Policy, To tell all employees about it and to revise it as often as necessary. This…
These are items such as feeling pride and a sense of achievement, recognition, and room for advancement. As it turned out, things relating to the setting of the job were what they enjoyed least about the job, he labeled this hygiene factors. These are items such as work environment and conditions, interpersonal relations, policies, quality of supervision, and salary. These negative factors can be remedied with improving policies to enable staff to feel more satisfied in their environment, such as adding soothing environmental sounds, music, or providing chair message for example can help create a less chaotic work environment and positive hygiene factors. However, in using this method it is also important to be conscious that the two-factor theory is a complementary theory, improving the hygiene is also along with improving the satisfier factors as well. Common sense means that one follows with the other, recognition must also come along with environmental…
Ensure that all terms and conditions of employment such as compensation, benefits, layoff, return from layoff, Company--sponsored training, educational tuition assistance, social and recreation…
Staff adequately so overtime is minimized for those who don't want it and people don't wear themselves out.…
Herzberg’s theory is broken into two dimensions, Satisfaction and dissatisfaction. The elements that affect satisfaction are achievement, recognition, responsibility, advancement, growth, and the work itself. The elements that affect dissatisfaction are supervision, working conditions, interpersonal relationships, pay, job security, company policies, and administration.…
Policy must be written to tell all employees about it and to revise it as often as necessary. This…
The regulations cover legal requirements for: Maintenance of workplace equipment, ventilation and indoor temperatures, lighting, cleanliness and handling of waste materials, workstation and flooring, facilities for staff to rest and eat, drinking water, sanitary conveniences.…
Herzberg two factor theory – hygiene factors (maintenance factors to avoid dissatisfaction but do not necessarily motivate employees) - Company policy and administration, Wages, salaries and other financial remuneration, Quality of supervision, Quality of inter-personal relations, Working conditions, Feelings of job security. Motivator factors – Status, Opportunity for advancement, Gaining recognition, Responsibility, Challenging / stimulating work, Sense of personal achievement & personal growth in a job. McGregor’s X and Y theory – Theory X = Individuals who dislike work and avoid it where possible, Individuals who lack ambition, dislike responsibility and prefer to be led, Individuals who desire security. Theory Y = Consider effort at work as just like rest or play, Ordinary people who do not dislike work. Depending on the working conditions, work could be considered a source of satisfaction or punishment, Individuals who seek responsibility (if they are motivated). Taylor’s scientific management theory - Man is a rational economic animal concerned with maximising his economic gain, People respond as individuals, not as groups, People can be treated in a standardised fashion, like machines. Porter and Lawler’s Expectancy Model is a…
Responsibilities such as working hours, reporting illness/absence, complaints procedures, notice periods for leaving/dismissal, requirements to change working hours. Other conditions restricting the employee taking other part-time work, confidentiality clauses, using company equipment for private use (e.g. phones, computers, and vehicles) general codes of behaviour and adherence to certain corporate practices, health & safety regulations, etc. more in depth information…
To stop the exploitation of workers by their employers mainly for example the minimum wage, safety standards, holiday entitlements, maternity leave, redundancy payments, discrimination laws, maximum working hours, age requirement are all good things that protect employees from unscrupulous bosses.…
To ensure a clean environment - Your employer must ensure that the area that you work in is keep clean.…
Initially, I intend to use Herzberg’s theory related to problem analysis. Herzberg (1959) related motivation to the nature of a person’s work. He proposed the two-factor theory about employees ’experience of work, In this theory, researchers characterize two different motivation factors, which are, motivator factors and hygiene factors. Motivators factors can refer to the features of the work itself, for example achievement, recognition, work itself, responsibility and advancement. The hygiene factors is more concerned about the condition that surrounding the workplace, Such as company policy, working conditions, reward system, salary, administration and supervision. Because the motivator factors are associated with satisfaction and influenced managers’ work performance. However, hygiene factors…
Work practices should be followed at all times the controls that should be put in place for this are; proper hand hygiene, practical moving and handling, clean as you go, good communication between staff and management which should include regular meetings to discuss any changes in Legislation also the providing and wearing of proper P.P.E. to protect employee’s health and safety.…
The second problem we have identified is the element of job dissatisfaction. It is pertinent to explore this second problem by applying Herzberg’s two-factor theory of motivation.…
The Hygiene Theory The central figure in developing the theory of job enrichment within the framework of organizational behavior was Frederick Herzberg who’s pivotal “Hygiene Theory” has contributed a solid basis and foundation for subsequent generations to expand upon. According to Herzberg, for a worker to be happy and therefore productive…