Shared-Sak Work Practices

The observation of social actions and their effects in the work place are covered throughout sociology. Specific examples can be seen in the movie, “Office Space” directed by Mike Judge. Several theories that can be observed throughout this movie are Strain Theory, Dysfunction of Bureaucracy and the use of primary groups.

Mutual cooperation and equal loads of work among colleagues can help improve partnership working as well.

We push to have safe, friendly, and clean working spaces in order for internal duties to be fulfilled and communications to be delivered effectively. It is prohibited to abuse or take advantage of a working space, company computer, or other appliances and facilities for personal gain or recreation. Interactions with fellow team members and management staff are to be professional in nature and not threatening in any way or that prevents Company work from being completed. A positive working environment enables productivity and innovation. Each employee must adhere to the Employee Handbook for added clarity on language and conduct. While in the workplace, negative and threatening language and behavior is not tolerable and is to be reported to the appropriate supervisor(s) and to Human Resources.

Telecommuting has been shown to reduce absenteeism, improve retention, and reduce recruitment costs for the organization (Family, pg. 730). Increased employee moral is also a benefit associated with telecommuting (Professional Isolation, pg. 512). Offering this new benefit that is such a satisfier for employees will likely result in reduced turnover within the organization and higher productivity. A study found pubic employees who were satisfied with their telework/telecommuting benefits were less likely to leave their positions (Family pg. 732). With the reduction of office time, an increase in employee productivity is likely due to fewer interruptions from fellow employees (Lessons pg. 10). With telecommuting having benefits to both the employer and employee, this new policy should bring positive results to the

According to Hess (2014), employers’ benefit from the cost saving from not maintaining large office buildings to house their employees and the employees benefit from saving money on travel, meals, and in some instances child care. Hess (2014) goes further and says that distractions usually found in a typical office environment (i.e. phone calls, office conversations, and the like) promotes more efficient work. Although there are inherent positives for the employer, there are also inherent negatives that a manager must face in order to promote a good work environment for the company and for the remote employee. Fallon (2014) gives four challenges that a manager faces managing remote employees. The challenges of Communication, Tracking Productivity, Employee Trust, and providing a Unified Company Culture are the four main issues that Fallon

Jason Fried argues that bringing people together to work in the same physical location creates distractions that inhibit individual employees’ ability to get their work done. Mr Fried’s identifies managers and meetings as a main cause of distraction in the workplace, but face to face communication is the real focus of his argument. Meetings and managers often interrupt employees from the task that they are working on. Employees have little or no control over when these interruptions will take place. After these interruptions, individuals have to reset their train of thought after the interruption, which then adds to the amount of time required to complete the task that they are working on.

All of these situations are becoming more and more common in the new workforce. In order for a business to run smoothly all of the workers, managers and subordinates need to be able to find common ground to accomplish the set tasks. There is no avoiding your coworkers so this is inevitable.

A common practice in businesses is to put each employee in their own cubicle. A typical cubicle resembles an office, but their walls don’t reach the ceiling. Many office managers feel that cubicle floor plan has its advantages. Cubicles make a large area feel spacious. In addition they can be moved around so that each employee can be accommodated in his own work area. Of course, the cubicle model also has problems. Typically, an employee is not as happy with the a cubicle as they would be with traditional office. Also productivity can suffer. Neither a manager nor a frontline worker can ordinarily do their best work in a cubicle because of noise and lack of privacy.each worker can hear his neighbors tapping on computer keyboards, making telephone

Father-son workdays should be fun; however, throughout the day, people largely worked quietly at their desks, only getting up for bathroom and snack breaks. No congregation of people at the whiteboards, no break time activities, and very minimal collaboration. Cubicles are necessary for personal space, but aren’t meant to obstruct teamwork.

Workspace Rough Draft     Today, roughly half of the workers are unsatisfied with their work environment. Contrary to popular belief, work environment plays a crucial role in assisting the worker. By putting workers in different settings, scientists observed a change in performance, focus, or teamwork. Although science convinces its audience with experimentation, Mirvis argues that many influential writers used the comfort of their bed to write (Mirvis 22). Each comes to the conclusion that people are more adapt to choosing a workplace that suits their needs.

The way we work has change very drastic. Instead of working in a cubical most day, we have the chance to work at home and do work online, or even to be in a foreign countries and still be able to work miles away. In the article How to Scope Out an Office That Fits Your Values, the environment that you work is very important. The accuracy of what they are saying surprise me. Because the environment that you work on does have an effect on your work productivity. Even at home you have your environment that you work on and if something changes it affects how focus you are on your school work. Meaning that we need to look for a work environment that we can feel productive in. Like the author said “If you see bunk beds, run”, while having beds in

The first reason why working at an office is better is because people are more collaborative and and innovative when they're together. As it says in article by Fortune, they believe that “people are more productive when they’re alone but they’re more collaborative and innovative when they’re together. Some of the best ideas come from pulling two different ideas together”. This demonstrates that whenever you work with someone else, you have more chance to work together and create a great plan or idea.

Though branches at Westland are managed by very different types of people with different managing styles, all managers have some guidelines in order to establish a relatively standard workspace. Managers are rather laissez-faire, but are able to help employees upon their requests. Tasks are delegated, but aside from walk-in clients, after an employee is finished his or her tasks, he or she is rather free to do what he or she pleases – as long as it is not obstructive to others or the work environment itself. Thus employee interaction is rather friendly and many employees help each other. For example, if one employee has been sick and is behind on his or her work, fellow employees generally come to the rescue and help catch him or her up. This creates a strong team atmosphere where employees know they can depend on each other. A strong self-managing team atmosphere is conducive to employee productivity and motivation (Barker, 1993). However, this team atmosphere, while certainly beneficial overall, is not without its pitfalls. According to Karau and Williams (1993), “social loafing

The abolishment of yahoo 's work from home policy influence employees’ motivation by making them work as a team. Because they will be physically together, employees will feel like a team. Employees also have a better chance of forming friendships with co-workers when they work in the same space. In addition, working in the same space will help produce collective ideas since co-workers will be able to share ideas over lunch or breaks. Also, it establishes loyalty and trust among its employees making them more committed. In doing this, employees are more likely to keep company information private.

One main disadvantage is if entire world become a huge collaboration where no one is paid but a certain few, but everything got done better than it had been before with more diversity. It is a very good idea but on the other side we need to balance where the world still works. He chose very good scenario which explained the need of collaboration to the modern world. He explained about how “carrots and sticks” failed to motivate others to do what they have to, but in this scenario he told about how they do work with these tasks.