Managers always play an important role in the achievement of the goals and objectives of an organization. Organization depends on there ability and capabilities. It is important that they are fully equip. Organization goals and objectives cannot be achieved through politics. An organization that operates through politics in order to get things done creates a lot of problem when it comes to there employees. Although politics is needed to some degree but it is not the focus of any operation of the business because employees have there respective duties and responsibilities. Additional workload and assignment coming from the top is not anymore a job of any employees and when that kind of delegation happens it becomes politics. Politics is the name of the game for those who are lazy and desperate. I know you will understand me on this and basically I am not political I operate based on the goals and objectives, duties and responsibilities.
Who are the traditional managers? Well, I have encountered them in real life there practices is based on the way they see things and not on possibilities. 1. They don't have the mind of there own. Traditional managers rely on what they hear on people and they make there own judgements based on hearsay. Sometimes it is not about trust but based on the goals and objectives of the organization. You cannot rely on your political people all the time. 2.Highly political Managers who are highly political are traditional managers although one of the work of managers is to become political it is not necessary and important that all things can be done politically. The concept of workplace managers is beyond politics especially in handling employees inside the organization. There are things that politics will destroy that is not seen by our own two eyes. 3. They use other people Traditional managers are good at using people. Taking advantage of there employees when in fact they should be the role model. For example asking for food, wants to be treated for free, they need to be served all the time, they use there employees to become there driver, they give there work to employees, and many more. This example is based on actual events. 4. They mistreat employees They looked down on employees, they shout and shame there own employees in order to have more power and control over them. They lie to there employees in order to have information power and control. 5. They don't trust employees When I ask for a certain document from our manager he did not give it to us because he said that he doesn't trust his own employees when it comes to giving such documents to any of his subordinates. An atmosphere of distrust will trigger a workplace environment with distrust and can pose a risk. 6.Toxic Traditional managers are toxic. While i was inside a car together with a manager. I was expecting a manager who communicates positivity to his subordinates. Even if I am the founder of this website I still respect people that I met outside regardless of there position. While he is conversing with others there was this statements that are negative that should have not been said that makes it toxic. I am very observant to this kind of practices of leaders and managers since it was one of my topic in my book about communication. I even encountered one manager who put a shame on me telling me that my work was simple and all that and I told him that you know I want to finish this and I don't want to make my own work difficult for me I am not that stupid to make things difficult for me when i have the option to make it easy. 7,Using there position to harm others I encountered this leader and manager who have a lot of people under him but the problem was he is teaching this people to harass others. I came to realize this because he keeps on uttering such statements that makes me think that he is manipulating people to do such unacceptable and unethical things. As the founder and writer of Prime Insight. I show and give respect to anyone who I met regardless of the position and status of life he has but sometimes there are people who wants to be disrespected. Success and achievements does not have to have a negative impact to the person who has it. It must have ethical and professional impact to them that makes them become even better. The use of power of managers should not be for there own personal gain but something that will help organization achieves its goals and objectives including making his employees grow personally and in there respective career. Growth doesn't mean putting manure to the employees but by developing them positively and educationally because they will contribute to the good culture of the organization and in achieving organizational goals and objectives. A workplace is a conducive place to work. It is where employees can concentrate on their specific duties and responsibilities. Just imagine a workplace while you are working is noisy all throughout the day. It will not be something desirable and appropriate for work. If you hear anything which is not irritating and cannot disturb you in your workplace that would be sound. There is science in noisy workplaces whether it is emitted by people, equipment, or any thing that creates noise. When we say noise it is something that is unwanted and unpleasant to the one or people who hears it. Probably the moment a sound becomes unwanted and unpleasant it becomes a noise.
