Saturday, May 10, 2008

A Challenge For Modern Workplaces

A Challenge For Modern Workplaces A Challenge For Modern Workplaces by http:www.articledashboard.comprofileKadence-Buchanan--13815Kadence Buchanan -Due to the growing complexity and turbulence of the business environment and the related growth in research knowledge about behavior within organizations, managers of the 21st century have to take four themes as paramount: the necessity of managing the challenges of change; functioning within a global environment; being sensitive to the diversity among people; and behaving with ethical integrity. In addition, with the increasing complexity of operations, organizations are building in greater participation opportunities for non-managers. Groups ranging from quality circles to self-managing and cross-functional teams are involved in continuous improvement projects and running their own operations. Working in teams tends to improve the core job dimensions that affect peoples psychological states and motivating potential at work. With high involvement, people are challenged to rethink systems and processes