...school systems across our great nation. Teachers are a vital part of the educational system for they provide the motivation and support that pupils need in order to succeed. Yet, teachers also need to be motivated and supported in order to be productive. Teacher morale could suffer due to constant stress of trying to meet the educational goals. Improving teacher morale has many benefits in that it can help teachers to maintain a positive attitude and be happier at work (Govindarajan, 2012). Ellanberg as cited by Govindarajan (2012) found that where morale was high, schools showed an increase in pupils’ academic achievement. Conversely, low levels of morale can lead to decreased teacher productivity and burnout. Recent studies found out that the academic achievement of pupils in the Division of Antique did not meet the standard set by the Department of Education (Arguelles, 2012; Ople,2012; Doronila, 2011; and Cabasan, 2011). Moreover, as observed by the researcher being one of the teachers in the division, the attitudes and enthusiasm of teachers towards their work seems below the standards also. This situation aroused the interest of the researcher to conduct a study to examine the level of teachers’ morale in relation to pupils’ academic achievement, hence this study....
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...------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Evaluating factors contributing towards low employee morale in the community services directive of Polokwane Municipality ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- A Research Proposal ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- by ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Josephine Malesheka Mathole ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Student No. 271199 ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- To be submitted in part fulfilment of the requirements for the ------------------------------------------------- BBA Honours degree ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- at ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN BUSINESS SCHOOL ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ...
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...BM102 –BUSINESS COMMUNICATION Question 1 With reference to practical examples, discuss how communication can be used to improve worker`s morale and productivity. (100) In this essay, the writer seeks to talk about communication as a motivation tool. The essay will touch on the ways in which effective communication can motivate workers to be more productive. Concrete examples with local companies are going to be given. The writer is going to touch various forms of communication, the channels that are generally used in the companies and how they can be used as a motivation tool. Before exploring ways to use communication as a productivity tool, the needs to define the meaning of productivity and morale.Klan (2004) define morale as a reflection of the attitude of an individual or team. The company can have workers with high morale or workers with low morale which can affect productivity.According to The first point the writer will look is the use of communication for information distribution between the workers and the management and between the workers themselves. The structures of most organizations allow the flow of information upward, downward, lateral and horizontal. Tracy (2013) reiterates that when management communicates vague or fuzzy expectations or no expectation, the staff is deprived of the winning feeling thereby becoming demotivated. The company needs to communicate its strategic goals and objectives, policies and company notices and all that is done through...
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...* Dick Spencer Case Study Introduction In this report, I mention about a case study to highlight the managerial issues faced by an organization. Spencer was a plant manager of Modrow Company, a Canadian branch of Tri-American Company. Dick did his MBA and served this company for 14 years. He started his career as a salesman. With time he continued to work successfully on different contracts and finally he was spoken of as “boy of watch”. Later he wanted to move on different career domain, so he finally transferred to the home office of organization. He was nominated as an assistant to senior vice president of production. In the following sections, we will cover the managerial issues faced by dick and his organization. We also try to provide some recommendations about managerial issues identified, researched and evaluated. Managerial Issues We identified the following managerial issues. Micromanagement According to the Wikipedia, micromanagement is a management style whereby a manager closely observes or controls the work of subordinates or employees. Micromanagement generally has a negative connotation. (Wikipedia) Rather than giving general instructions on smaller tasks and then devoting time to supervising larger concerns, the micromanager monitors and assesses every step of a business process and avoids delegation of decisions. (Wikipedia) According to the journal, “Micromanagers read your proposals, tell you to develop your prototype, and then insist on telling you...
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...Ballard Case Study Patricia Jones QNT 351 Jan 27th, 2014 Pete Dorsa Introduction and Problem Situation Ballard Integrated Managed Services, Inc. (BIMS) provides food, hospitality, housekeeping and physical plant services for the staff and patients at the Douglas Medical Center. Barbara Tucker, the general manager for this site, has noticed that the morale of her employees has been declining for the past several months. The expected turnover rate is 55-60% annually in this industry. This rate has increased to 64% over the last four months (BIMS Part 1). The use of sick time has increased, overall performance is poor and complaints from the hospital staff are on the rise. Barbara and her management team have not been able to determine why morale is down. The exit interviews that are currently used are not pinpointing the reasons why employees are leaving. Conclusions The data used in the survey is beneficial to the research into why employment morale has decreased for the past several months. Therefore, a questionnaire was designed to examine dependent variable which, “is the key factor that you want to explain or predict and that is affected by some other factors …scholars have emphasized productivity, absenteeism, turnover, and job satisfaction” (Robbins & Judge p. 25). BIMS is experiencing problems with several dependant variables, the focus of this paper examines turnover, which is increasing for BIMS. Each question of the survey addresses issues that require...
