| Trade union | Unions mainly focus on the treatment and pay of the employees. John Lewis has employees who are members of the unions. Therefore the unions may be able to influence the company. | Suppliers | Suppliers are very important to john Lewis aims of quality and innovation. Therefore the company needs to have secure and reliable suppliers in place.
It is important that companies find innovative ways to keep relations high between upper management and the employees themselves. Having good relations trickles down to improved services, improved production, and a happier work force. The best way that a manager / supervisor can do this is to be fair, be firm, and be a part of the team. Employees who have managers / supervisor who have been promoted from within a company and understands the job gives a morale boost when employees see that there are opportunities for them to "increase their status" Employees who have managers / supervisors who are hired " off the streets" sometimes feel resentments, due to the fact that they may feel as if the person is inexperienced. An employee's perception is everything, even if it may be incorrect.
General Managers have the ability to reward those employees who are exceptional in their position. This shows great appreciation to the employee. By being rewarded, an employee feels needed and respected not only by the manager but the organization as well. Employees are aware that they may not get everything they want, however a great manager continues to make employees happy to the best of his ability while keeping the goal of the organization in mind. Happy and satisfied employees’ decreases the turnover rate within the office and also keeps the moral high.
Leaders have to set the standard by being empathic, supportive and use a range of different leadership styles to develop and maintain the team, they also have be fair and consistent, as workers that feel they are unfairly treated by a manager will not show loyalty and will do the minimum. The leader also has to demonstrate capability and experience, as having workers that are more highly achieving than the leader breeds resentment. Tuckman (1965) described the stages of team development as ‘Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing. As teams travel through these stages trust, respect and understanding of individual’s strengths and tolerance of their weaknesses is established. This process allows individuals to learn about each other personalities, coping strategies and response to pressure, allowing for bonds between members to be formed.
Employee Motivation Theory Often times companies that struggle with the relationship between the employees and the goals of the organization; sometimes the moral of its employee is thread that sets the relationship apart. Managers have made several failed attempts to establish that relationship with the employee to knit them together with the goals of the organization. Therefore, the company level of accomplishments is diminished. A good manager has learned good people skills, and often times he/she is able to motivate their employees to increase their output. It is important to be able to penetrate any barriers that the employee may have as a defense mechanism.
2. What quality of work life factors drove McFarlane’s decision to start his own business? In your opinion, what effect do you think this had organizational behavior in Marvel? How do you think Marvel could have handled it differently? As defined in our text, “The term quality of work life (QWL) is frequently used as an indicator of the overall quality of human experiences in the workplace.
This was developed to explain how the behavior of a leader influences the satisfaction and performance of subordinates (Robbins & Judges, 2011, p. 228). This is a very interesting theory because I do feel that there is a strong relation to how leaders treat subordinates and how satisfied they are. If an employee is treated in a negative manner by his or her leader this can cause that employee to feel very unsatisfied. If a leader treats the employee positively then the employee may be satisfied. It is important to seek the highest level of satisfaction for employees so that their work is not affected and the work atmosphere remains
A corporation’s culture is comparable to a person’s personality. The culture supplies direction, meaning, and is the basis for action. The way that personality persuades the action of a person, the shared values and beliefs among a company’s members persuades the actions and opinions within the corporation (Pearce & Robinson, 2004, p. 345). Wells Fargo’s new strategy will have a positive effect on the leadership and culture of the company and the stakeholders. Employees enjoy being allowed to take risks because it makes them feel and believe like their opinion matter.
According to, the Adams Equity Theory, what motivates people working within an organization is the employee’s perception of equitability. The Adams theory suggests employee perceptions of equal input and outcome ratios, in comparison to coworkers can encourage or discourage individual motivation. Adams Equity Theory suggests an employee’s motivational basis regarding individual inputs, such as productivity and efficiency, is equal, or equitable, to the outcome he or she receives from performing the job, including pay or recognition (Adams,
Collusive behavior in the work place means supporting or allowing the unethical or incompetent actions done by the leaders, managers or supervisors. Certain type of collusive behavior in the work place do exist because employees want to gain appreciation or trust by managers through doing so. If the leaders or supervisors appreciate their support, the employees might get a promotion. What’s more, by behaving collusively to the managers, employees could also be in a better relationship than the others who do not, which means “potential benefit” to themselves in their own eyes. However, what I want to say is that if the company behave unethically as a whole, it may lose its consumer trust and undermine the firm’s reputation, then how can an employee realize his personal value?