MAN 5246 Organizational Behavior Module 2, Fall 2015 Pluto Candy Company Team Case Exercise Pluto Candy Company Memorandum Date: December 11th, 2015 To: Judith Callahan, PhD Vice-President, Operations From: Employee Attitudes Task Force Re: Employee Attitudes Cc: Clyde Tombaugh, President This memorandum is a response to Judith Callahan’s Pluto Strategic Initiative Program. Our Employee attitude task force has worked diligently and precisely to determine where the Pluto Candy Company stands in terms of achieving a satisfied and committed workforce. Our results and analysis are based off the Employee Attitude Survey and can be found below. Please feel free to contact any member of our …show more content…
Refer to appendix B for detailed data analysis. Question 3: Within the company, are there any divisions whose employees have an attitude problem and, if so, why? (Conversely, if there are divisions that have happy employees, I’d like to hear about that too.) Based on our data, Division 1(manufacturing), reported significantly lower levels of job satisfaction in comparison to the other 4 divisions. Manufacturing employees reported lower comparative satisfaction levels in the following attitude measures: JDIPRO, UNDER, IMP1 and IMP4. This may be a result of limited job complexity. On the other hand, the research and development employees in division 3, reported significantly higher levels of satisfaction based on JDIW attitude measures. Higher satisfaction levels in R&D can be a result of higher skill variety and task identity in comparison to other divisions. In order to compare employee satisfaction by division (independent variable) and examine employee attitudes, we compared the mean differences between the following dependent variables: the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ), the pay satisfaction questionnaire (PSQ), Job Descriptive Index (JDI), the work itself (JDIW), supervisors (JDIS), Job Descriptive Index of Co-Workers (JDIC) and promotions (JDIPRO). Additional dependent variables regarding employees sentiments towards performance appraisal
Organizations that are serious about making improvements are going to have to deal with the issue of job satisfaction. Job satisfaction can be best described as the positive feeling that an individual has about their job resulting from an evaluation of the job’s characteristics (Robbins & Judge, 2009, p.31). It would seem natural to think that job satisfaction would have a positive correlation with successful organizations. What impact does job satisfaction have on an organization? Research will show that there are not only internal effects from performance related issues, but also external effects that impact customer satisfaction.
When a person comes to work each day, they are required to perform their job duties to the best of their ability. However, how a person performs these duties each day depends on how much they like or dislike their occupation. Job satisfaction affects job performance and turnover rates. “Job satisfaction essentially reflects the extent to which an individual likes his or her job. Formally defined, job satisfaction is an effective or emotional response toward various facets on one’s job (Kinicki & Fugate, 2016, pg. 57).” It is possible a person only likes part of his or her job though. Job satisfaction has five predominant models. These models are: was need fulfillment met, are expectations met, values, equity (fairness), and dispositional/ genetic components. Job satisfaction also affects attitudes and
Job satisfaction is one of the topics that have been studied repeatedly over the past decades and is expected to continue as a topic of interest since the studies of turnover continue (Omar, Abdul Majid, & Johari, 2013). Job satisfaction can be defined in many different ways, one of which is
In recent years, less Americans consider themselves satisfied at their workplace than in earlier decades (Mckeown, 2010). Organizations see employee satisfaction as one of the most important factors in an employee leaving voluntarily. There are many factors that can affect job satisfaction. Some of these include good structure in the organization and opportunity for advancement (Mitchell et al.,2001) Plateauing, a dead end feeling that happens when an employee cannot advance further in an organization, is a factor that can lead to job dissatisfaction (Allen et al., 1999). High Turnover rates can indicate dissatisfaction with a worker 's position or pay; there are little opportunities
The positive or negative assessment on one’s position within a company can be expressed through the level of job satisfaction an employee experiences. Job satisfaction, which is how employees feel about their job, or aspects of their job, plays a key role in how employees act within a corporation (Locke,
Job satisfaction is a pleasurable or positive emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one’s job or job experiences. It has been treated both as a general attitude and satisfaction with five specific dimensions of the job: pay, the work itself, promotion opportunities, supervision, and coworkers. Challenging work, valued rewards, opportunities for advancement, competent supervision, and supportive coworkers are dimensions of the job that can lead to satisfaction (Nelson & Quick, 2013, pg.
Employee satisfaction were based on some aspects which is supervision, ergonomics, the safety policies of the workplace, the condition of the workplace , the employee salary and interpersonal relation that exist in the workplace. These results have been helpful for anticipating representative turnover and hierarchical adequacy.
Introduction: Overall Job Satisfaction (OJS) was the variable selected for this exercise because it lends itself to measures of central tendency and dispersion. The data are quantitative and continuous in nature.
and increased job satisfaction. Our readings from Kinicki & Fugate provide of the behavioral concept of components of attitudes. There are tactics that can be incorporated in the
For the purpose of this assignment, I like to use my former employer as the target company. Since I do not want to have any negative impact on the company’s image, let’s called it “ABC.” This is a computer distribution company with various office and warehouse locations throughout the US, Canada, and Mexico. It has approximately 520 employees. The reason I selected ABC to analysis because I see a tremendous shift in employee morale, especially for the last eight years while employed with the company. In my opinion, this may be one of the primary cause for ABC to continue losing market share.
The relationship between individual wage and job satisfaction was examined. A Pearson Product Moment correlation was calculated, and the results indicated non-significant relationship between individual wage and job satisfaction. Both variables were continuous and interval/ratio. Table 4 illustrates the findings of the wage and the Job Satisfaction correlation. As can be seen in Table 4, no statistically significant correlations were found between individual wage and job satisfaction. (r = .088, p = .312).
In this essay, I will explore the relationship between the level of employee satisfaction and employee production. Firstly defining and explaining satisfaction and job performance as these variables are difficult to define, and a clear definition is critical for assessing the relationship between them. Secondly I will discuss some of the most significant studies in this area of research. I will then analyse various factors which determine the correlation between these two variables, focusing on the attitude-behaviour relationship as this gives an insight into how a higher level of satisfaction may link to greater production. Finally I will look into a set of different models which propose variations to the job satisfaction-performance
Job satisfaction is the very important factor in general quality of life because it is closely connected with working life (e.g. Argyle, 1989; Bang & Lee, 2006), with family life, everyday life, and mental health (Orpen, 1978; Schmitt and Bedeian, 1982; Faragher, Cass & Cooper, 2005). Level of job satisfaction is also highly related to turnover, absenteeism rate, work productivity or accomplishment (Muchinsky, 1977; Organ, 1977). Many researchers (e.g. Cherrington, 1994; Acorn, Ratner & Crawford, 1997; Ostroff, 1992; Spector, 1997) state that employees who experience high job satisfaction contribute to organisational commitment, job involvement, their physical, mental health and overall well-being are improved. Job dissatisfaction on the
Today’s business environment is highly competitive and rapidly changing. Many organizations are competing to survive in this environment. Motivation and the employee job satisfaction are essential for the long-term success of the organization team. Evaluation of the employees’ job satisfaction is a major problem of the Organization, until it affects the achieving of goals.
Job satisfaction is one of the prime areas which the current managers are facing in order to handle their employees. The job satisfaction has multivariate impact on workers right from creating motivation thereby to productivity which led to enhanced performance of the organisation. In spite of being its positive effects on employees and organisation it has not received proper attention both from the researchers and the organisation mangers of various business organisation.