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...with new research, ideas, legislations and practices so that you can be the best that you can in understanding your chosen profession, provide new creative ideas, encourage and adapt to change more smoothly therefore providing a high quality service to customers and colleagues. It also enables you to feel confident and good about one self. I believe a happy person/staff equals a happy working environment. It can also lead to better job opportunities and enhances self confidence. AC 1.1 Assess the potential benefits to the organisation of developing individuals To assess the potential benefits to the organisation I chose to look at the benefit of training the Harbour casual workforce in fork-truck operation staff retention and staff morale within the workforce. The criteria I have chosen to assess the potential benefits to the organisation of developing individuals are: • Opportunities for promotion • Reduced Damage level • improved discharge rates Trained Fork-Truck operators The harbour workforce is made up of 2 distinct groups: -...
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...Running Head: STRATEGIES AND SKILLS Strategies and Skills AIU MGMT436 Unit 3 Assignment Abstract A financial crisis has hit our company and reorganization is needed. This paper will apply process skills the executive should use, and the change strategies in the long- and short-term. It will also evaluate and present the impacts of the resources. Strategies and Skills Organizational development is a process that is used within a company that is in need of change. This process has many different steps or phases it goes through in order to obtain the outcome the company hopes for. In some cases the process will end in needing another intervention but in others the process will end satisfactory. This process truly only ends when the desired level of development is obtained (The Organizational Development, 2012). This process is meant to make an important change in a company want to come out the other end of the change better off than they were before. The organizational development process will begin when there is an organization that recognizes that there is a problem within the company that will impact their mission or health of their organization. Some organizations do not wait until they see a problem to start the organizational development process. They may begin the change when the leadership has a vision for the improvement of the organization. The organization will desire a change to make their business better. The decision to change is followed by...
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...this research necessary?” There are several important reasons we should not ignore. First and foremost, our company’s financial statements at the end of last fiscal year were not on par with our projections. We received average customer reviews and many customer complaints. All these results were directly related to a decrease in employee performance. Especially, when we compare them with the previous fiscal years and customer reviews, we can clearly see the difference in productivity. Second, the world economy is in the middle of a downturn. Therefore, as a company, we have a tough road ahead of us. With the cutbacks and layoffs that have been instated, employee morale is at all time low. Many employees, including the top performers worry about losing their jobs during these unstable times. This fear and low morale turns into low performance at work. Third, I realized that our company has never conducted research like this before. This bottom up research will provide the whole organization with a brand new perspective in approaching employee relations. Employee satisfaction is of vital importance for an organization, because it is the back bone of ultimate success. What benefits will this research bring to the organization?...
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...Low Morale Low motivation among employees can spread like wildfire in a company. Enthusiasm can spread from worker to worker in the same way as low motivation. Managers and supervisors who are consistently enthusiastic can motivate workers as well. Low morale can result in a hostile work environment with constant complaining. In a business that is customer service-driven, a work environment with low morale could result in lower sales and a poor customer experience. Low Productivity Poor motivation can result in low productivity from employees. When a worker has the skills and resources to succeed on the job but is not performing at his best, one cause could be low motivation. Motivated employees have a desire to get the job done to the best of their abilities. An unmotivated employee lacks the drive and commitment to work at his highest capabilities. The manager or supervisor must investigate the cause of a worker's failure to perform. High Turnover Companies experiencing low morale and motivation among employees sometimes experience a higher turnover rate. In an environment of low motivation and morale, employees sometimes seek a better position in an organization that values their services and work. A high employee turnover rate results in increased costs to the company. Companies must pay to recruit, hire and train new workers frequently in a department or organization with low morale and motivation. Programs and incentives to improve motivation can increase job satisfaction...
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...A STUDY ON EMPLOYEE MORALE AT ELGI EQUIPMENT LIMITED COIMBATORE A PROJECT REPORT Submitted by AMUDHA.S Reg. No. 088001112007 Of MAHARAJA ENGINEERING COLLEGE, Avinashi – 641654. In partial fulfillment of the requirements For the award of the degree Of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION JULY, 2009 Faculty of Management Sciences School of Management Studies Anna University Coimbatore BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE This is to certify that the project work titled “A Study on Employee Morale at ELGI Equipment limited, coimbatore” is the bonafide work of AMUDHA.S, Reg no. 088001112007, who carried out the same under my supervision. Certified further that to the best of my knowledge the work reported herein does not form part of any other project work or dissertation on the basis of which a degree or award was conferred on an earlier occasion of this or any other candidate. This project work is submitted to Anna University Coimbatore as partial fulfillment of requirement for the award of degree of Master of Business Administration. _________________________________ Signature and Name of the Guide __________________________________ Signature and Name of the Director/HOD Submitted for the viva-voce examination held on__________________________ __________________________ ________________________ (Signature of External with date) (Signature of Internal Examiner with date) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I extent my deep sense of gratitude and sincere thanks to our chairman...