85 decibels and above measure of noise is already creating a noise whether from an equipment that is being used or by some people. According to research noise can increase stress because it disturbs your peace and your body doesn't want the noise that hears. What are the effects of noise to our health? According to research it can create heart problems, stomach ulcers, and central nervous system. These are some of the negative effects of noise over time if it will not be controlled. How do noise increase? upon my observation with regards to noise increase in workplaces it is influenced by a wrong structure of office. A structure of an office that like a cave that absorbs noise can increase the loudness of sound that turns into a noise. Therefore, the construction of offices and design must be something that doesn't absorb noise from the outside and the office must not emit such noise outside so as to control the level of sounds that is passing through.A confined space without windows but with open windows near the source of noise can absorb sound that create a noise. The design and structure can greatly influence in the creation of the noise and next is the people inside the workplace if they do not have the disciplined to control the sounds that they are making whether in using some machine or doing something that creates loud noise that disturbs the concentration and focus of other employees who are working. According to a study that I found in my research in this topic. This are the other effects of noise aside from what was mentioned above. 1. Twenty-two million workers experience loud noise on the job each year. 2. Most hearing difficulty cases among workers (58%) were linked to loud noise on the job and could be prevented if the noise was reduced to safe levels. 3. Nine percent of high cholesterol and 14 percent of high blood pressure cases among workers could be linked to loud noise on the job. 4. Workers with a history of loud noise on the job were less likely to have had their blood pressure or their cholesterol checked. If you think noise doesn't have effect to your employees think again because whether we like it or not this stressors in workplaces have an effect to the health of your employees and workers. I don't believe that there are managers that are unethical and companies are cultivating unethical managers.it will be the worst culture ever cultivating such unethical managers. It is important to note that companies exist for ethical reasons such as serving its customers, providing the best services, dealing with there employees and many more. In the concept of the work politics ethical practices always is the standard and never unethical managers but sometimes there are managers who go beyond ethical practices I'm not referring to anyone here because this is a conceptual post that serves as a basis on making the ethical practices the standard which currently being implemented and there is no way for unethical management and practices to arise in any organization.
What are the effects of unethical management practices? 1.Decline in employees loyalty Employees will not be loyal to unethical management practices of managers and organization because it is not what acceptable in society even in the existing laws. Loyalty is won through ethical practices not only in words but also in action. 2. Put pressures in employees Unethical practices pressures employees to do unethical practices because there is a standard to be followed and unethical practices not one of them and standards. Looking at unethical practices being done is deviant to what is true and moral when it comes to management practices because learning institutions practices ethical management practices that must be applied in institutions. If there are realities, failures, mistakes and errors that must be accepted then it must be accepted and not punished. Solutions is better than punishment, improving is better than blaming, understanding is better than judging in order to eliminate the stigma of mistakes, errors, and failures in workplaces because it is only through acceptance of this negative things that workplaces will learn the right solutions of the existing problems, it is through failures, errors, and mistakes that we came to certain realization and understanding and not to any kind of coercive action to anyone who done wrong in working places because the result were not the expected resulted. 3.Unethical practices must be stopped and not punished Unethical practices must be stopped in the workplace. Punishment is not the solution but further education and training will be necessary in order to stop unethical practices or other necessary solutions for specific scenarios. Cultivating unethical management practices is not way to go in any kind of institution it is important to realize that ethical practices are the standards in any kind of company. This is not for you this is for institutions that practices unethical practices so that what they want will be followed rather than the goals and objectives of the institution in providing quality services to its clients. Choosing the right managers is essential in achieving the goals and objectives of the organization. It is in there ability to manage the strategies of the organization in achieving what is necessary to be achieved. So choosing the right manager for your business is not in any way easy to do and you really have to think about it and established the right standards for your business needs when it comes to management. According to research when you hire the right managers you are 75% on your way to organization success in other words it means that the productivity of the workplace is dependent on the managers.
