Teamwork and Motivation Frankie Rios Strayer University Dr. Laura Poluka BUS 520 Leadership and Organizational Behavior February 24, 2014 The small company manufacturing the WooWoo product has been engulfed in manufacturing issues such as high defects which are increasing costs and delaying delivery. It has been decided that an organizational motivation plan is key to resolving these issues. The following motivation plans strategy is to encourage high job satisfaction, low turnover, high
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Uni-Bien&Hunt 2012) Team work then takes place when the members of the team take collective accountability to reach and accomplish what’s most important, the goal. In this case, we have fifty employees in various department of the manufacturing company WooWoo. Which would mean they need to come together collectively as a team, and decide what they can do to achieve the common goal, whats in the best of the organization, the employees and most importantly the consumer. Each employee plays a distinct and
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Teamwork and Motivation In just a few years WooWoo manufacture has gained much success by becoming one of the world’s top producer of widgets. Recently sales have been high, but a new report was just released that exposed some defects with our product. This defect issue can quickly turn into a serious problem that will increased our costs and delay deliveries to our customers. During these critical times we must find a way to motivate the 50 employees in our sales, assembly, technology, and administration
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3. Motivational Theory (3) ways to motivate Motivating low-wage employees can be a difficult challenge. Studies have shown employees who earn high end salary over $100K per year are readily involved with the company’s goals and objectives while the minimal wage employees are preoccupied with personal financial concerns and are not engaged in the overall goals or even the day to day operation of the organization. Therefore, it is thought-provoking to devise ways to keep the minimum waged employees
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work comes an expectation of appropriate compensation. It is more often than not decided based on industry standards. As the company under consideration faces the problems of increased cost and delayed delivery due to increased defects in the product WooWoo, there seems to be a drop in the motivation level and reduced team work between the employees. Organization motivation plan Following are some of the measures that can be taken in designing the motivation plan for the organization – Invest in
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Motivation at Work Pennylane Wilks BUS520 Dr. Laura Jones Strayer University November 13, 2014 Motivation at Work Although WooWoo sales are high, our company’s maximum profit margin is taking a hit due to flaws and imperfection in our craft. We are losing capital from rework, increased man hours, and delays in shipping. This is causing a ripple effect in our consumer pool and we must get ahead of the problem before it damages our company’s name and reputation. Our company will now take
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2014 Imagine that you are the owner of a small manufacturing company. Your company manufactures a commodity, widgets. Your widget is a clone of a nationally known widget. Your company’s widget, WooWoo, is less expensive and more readily available than the nationally known brand. Presently, the sales are high; however, there are many defects, which increase your costs and delays delivery. Your company has fifty (50) employees in the following departments:
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Motivation Kim Yazid Business; 520 Dr. Green Strayer University June 11, 2014 WIDGETS R US is a small manufacturing company that manufactures a commodity of widgets. This product is a clone of a nationally known widget. Our product is called a “WooWoo” and it cost less than our competition. It is easily available than the nationally known brand. Our current sales are soaring but there are many defects, which are increasing our cost and delaying our delivery shipments. Our company has fifty employees
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Strayer University Dr. Thomas Schaefer February 12, 2015 Imagine that you are the owner of a small manufacturing company. Your company manufactures a commodity, widgets. Your widget is a clone of a nationally known widget. Your company’s widget, WooWoo, is less expensive and more readily available than the nationally known brand. Presently, the sales are high; however, there are many defects, which increase your costs and delays delivery. Your company has fifty (50) employees in the following departments:
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profession and job comes with an expectation of appropriate compensation which is commonly based on industry standards and competitors set rates. As the company within this paper is faced with problems of inflated expenditures, defects in the product WooWoo which resulted in delivery delays. Although negative these glitches are common and a successful company needs to be prepared to execute a plan of action to address and correct problems when they arise. Executives are required to ensure that the
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