direct reports in the workplace is extremely important. Researchers have found that human relations take a critical role in employee performance. The Hawthorne effect was discovered through a study that was implemented at the Hawthorne plant of the Western Electric Company in Hawthorne, Illinois. According to Aamodt (2016), the study was first designed to research issues which involved wages, lighting levels, temperature, rest breaks, and work schedules on worker performance (Aamodt, 2016, p. 8).
Case Study # 2 Title: Spooked by Computers Ciela Marie B. Aquino Date Submitted: April 12, 2017 Executive Summary The case study is all about how organization development makes a big change to the productivity of an organization. Organizational development is the use of organizational resources to improve efficiency and expand productivity. It can be used to solve problems within the organization or as a way to analysed a process and find a more efficient way of doing it. Implementing organizational
published an article that used an executive intelligence tool to rate executive performance for a study in 2002 conducted by a Consultant who interviewed 35 executives from various industries. Further, the Consultant reported its validity along with the executive intelligence scores were strong predictors of managerial success in occupational selection. ii. In 2014, an author of the Psychology Today reported on a study conducted in 2006 by Accenture that administered this intelligence tool to 251
One of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) main concerns is the topic of workplace violence. It is a very important topic that should be in every organization’s written policy for their employees to read and understand. The article “Workplace Violence: Awareness, prevention and response” written by Mary D. Bruce, PhD and William A. Nowlin, PhD study workplace violence and the effects of properly written policies in organization. This summarization will review the article and
fluids or tissues (for example, urine, blood, hair, breath) from job applicants and employees and conducting laboratory analyses to detect the presence of certain drugs, including alcohol, and their metabolites, (Hanson,1993). Drug testing in the workplace policy differs from organization to organization. Employers have their own requirements as far as implementing drug testing policies in organizations. Most employers implement such policies in order to maintain a drug-free work environment. It is
to be collected from secondary sources such as magazines, articles, reports, budgets, newspaper etc to highlight the problems and findings of the study done by various research and business professionals to understand the significance of the training in the companies. The objectives of the proposed topic have to be formulated based on the previous study by the research professionals. Approximately ten to fifteen reviews are to be collected and presented in my project report. “People are definitely
Global recognition for diversity in the workplace and its challenges Diversity in work place is often linked to increased productivity or outcome. Having a more diverse set of employees means the organization has a more diverse set of skills and could result in an organization that functions better. Diversity in workplace means much more than race or ethnicity. Diverse workplaces are composed of employees with wide range of characteristics and backgrounds. Workplace diversity include, but not limited
Efficiency and performance of its employees. The Managers should have to constantly review the strategic resource of an organization. Various arguments have been made during last previous years that human capital is the source of firm’s competitive edge (Ferris, 1999). Organizations are thinking about how they can achieve their goals. For the achieving the goals of the organization there should be competent employees of the organizations. The success of any organization depends upon
sustainability of an organisation depends on performance of the organisation and how the goals of the organizations are being met in an efficient and effective manner. Effective utilisation of performance management system is critical to increase organisational performance, so as to attain a competitive position in global marketplace (Kovacic, 2007; Neely, 2005; Guler et al., 2002; Neill and Rose, 2006 and Franceschini et al., 2010). A successful performance management system assures that work performed
customer performance measurement INTRODUCTION The balanced scorecard is a managerial accounting tool designed to align managerial decisions with corporate strategy by focusing attention and effort on a balanced set of performance measures that are both financial and nonfinancial. Balanced scorecard information, if properly constructed, can enable managers to make decisions that fit best with firm strategy and it can encourage managers to exert effort to achieve strategic objectives. Most studies to date