Businesses can make their organization
the best place to work by following the below five-step model:
Provide
a positive working environment
Recognize,
reinforce, and reward each individual's efforts
Involve
everyone
Develop
the potential of your workforce
Evaluate
and measure continuously
Provide a Positive Working Environment
Creating and managing a good organization takes an entirely different approach.
Indeed, one-third of the executives surveyed by Robert Half International Inc.
now say the work environment is the most critical factor in keeping an employee
satisfied in today's business world.
A key aspect is workplace flexibility. For the beginning years when people are
single they can work overtime or adhere to strict schedules, but later when
they have family and relations to cater, they love to have flexi-hours. Add
more family-friendly benefits .Educate your managers and make them more
sensitive towards employee needs.
When the mind is free of worries it
functions well, our ladies have to play role of nurturer at home and
professionals at home .In a survey India has been labelled as the worst place
for woman amongst top 19 developing economies. Its a miracle for a woman to survive
in India. Even before she is born, she is at risk of being aborted due to our
obsession for sons. The biggest reason of adult female death is malnutrition and child
birth. We at work place can organise different programs sensitise our workforce
about the special care pregnant ladies
need ,we can also teach the pregnant
ladies about importance of nutritious food and proper health care .Currently we
have only 4-months maternity leave in private sector I will strongly advocate
to be more realistic and increase it to at least 1-year as due to increasing
trend of nuclear families in India family support is reducing .Also child day care system should be started in all
offices where at least 25% employee force is female. Financial burden can be shared by the
employee and employer. This will certainly make ladies relaxed and more
productive at work.
Recognize, Reinforce, and Reward Each Individual's Efforts:-
Money is the thing for which people work
for, but recognition is what people live for. Awarding people properly and
timely is very crucial for work force motivation. We should never ignore
employees’ creativity, turnover, absenteeism, morale, strikes, discontent and
the like that have their impact on production .The effects of motivation on
performance are greatly felt as one moves towards a service-oriented economy
which is in order at present. Motivated employees are needed in our
rapidly changing workplaces. Motivated employees help organizations survive.
Motivated employees are more productive .As the age of employee raises money becomes less motivating, challenging
work becomes more of a motivator.
Involve Everyone
Exceptional organizations involve the ideas
and suggestions of everyone. The Sony Corporation is well known for its ability
to create and manufacture new and innovative products. In order to foster the
exchange of ideas within departments, Sony's Corporate Research sponsors an
annual Idea Exposition. During the exposition, scientists and engineers display
projects and ideas they are working on.
Open only to Sony's employees, the exposition lets individuals share ideas
otherwise protected by departmental walls. This process creates a healthy
climate of innovation , creativity at all levels of the organization and a sense of participation and
belongingness.
Develop the Potential of Your Workforce
For many people, learning new skills is
just as important as the money they make .It gives them creative push and
satisfaction. According to a recent study more than 40 percent people would
consider leaving their present employer for another job with the same benefits
if that job provided better career development and greater challenges.
Evaluate and Measure Continuously
Someone said, "If you don't know where
you are going, any road will lead you there." That advice did not work for
the Titanic, nor will it work for the business world. Evaluation and
measurement must surpass normal accounting procedures like profit and loss, but
include measuring turnover, customer satisfaction, employee attitudes, and
management effectiveness.
La Rosa's Pizza Company completes a
cultural audit once a year, which measures employee's feelings about pay and
benefits, care and recognition, etc. Additionally, all employees evaluate their
bosses twice a year using an Internal Customer Satisfaction Index. (ICSI) The ICSI has only four questions, and asks
the employees to give their managers a letter grade from A to D in four
different categories .Try hard and make
your evaluation as much bias free as much possible.
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