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Work System. Managers Seek………. Initiative Dependability Willingness to take responsibility Loyalty to company and manager Willingness to suggest changes and improvements Adaptability, flexibility. Strong Commitment High Performance. What do managers get……. Dissatisfaction - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Work System
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Managers Seek………
• Initiative• Dependability• Willingness to take
responsibility• Loyalty to company and
manager• Willingness to suggest changes
and improvements• Adaptability, flexibility
Strong CommitmentStrong CommitmentHigh PerformanceHigh Performance
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What do managers get……..
• Dissatisfaction• Depersonalization• Alienation• Frustration• Physical & Psychological Stress• Low Initiative• High turnover & absenteeism• Low product quality• Eroding productivity
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Dissatisfied and Disconnected
• 40% of workers feel dissatisfied and disconnected from their employers.
• About one out of every four workers are simply showing up to collect a paycheck.
• Two out of every three workers do not identify with or feel motivated to drive their employer's business goals and objectives.
• Management is not viewed as an asset.
Source: The Conference Board
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Employees’ Dissatisfaction Extends to Leadership
• Almost half the leadership is viewed as uninvolved and hands off.
• 15% are in a leadership position because of their job skills and not management skills.
• Only 30% are viewed as strong leaders.
Source: The Conference Board
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Employee Commitment is Directly Linked to Retention
Source: The Conference Board
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What’s Important to Employees?Job factor Manager EmployeeGood wages 1 5Job security 2 4Promotion/growth opportunity 3 7Good working conditions 4 9Interesting work 5 6Personal loyalty to workers 6 8Tactful disciplining 7 10Full appreciation for work done 8 1Sympathetic to personal problems 9 3Feeling “in” on things 10 2
Source: Ken Blanchard
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How do they want to be recognized?
The following are cited as the top five workplace incentives:
Personal thanks from the manager Written thanks from the manager Promotion for performance Public praise Morale-building meetings
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What is a Work System……
Is a combination of• Job tasks• Technology• Skills• Management style• HR policies &
practices
These determine how work is:
• Organized
• Managed
How employees will:
• Experience work
• Perform
A Work System
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The Work System Model
Job Content(Tasks)
Job Content(Tasks)
HR Policies
& Practices
HR Policies
& PracticesManagement
Style
ManagementStyle
People(Their personal &
Interpersonal skills)
People(Their personal &
Interpersonal skills)Task
Technology
Task Technology
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Am I Walking the Talk?
Employees believe what their leaders do
“What leaders say” must match “what they do”
High Say/Low Do
High Say/High Do
Low Say/Low Do
Low Say/High Do
Always
Never Do Always
Say
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Am I Walking the Talk?Worst Practice
• Mixed signals
• Leadership not trusted
• Communication is perceived as “all talk and no action”
Best Practice
Words and actions match
• Creates high trust
• Builder of satisfaction and commitment
High Say/Low Do
High Say/High Do
Low Say/Low Do
Low Say/High Do
Always
Never Do Always
Say
Bad Practice
• Especially problematic if employees perceive them as a lingering problem or future danger
Mixed Signals
• Creates low trust environment; encourages grapevine; high degree of speculation and low trust
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Is there a Line of Sight?
Does each individual in your organization understand the connection between:– the work they do every day, and – the performance of the organization?
Creating a High Performance Culture
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What is a high performance organization?
High performance organizations (HPOs).
– HPOs intentionally designed to:
• Bring out the best in people via a strategically
focused HR organization
– Hire right, continuously train, and use the
talent
• Produce organizational capability that delivers
sustainable organizational results.
– HPO places people first.
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What is the high performance context of organizational behavior?
Upside-down pyramid view of organizations.– Customers and clients at the top of organization.– Workers directly affect customers and clients.– Team leaders and middle managers directly
support the workers.– Top managers clarify the mission and objectives,
set strategies, and make adequate resources available.
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The organization viewed as an upside-down pyramid
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What is a high performance organization?
Emphasis on intellectual capital.
– Intellectual capital is the foundation for HPOs
To utilize intellectual capital, HPOs often
organize work-flow around key business
processes and use work teams within these
processes
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What is a high performance organization?
Key components utilized in HPOs.
– Employee involvement.
– Systems Thinking
– Self-directing work teams.
– Integrated production technologies.
– Organizational learning.
– Focus on Total Quality Management and Continuous Improvement.
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What is a high performance organization?
Employee involvement.– The amount of decision making delegated to
workers at all levels.– Employment involvement can be visualized on a
continuum.• No involvement • Moderate involvement – Participative
Management• High involvement or employee empowerment.
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How do high performance organizations operate?
– HPO component: employee involvement.• Flat and lean hierarchy.• Heavy team emphasis throughout organization.• Paper work minimized.• Rapid decision making emphasized.• People were empowered to do “whatever it
takes” to get the job done.
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What is a high performance organization?
Self-directing work teams.– Empowered to make decisions about planning,
doing, and evaluating their work.– Sometimes called self-managing or self-leading
work teams.– Important in HPOs due to:
• Need to tap employees’ expertise and knowledge.
• Need for employees to manage themselves.
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What is a high performance organization?
Integrated production technologies.
– Focus on providing flexibility in manufacturing and services and involves job design and information technology.
– Key components:
• Just-in-time systems.
• Modular/Variable Manufacturing and Customer Support Systems
• Use of computers.
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What is a high performance organization?
Organizational learning.
– A way for organizations to adapt to their settings
and to gather information to anticipate future
changes.
– HPOs are designed for organizational learning
• Google model: Eat, play, breathe as one
• Remove desire to leave premises to get other
“work” done
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What is a high performance organization?
Total quality management (TQM).– A total commitment to:
• High-quality results.• Continuous improvement.• Meeting customer needs.
– TQM is a tightly integrated part of HPOs.• Encourages all workers to do their own quality
planning and checking.