Chapter 2
Creating a positive work environment for Niagara College is very important. All of their employees work with thousands of people a day, and if they don’t enjoy their job, it will show to the thousands of students who depend on them each day. Niagara College is an organizational environment (.Managing Organizational Behaviour in Canada, Sniderman /Bulmash/ Nelson/ Quick) They are a high performing college competing against other colleges for the top students, they value student success, they try to be number 1 in student satisfaction every year and have been very successful at it, and they make sure their employees are happy, compensated fairly, and enjoy their job. They have strong values and are committed to the best education experience possible for their students. Niagara College is very multi-cultural, and values everyone’s differences and beliefs and encourages everyone to work together and maybe even learn and appreciate everyone’s culture. (.Managing Organizational Behaviour in Canada, Sniderman /Bulmash/ Nelson/ Quick). Niagara College is also a very strong future organization. (.Managing Organizational Behaviour in Canada, Sniderman /Bulmash/ Nelson/ Quick) They support and reward their students who try to make the best decisions for their future. In doing so Niagara College offers scholarships and bursary’s to help students who may want to improve their future but may need a little help getting their financially. Niagara College wants all of their staff to have a good work related attitude. Working with thousands of people a day, you want professors, secretary’s, and even cafeteria staff to have a positive attitude so that students remember why they choose Niagara College to attend compared to all the other schools. If a student were to hear a professor complaining about how much they hate their job while teaching a class, that is not a positive influence to keep that student interested in staying with the college. With Niagara College being so important it is also important for employees to have job satisfaction. (.Managing Organizational Behaviour in Canada, Sniderman /Bulmash/ Nelson/ Quick) Even someone’s employer just saying one positive thing about their performance can make the biggest difference in how an employee preforms their job. Ethical behaviour is also important at Niagara College. You want someone who is willing to follow the rules and values that are set out, and hope that they are the same as the schools. You also want someone to have employee engagement which is a state of emotional and intellectual involvement that employees have in their organization. (.Managing Organizational Behaviour in Canada, Sniderman /Bulmash/ Nelson/ Quick) the more the employee is involved the better it is for their job. They stay longer at their job because they have a connection and an interest in it, they feel more comfortable expressing their options and ideas, and they want to strive to achieve the best because they have something to look forward too (.Managing Organizational Behaviour in Canada, Sniderman /Bulmash/ Nelson/ Quick). So having employees who are satisfied, ethical, engaged, and are all really big factors in a positive work environment. You need to be able to find a middle ground where both the organization and the employee are happy. Working in a place where there is lots of human interaction it is important that all Niagara colleges’ employees are happy and enjoying their jobs.