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...outdated technological systems, and unnecessary processes in a company that reportedly changed. 3. Systems-Boeing adopted the principles of creating more value for customers with fewer resources. 4. Style-the decision was made to diversify from the traditional commercial airline industry and that many acquisitions that were made createe integration issues for the company. They were trying to add more stability to the business by entering the space industry and information services. 5. Staff-According to The CEO of Airbus( Noel Foregeard), the process of diversification was demoralizing for Boeing employees. Boeings vice-president of marketing contradicted Foregeard and said “what affects morale right now is that we are in a down cycle” (Palmer, 2009). Regardless of why the employees morale was low, Boeing had to take steps to rectify it. 6. Skills-Boeing bet is future on the market developing a partially smaller aircraft like their new 7E7 Airbus . They also plan on purchasing larger aircraft in the future. The Six-Box Organizational Model Purposes: Boeing was initially in the...
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...Marie Jackson: Renfield Farms Revitalization By: Anthony J. Mayo & Heather Beckham Group D Latoya Reed & Alma Shaw MADM 701: Organizational Behavior Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Case Summary 3 Major Issues 3 Analysis of Issues 4 Action Alternatives 7 Analysis of Alternatives 8 Recommendations 11 Implementation of Issues 12 References 13 Executive Summary Case Summary Donald Franklin, a profound farmer and businessman, founded the organic and dairy Renfield Farms in Maine in 1964. Franklin was a passionate businessman, who developed a strong business culture that cultivated continuous innovation, healthy living, and producing nutritional and wholesome food products. Due to these stimulating values, Renfield Farms grew from a local to a nationwide dairy supplier, known for its strong brands and ideals. However, after Franklin retired in 2002, the company began facing many difficulties. Renfield Farms’ successors were not as inspiring as Franklin and could not measure up to his leadership skills. Renfield Farms was obviously in bad shape due to declining sales and consumers losing trust in the company’s product brands. Something had to be done. Marie Jackson was an external hire, who was appointed as the company’s new CEO in 2013 in order to revitalize Renfield Farms’ unsatisfactory performance. Though a strong leadership with a great vision for the company, Jackson faced many oppositions, predominately overcoming employees’ resistance to change...
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...Ballard Case Study QNT 351 Jan 11th, 2014 Introduction and Problem Situation Ballard Integrated Managed Services, Inc. (BIMS) provides food, hospitality, housekeeping and physical plant services for the staff and patients at the Douglas Medical Center. Barbara Tucker, the general manager for this site, has noticed that the morale of her employees has been declining for the past several months. The expected turnover rate is 55-60% annually in this industry. This rate has increased to 64% over the last four months (BIMS Part 1). The use of sick time has increased, overall performance is poor and complaints from the hospital staff are on the rise. Barbara and her management team have not been able to determine why morale is down. The exit interviews that are currently used are not pinpointing the reasons why employees are leaving. Conclusions The data used in the survey is beneficial to the research into why employment morale has decreased for the past several months. Therefore, a questionnaire was designed to examine dependent variable which, “is the key factor that you want to explain or predict and that is affected by some other factors …scholars have emphasized productivity, absenteeism, turnover, and job satisfaction” (Robbins & Judge p. 25). BIMS is experiencing problems with several dependant variables, the focus of this paper examines turnover, which is increasing for BIMS. Each question of the survey addresses issues that require involvement from management...
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...qualify for over time because they are salaried employees but educators can apply for extra-curricular positions such as sports coaching, homework clubs, language clubs, after school detention supervisor, drama clubs and even chair various committees, just to name a few. These extra duty jobs are paid positions. One key issues, that appears to be an impediment to the success of Treadway Company, is the selection process for line foreman. I think that more emphasis should be on the internal employees. The employees should be provided with more training and educational opportunities to assist them with upward mobility thus prepare them for futuristic promotions. I think an upward mobility program would also improve self esteem and boost the morale of these salaried employees....
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...A Diagnostic Analysis of the Lima Tire Plant Sabrina D. Foster American Military University Abstract This paper will provide a diagnostic report of the Lima Tire Plant. There are many problems within this company, and without them being properly addressed the company will continue to lose employees and production will continue to drop. The main problems that I see within this company are high turnover of the line foremen due to production and morale, training within the company. I will attempt to analyze these areas through the different metaphors we have studied over the past seven weeks. I will also provide possible recommendations and solutions that may help get the company back on the right track to success. A Diagnostic Analysis of the Lima Tire Plant The Treadway Tire Company employed almost 9,000 hourly and salaried staff in North America. The Lima Tire Plant, located in Lima, Ohio, is one of eight manufacturing plants operated by the Treadway Tire Company. (Skinner and Beckham, 2008, p. 1) In 2007, The Lima Tire Plant produced approximately 25,000 passenger and light truck tires per day. The plant encompassed about 1.5 million square feet on 128 acres of land. About 1,120 people were employed at the plant – 970 were hourly employees and 150 were salaried. The hourly personnel at the plant were unionized by the United Steel Workers,...
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