Here are some tips in choosing the right managers for your business or company. 1.Behavioral Aspect Managers are thinkers and provides valuable work in the organization because of there importance in an organization it is necessary that the behavior will be your first consideration because when you fail to consider this you might be able to select a manager that does not fit to your standard or company standard. Remember managers are human beings they are also prone to behavioral change but there are dominating behavior that exist in them. So no matter how good, great or excellent managers have you have to consider there behavior, attitude characteristics which is necessary when you deal with them in the long run and not in the short term because they will always show the appropriate behavior but through the years and achievement s they will have what will the behavior, attitude, characteristics that they will have towards the organization, employees, and the the owner. That is why I put it in the first part of this article. 2. Problem solving aspect Managers are problem solvers in workplaces. There are problems that exist or will exist in workplaces that is why managers must be there to solve those problem head on or provide proactive solution for future problems that may arise but if your business is problematic you will not a manager who is good at problem solving in a specific area. Problem solving requires different kinds of thinking not only one thinking because there are problems that are complicated and interconnected etc. it is important that managers are equip with different tools that is necessary in solving specific problems in your business. 3.Influence aspect Managers must know how to influence positively his subordinates because he will be dealing with employees in solving problems, investors, owners, banks, interest groups, regulators, and so forth. It is important that they become good communicators to be able to influence this people in favor to your business or a win win solution to be able to achieve the goals and objectives of the business. Influence will always be something positive in dealing with employees in various situation. Influence and modelling the employees with the right attitude and behavior is a must. 4.Result aspect Result is a requirement when it comes to strategy implementation. It pertains to the effect of the strategy and tactics in the company. So the managers work is towards result the ability to give positive results that shows the right direction that the company is heading and providing solution to negative result in the implementation. 5.Educational background Although this is the last but one of the most important consideration when it comes to hiring the right managers because the work of the manager is not easy it requires several specialized trainings to be able to perform the job effectively and efficiently in the complexity and sophisticatedness of organization scenarios. A company is a busy institution particularly if it is a big organization that serves millions of clients in a daily basis. The size of the company is always a determinant in the complexity of the processes and operation of the organization. That is why many management principles exist and the management concept itself helps organization to become efficient because I I think that sometimes as operation continues there are certain processes and work that becomes unnecessary that exist and is overlooked by companies because of the priorities they have rather then improving the management practices they have. There are many factors that contributes to this practices some of it maybe because of rewards because the more hardworking an employee is they will get rewards that is why even if it is not part of the job they will still make some thing that is unnecessary that will affect other employees and there work. Management is a thinking activity activities that are created must be designed for efficiency and effectiveness and considering all other factors in the operation of the business and the work of the employees. So here are some practices of companies that drains employees according to my research.
1.System chaos Although system is established in the company be it centralized or decentralized but when the system is overwhelmed it becomes chaotic no matter how perfect it is. Just like a computer system that is overwhelmed with data, download, continuous usage and etc. it will always come to appoint of exhaustion because of overwhelming activities. That is why it is recommended to manage activities and work in such a way that it doesn't exhaust the system because it will result to drained employees and the one who will be affected in the long run is not only the employees health and well being but also the company itself. 2. Unnecessary meetings The workplace and the organization is all about work. Each employees have the specific duties and responsibilities that they are doing. Conducting unnecessary meetings only drains employees rather than improve the work. Unnecessary messages online, social media, messenger and other platforms results only to draining employees. I always hear this complaint from employees that communication platform is abused because managers are messaging in the platform everyday even in the evening which only drains them rather than help there work. Meetings and so on must be only done if there are important updates and activities. But reminders need not be communicated through meetings but can be posted in bulletin or distributed letters which is crafted not to increase stress but only serves as reminders. 