like this go a long way in terms of boosting employee morale and reminding them that their hard work is
Our consultants have answered these 7 questions with simply a “Yes” or a “No”. The questions and their respective answers are as follows. “Do you agree your performance is below expectations?” Yes. “Do you have the resources necessary to do the job well?” No. “Is a lack of training interfering with your job performance?” No. “Do you feel this is the right job/blend of work assignments for you?” Yes. “Is the lack of motivation the result of poorly understood or un-motivating expectations?” Yes. “Do you believe rewards are linked to your performance in this position?” In the example of Company X, the answer is …show more content…
This is beneficial for all employees because, per Whetten’s reading “shift workers sleep two to three hours less per night than day workers, are four to five times more likely to experience digestive disorders, ….75 percent of shift workers report feeling isolated on the job, and drug and alcohol abuse are three times greater..” (Perry, 2000) This move not only has a large benefit to employee motivation, but also on their health. A healthy workforce is imperative to the success of an organization. Without those workers, products will not be produced and the company will not be able to earn revenue. If employees are still looking for rewards of sorts, the organization must be careful of when and how those are given out. To increase productivity through rewards, rewards can be given out for good attendance and improvement ideas that can be implemented throughout the organization. If an organization chooses to not do individual rewards, they can reward all employees for their hard work by having something as simple as donuts each Friday or a pizza party once every month. Small, simple rewards like this go a long way in terms of boosting employee morale and reminding them that their hard work is