Leadership Southwest airlines‚ a company that is known to have strong employee relationships‚ believes that the happier an employee the better productivity they will have. Southwest Airline CEO‚ Gary C. Kelly‚ has stated that in order to have a strong company he needs to take time building strong relationships as well. “Happy Employees = Happy Customers. Happy Customers keep Southwest flying” (Southwest). He created an environment that challenges employees to be innovative which lead to creative
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“Managers should do whatever they can‚ within reason‚ to enhance the job satisfaction of their employees.” I agree with this statement. A good manager is not measured by what he does or how much he does of it but rather by what he is able to get others to do. He must be able to see the mission of the company and set goals for his organization or department accordingly. However‚ he mustn’t only set these goals; he must get his staff to see the value of these goals in accomplishing the vision of the
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Thomas Carlyle 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 performance is formally defined as the value of the set of employee behaviors that contribute‚
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Toward a knowledge-based theory of the firm ROBERT M. GRANT ‚ 1996‚ SMJ Presentation of the article The different theories of the firm when applied to the field of strategic management help explain firm performance and the determinants of strategic choice from different perspectives. The knowledge-based view‚ through its focus upon knowledge as the most strategically important firm resource‚ is seen here as an extension of the resource-based view. The issues with which the KBV concerns itself
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’ ’-)./(#+/$)01/$#+2)/-3)4%*)!/+#56/7+#%-8)9%-:; maritalsatisfaction Marital satisfaction job satisfaction --X2 CFI RMSEA Maritaldiscord Model 1 Job satisfaction --4 maritaldiscord 1983 Job satisfaction -4 maritaldiscord 1988 Job satisfaction - maritaldiscord 1992 Maritaldiscord -- job satisfaction 1983 Maritaldiscord job satisfaction 1988 -4 Maritaldiscord -- job satisfaction 1992 x2 (df) CFI RMSEA Model 2 Job satisfaction -> maritaldiscord Maritaldiscord -4 job satisfaction X2(df) CFI RMSEA
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Organizational Behaviour Exercise Deepak Kumar Singh Section 1 MBA (F & B) Barry Niland‚ the supervisor of a small sales department noticed one of his sales representatives Henry Hunter’s sales performance have gone down drastically in the past six months .The following symptoms were noticed had below mentioned problems: * Hunter’s performance in sales had declined in the past six months * Other sales representatives were overachieving their targets
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Job satisfaction Job satisfaction is a multifaceted construct with a variety of definitions and related concepts‚ which has been studied in a variety of disciplines for many years to now. Many theories and articles of interest to managers‚ social psychologist‚ and scholars‚ focus on job satisfaction because most people spend their life-time for work‚ and understanding of the factors that increase satisfaction is important to improve the well-being of individuals in this facet of the living (Gruneberg
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How can leaders motivate staff in order to improve productivity and job satisfaction? The purpose of this essay is to highlight the use of management theories in relation to productivity and job satisfaction. This essay shall discuss how leaders can motivate employees in order to improve the overall productivity and job satisfaction. I will be looking at theories in relation to how they are categorised‚ also how different management theories can be implemented by a leader. The essay will analyse
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Importance of and Employee Satisfaction Your employees have a wealth of information about what it is like to work at your company‚ and what your customers are telling them about your company and your competitors. Your employees also have considerable knowledge about what can be done to improve your company’s productivity‚ quality‚ customer service‚ customer satisfaction‚ customer loyalty‚ growth and profit‚ and what can be done to improve your risk profile. Equally important‚ your employees know
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction to the topic People at work worry about all sorts of things; increasing competition for jobs‚ globalization‚ terrorism‚ looking after aging parent and relatives‚ annual appraisal‚ new technology‚ outsourcing of jobs along with increased demand of employer for higher productivity. These and some other factors make the employees experience certain pressures at times. Like they have to meet certain deadlines‚ cope with some unusual but critical situations on their
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