3.Give and Take multi tasking cycles There are managers that take advantage of there authority using it to free themselves with there work. Whether you believe it or not it exist. They use politics to be able to free themselves up and distribute there work to there subordinates. The give and take cycle in the workplace drains employees even if informal rewards and incentives are given because by the end of the day employees are energy beings everyone get drained regardless of the age of the employees. Giving additional unnecessary work to their employees only drains them although I understand that employees get bored in there repetitive work but in this gap this can be an avenue of wellness and wellbeing program of the organization to there employees. Workplaces is not a place of getting an illness and a slow suicide just because of work stress. It is a place where employees will be able to use there skills, talent, knowledge, effectively by doing there work happily and increasing there creativity and critical thinking. Think about it! 4.Manual tasks Organization workplaces is a combination of an automated and manual work. Manual labor or work drains employees especially if there are technology that can make there work easy but with quality. Take note of the word " quality " because technology helps improve the quality of work. Manual tasks becomes draining and exhausting to employees. Let me give a realistic example manually taking orders is draining in restaurants if there are always many customers that dine in the restaurant but when taking orders and paying is done with technology all they have to do is choose orders in the app that will be directed to the kitchen for preparation and cooking and pay via credit card after it is finished the waiter will serve it. Then it becomes more efficient and organized in serving customers. 5. Office Politics Lets face the reality that workplace politics exist although its not negative but when employees and managers use it in the opposite way it becomes draining using power to free the work of the managers by distributing the work to other employees then it becomes draining and so on. Using work politics the right way may have positive impact. 6. Toxic employees Toxic employees exist because of there negative current situations or because of negative past experiences that they are able to bring in workplaces and manifest in there behavior and communication. We are only humans and without self control we can become toxic employees in one way or another because of our negativity that is absorb in the environment. This kind of employees also drains the energy of employees because while they get tired and stressed in their work they also have to deal with toxic employees. This factors drain employees while they are working. Best practices must be in placed including positivity in workplaces to combat and subdue this factors and practices that only drains employees while they are working. Whether you have one or two or even more of this make sure to provide necessary solution so that it will not spread and becomes a big issue that can affect the stress level of employees. A managerial position is a successful position because of the power and influence including money that is involve in the position. Employees looked up to managers but that position requires mature thinking because of the responsibilities and duties that is in the position. That position is not a joke and never a comedy, its a sensitive and critical position only those who are well trained must be in that position and should not a politically influenced position. Managing people and resources is a complicated task it should not be given to anyone.
1. Managers are well behave Managers are not immature individuals they are matured individuals. They have a well behave attitude and behavior towards there employees and colleagues because they set as a good example and role model to their employees. It is dangerous to have the opposite because the natural influence and power of manager exist in the organization because of the hierarchy. 2. Managers are good in time management Because they have a complicated and complex task and busy schedule because of the different roles that they play in the organization they must be good in time management so that they will not be stressed and carried away of the busy schedule that they have and will still appear good and full of energy throughout the day. 3.Provide opportunities for growth Managers are good in providing opportunities for his employees. He is able to find opportunities for them and not by giving non sense tasks that add only to the stress of the employees. 4.They are good planners Planning is an important part of the work of a manager. Whether you disagree with me because of the necessity to have an accurate plan and results A good plan must be in place and it can only be done by good planners such as the manager. It is part of his work to plan in any aspect of his work as I mention it in my discussions in class. Those who does not like planning are not good managers and they cannot be good managers. 5. They are holistic thinkers Managers have the habit to understand the whole organization and system as a whole. You cannot just be focus on your duties and responsibilities but should have a clear understanding and view on the overall system and process of the organization including its technicalities. Once they are in a situation they are able to think holistically on what are those involve in the scenario including the solution and decision that they will make. I am sure right now you have seen something in this post and yes you are right a managers job is a thinking, applying, result job. in which is responsible and accountable morally, legally, and ethically. Workplaces are filled with employees doing the work. Different employees are doing different kinds of work and accumulate different kind of stresses throughout the day including the work and changes that is happening in the workplace. When a manager put tight deadlines stress levels increase and so on and so forth. That is a common occurrences in different changes and decisions in the workplace especially if the workplace is disorganize. When managers makes decision is all about the goal, the work, the strategy etc. and not the employees. The concept of employee reaction management is all about considering the employee as an employee and the impact of the workplace to him including the changes etc. It is a whole new thing in management in which others focuses on well being, stress, time management, etc. Well so far as I am concerned this is something new.
