The Role Of Management And Subordinates And Low Job Satisfaction

In the case study titled Walt Henderson, Walt Henderson works for a drafting company along side thirty other technicians that are supervised by two inspectors. Walt is demonstrating issues of a negative or unfavorable attitude at work. According to this class’s textbook “Attitudes are evaluative statements – either favorable or unfavorable – about objects, people, or events” (Robbins, and Judge 66). The study at hand, shows that Walt is a hard working individual that at times takes his work home to ensure projects are completed on time. In doing so, he finishes work quickly at the job and proceeds to work on personal matters in the office. Walt believes that because he completes his work early by using his personal off time that he has the right to work on personal matters in the work place. Doing personal work at the work place violates some of the rules of the work place and has been instructed to him by his supervision on the matter in the past. This paper will answer a few questions that are: What is Walt Henderson’s attitude toward work? What are the main components of Walt Henderson’s attitude toward work? If Walt Henderson becomes dissatisfied in his work, what is he likely to do about it: exit the organization, voice his dissatisfaction, remain loyal, or neglect his work? And lastly, what can Walt Henderson’s supervisor do to ensure Walt’s job satisfaction without endangering

Throughout this case study, Gary, an employee at Brewster-Seaview Landscaping, goes into depth in explaining this business’ work dynamic. In the process of analyzing Gary’s description, we are able to extract various leadership styles which are exhibited by management. As we will see, Joe and the new supervisors’ leadership styles differ and definitely impact work outcomes.

First, I learned McKenzie just recently began working at the DeWitt McDonald’s. This is her second job thus far. Her first job was at the nursing home, and she worked there for approximately three months. She later` realized that it was not the job for her,

Brenda Barnes began working at age 15. She would help out at a neighborhood flower shop for $1.25 per hour. She has come a long way since her humble beginnings. As a chief executive of Sara Lee, she earned as much as $15 million a year. In this research paper we will discuss her personal and professional background as well as her management style and skills. In addition, was she an effective manager/leader?

Job satisfaction is an attitude that employees have about their work and can related to the performance of a company. Job satisfaction as the key attitude related to employee behaviours and the work outcome. Organizational commitment is a psychological state that binds an employee to an organization.

After three years with the company, Sandy was promoted to assistant plant manager. This was a big step for Unity Welding and Construction, as well as for the industry; Sandy was one of only a handful of women who had broken through the “glass ceiling” and made their way into management. She had proved to the men around her that she deserved the job, and she was now being toasted by assistant managers from other plants across the country John, her boss, had been her advocate with the company. He had personally lobbied upper management in her behalf.

Beth realized that what a company may tell you and the certifications they received does not always give an accurate picture of what is happening at the production facility. Beth noticed that the supervisor did not respect the employees and did not value them. They were seen as workers and not as people.

1. What are the major skills Jovita Carranza has demonstrated in her career at UPS that have made her a successful leader?

In this essay, job performance has been defined and the main categories of job performance have been laid out to show the exact difference between task, contextual and counterproductive performance. Also, the association between job performance and satisfaction has been reviewed thoroughly to prove what matters most in order for an organization’s employees to perform at soaring levels.

Job satisfaction is a variable and arguable matter of which it has been given a number of definitions by different author’s world -wide. Locke (1976, p.1304) describes job satisfaction as "a pleasurable or positive emotional state resulting from the apprajsa1o f one's job or job experiences". In other words reaching or achieving job satisfaction has a great deal to do with employees having a positive attitude towards their specific roles within the work place i.e. one employee may feel satisfaction when it comes to their job where-as another employee may not particularly feel the same way given the exact same job. Thus having a positive attitude regarding any type of job/task is an example of one achieving job satisfaction. In this paper we shall discuss whether implementing high levels of job satisfaction helps increase employee’s level of performance.

Job satisfaction is extremely vital to any organization that without it there can be a decrease in employee commitment. Lack of such an important variable can lead to employees quitting their jobs (Alexander, Litchtenstein and Hellmann,1997). Additionally, studies have shown that fear can be used as a form of motivation; however, it is temporary and has a negative outcome (Lall and Zaidi, 2008). Such outcome can be the decrease of job satisfaction which will result in the lack of productivity which has an unwanted impact on the organization.

Donna Cowan is in charge of Human Resources Development at the Thoroughly Modern Manufacturing Company (TMM). TMM makes "low tech" office products such as file cabinets, computer tables and bulletin boards. The company's CEO recently asked Donna to identify key manufacturing jobs and re-design them in ways that will make them more intrinsically motivating to employees. The CEO's goal is to improve employee job satisfaction and performance, and reduce absenteeism and turnover.

Management plays a key role in employee job satisfaction. A manger’s leadership style and interpersonal communication skills can have a huge impact on employee job satisfaction. Excellent interpersonal communication skills are a characteristic that a good manager must possess. Employees become dissatisfied with their jobs when they feel that their voices are not heard, they are not being treated fairly, and the specifics of the job itself are not being communicated properly.

After conducting a study of the satisfaction found among employees of Choongam Sports Center, I have discerned some key elements of employee satisfaction that will be useful to the company in optimizing its work space.

Dissatisfied and satisfied employees in the workplace can affect their productive and job performance. The work place, promotions, advancements, and supervisors are things that can cause an employee to be satisfied or dissatisfied at work. In my workplace some of my supervisors have driven my attitude. Robbins (2007) states, “attitudes are evaluative statements-either favorable or unfavorable-about objects, people or events.” (Robbins and Judge, 2007, p. 75) When I was first promoted to Sergeant and transferred to supervisor the Criminal Investigations Unit, I was excited about the new opportunity and the knowledge I would learn and give. My attitude towards the workplace and towards my employees was high and willing to help or produce a positive work environment. As a Christian in a non-Christian workplace, a great attitude towards job satisfaction can be found in the Bible. In Ecclesiastes 5:18 (New Living Translation), it says, “I have noticed one thing, at least, that is good. It is good for people to eat, drink, and enjoy their work under the sun and during the short life God has given them.” The workplace can be stressful but when you have good leadership they can effectively change the attitude of the people they serve.