The Quality Of Work Life

| The discussion is focused on the topic with ample evidence from the literature. The literature is critiqued. (21.5-25)

Affects the mind and body

A belief in what the organisation is looking to achieve will allow individuals pride and drive to motivate them.

has a major impact on the health and well- being of individuals and their families, in the following areas :

Aspirations - what does your organization believe in and stand for? This includes its identity within the market place, and also what the

o Review of related literature: In what ways does the literature review support the need for this study?

studies (such as Bifulco, Cobb & Bell, 2009). As a result, the present study fills a

affect it has on their quality of life. I will then be focusing on two types of

What research has been done on this topic? What gaps are there that should be addressed?

It is imperative that the employee can balance his/her working life against his/her personal life. With sufficient time off and rest periods, employees will feel “looked after” and be motivated to put in more effort. There will be a reduction of mistakes because the employee has had adequate rest which results in a more positive working environment. Employers who introduce such practices in the work place in order to help employees achieve a better and satisfactory work/life balance can expect to see an increase in motivation, enhanced performance/productivity and greater staff loyalty. By implementing a positive work/life balance, companies are successful, secure a good reputation and promote positive employee relations. The Working Time Regulations 1998 stipulates that employers should provide employees with the following basic rights:

The researchers state that unfortunately, there is not a lot of data to support these discussions due to several issues: there

Low job satisfaction can result in costly turnover, absenteeism, tardiness, and even poor mental health (Boye Kuranchie-Mensah & Amponsah-Tawiah, 2016, p. 2). This is further argued by kresiman (2002) that the most valuable assets of any industry is stable workforce and motivating work environment which lead to high performance and productive.

The organization is a social or business unit of people working together to achieve the common goals and the organization managed through the

Job analysis and design has attracted more attention of organizations, since poor job analysis and design result in poor job performances of employees and organizational performances. This essay is based on Philips’ changes in its workplace design in a factory. In the past, the factor’s old operation line had generated poor employee and organizational performance such as low morale of employees, high rate of turnover, and poor quality control. While redesign its operation line, Philips has gained a high productive workforce, such as building self-management teams, enriching employee’s spirit life. This essay is based on Philips’ successful experience in work redesign. The author has been appointed as a human resource director a factory in Manila. In order to increase the productivity of his factory, the author determined to learn from Philips’ experiences. In the essay, it will firstly analyze the old operation line’s problems, including poor job analysis and design, ignoring employees’ needs with poor working conditions, and low workplace morale. As for the problem, the essay will present relevant suggestions for each of the three problems, including improving job design with considering employees’ voice, improving working conditions and motivating them, and Building healthy organizational culture.

According to Yee (Yee, Yeung & Cheng, 2008), companies strive to become better in order for them to reach their goals and objectives. This is also the main reason why the public or the government sector is continually developing and innovating strategies which will give the employees that sense of satisfaction in improving their performance. He also added that having satisfied employees who do their work, present a higher probability of behaving and doing their job more efficiently. By innovating ways on how employees can feel satisfaction on their work, it is also a way by eradicating factors that can cause dissatisfatction.