1. High Morale–High Productivity High morale reflects a predisposition to be more productive if proper leadership is provided. This situation is likely to occur when employees are motivated to achieve high performance standards through financial and non-financial rewards. 2. High Morale–Low Productivity The situation arises when employees spend their time and energy in satisfying their personal objectives unrelated to the company’s goals. Faulty machinery, lack of training, ineffective supervision
The Causes of Low Morale and How It Can Affect an Organization. Morale in the workplace is an important part of any business. Many businesses recognize that when morale is low many issues will ensue. Low morale in the workplace can cause many problems that affect employees and their ability to get their job done. For this reason, companies often create programs to avoid low morale, but are not always successful. Low morale can happen in any business setting. Whether it be in a law firm or a grocery
Low morale is a common occurrence inside the workplace, while the effects of low morale are often visible it is difficult to diagnose the cause. There are various issues that coincide with low morale, which include absenteeism, low motivation, and low productivity, which can be detrimental to a business. The cause of low morale involves a myriad of complex factors such as, lack of leadership, indignant employees, micromanagement, unreasonable workloads, and high turnover are a few examples that contribute
discovered a disturbing trend that has indicated that many of the employees are dissatisfied with immediate supervisors, department managers and local executive managers, who have failed to communicate and supervise in a professional manner. Employee low morale has begun to affect the productivity of the manufacturing company. Many experienced and talented workers have left the company voicing various reasons in exit interviews. Some of these workers have left without giving the company any type notice
Some of the indicators of low morale can include a loss of interest and enthusiasm, excessive absenteeism, excessive sick leaves, excessive turnover, increase in accidents, increased number of complaints and grievances, negativism, noticeably less positive attitudes, to name a few. Costs of Low Morale The negatives costs of low morale can be astronomical and not fully realized by the organization. The Saratoga Institute suggests an organizations average turnover costs a minimum of one year’s salary
The Engstrom Automirror Plant case study highlights the problem of poor employee performance and low employee morale. The company’s managers have implemented a bonus system that is based on the assumption that the employees will be motivated solely by extrinsic rewards. According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory, the bonus system only appeals to lower-level physiological needs. Maslow’s theory identifies physiological needs as the need to sustain one’s basic life needs, such as housing, food
Application of Theory: Low Morale among Staff Members Nursing theories are defined as a systematic review of a phenomenon that consist of interconnected concepts. Theories can be classified in four categories: metatheory, grand theory, middle range theory, and situation-specific theory or by purpose. They are useful tools for reasoning, critical thinking, decision making, and problem solving in nursing practice. Theory provides the framework to a nurse’s professional practice, research, and education;
Today, HR issues such as low employee morale, absenteeism and high turnover rate are challenging for organisations and HR managers. Introduction As organisations have developed to suit and cater for an increasingly competitive marketplace, so too have the ideas and notions of job satisfaction. In fact, these ideas and notions have developed to such an extent through both theoretical and empirical means that it has now become the most important application of human resource management within
Discussion It is important to define the term morale before commencing the discussion. Ventrice (2012) defines morale as an emotional aspect with the employees. In a similar vein, Sornum (2010) accentuates on the significance of upholding high morale among the employees in order to boost productivity. He considers employees as important stakeholders that determine the success of any business. Most Employees report to work as required, undertake their tasks based on their job descriptions and they
Title: The effect of morale on employee’s job attitudes and emotions. Thesis: Does the morale of employees in the company influence their job attitudes and emotions? If the employee morale is high, they would have a positive attitude and productivity would increase or be stable. However, if the employees’ morale is diminished or nonexistent, their attitude and emotion towards work would be negative. By having a pessimistic attitude would signify that the employee morale is low. Furthermore, this could