Employee Reaction When I search the internet for this topic its all about evaluation etc. Employee reaction refers to the reaction of employees in the changes that is happening in the workplace from work changes, goal changes, activity changes, work environment change, manager change, decision changes, changes that are positive and negative which can have an impact to there reaction. Reaction in psychology according to verywellmind.com " is a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously replaces an unwanted or anxiety-provoking impulse with its opposite, often expressed in an exaggerated or showy way. ". " The tendency of a repressed wish or feeling to be expressed at a conscious level in a contrasting form". When changes occurs in the workplace employee reactions vary most of the time those reactions are repressed whether positive or especially the negative that increase the level of stress in the employees. You might think I am pro employee but I am not like that, I am considering and studying the fact on what are those changes that take place whether its positive or negative to there self. What I am trying to emphasize here is the condition of the employee when different kind of changes and events occur in the workplace and what is the effect to them and there work. That is when manager communicates or make decision that will involve employee it is important to consider there reaction but not telling them but bearing in mind there reaction to whatever changes and events that will take place so that the well being and stress level of the employees will be managed to lower levels. This is based on the concept of humanistic approach and sensitivity strategy of managers. Before an event will happen or a communication will take place the reaction of employees must be managed already so the manager when they start communicating to employees with different kind psychological and mental health level will be able to manage such scenario which can be a win win situation for both the employee (s) and the manager. As a manager you cannot be insensitive, you must be sensitive to the reaction of the employees before they react and must have contingency plan when positive or negative reaction occurs. Employees have specific duties and responsibilities in the workplace. It begins and clearly stated in the job contract that they sign but you know sometimes contract can be misleading since there are stipulated terms that is not really part of the specific work of an employee in the company that are done by managers to take advantage of employees in the workplace that can be part of being an unethical manager in the workplace. It exist whether you believe it or not that is why it is important that a new employee must review the contract before signing it and must know his right as an employee so that no manager can take advantage of the ignorance of the employees I'm sure there are managers who are like this and will be ashamed when they read this because it is happening. As a manager your role is not to be unethical towards your employees, your role must be to guide and influence employees the ethical and moral way because managers serves as a role model that employees must look up to and value such practice because a negative behavior of manager towards employees will boomerang to the manager, company, to the community, and other people just imagine the damage that is done by an unethical manager to employees it is secretly devastating that sometimes a manager will not know that he did it. That is why it is important that managers must have the highest moral and ethical standards in the dealing with employees in the workplace although it will not happen totally but the act of trying to be ethical and moral will have good positive effects to the company and relationships that is taking place within workplaces. There are negative people today in the society because of what others have done to them because whether positive or negative it will multiply and will have an effect in the society and by the end of the day the society and community will be the recipient of the cycle.
So what are those unethical practices of managers according to research. 1. For financial gain- They take advantage of there position to have money. This is not something new because during the holidays I even personally experience this because there are some institution are doing this because the managers uses there power to accumulate money by circumventing the processes and policies that exist in the institution. 2.Prestige-Managers uses there position and power to achieve promotion. I have seen that as well that they will manipulate things so that they can take advantage of promotion, take credit for some work that they didn't do just to have that needed prestige in the company. Is it really necessary? 3.Power- The need for power so that managers will feel that they are powerful but being a manager is not about being powerful it is a work to be done to achieve the goals and objectives of the organization it didn't say accumulation of power but sometimes because the company selected wrong managers that is why unethical managers exist. 4. Fraud- Since managers have power they think that they can do anything in there authority by committing fraud such as falsified reports, false expense reimbursements requests, awarding contracts to vendors that have high returns to them, selling information to others, stealing company supplies, using supplies for personal use, redirecting institutional money to there pocket, uses power to sell to his employees like insurance, networking and so on and so forth. just to gain more money! 5. Bribery and corruption-This involves the manager offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of improper inducements, money, gifts, and favors to influence specific outcomes that compromises the integrity of the processes of the company. 6. Conflict of interest-there are some that uses there position because of there personal interest or group interest that they belong in this is one of the most rampant nowadays because most managers must be in a specific group to be able to have that position and slowly the interest of the group will be lobbied and the group (those groups will always have there own agenda whether you believe it or not) will benefit and others will be the last priority. providing the workplace with unequal opportunity across employees. It is important to check the moral and ethical practices of the manager before putting them in certain position that have a large scope of authority so that the interest of the organization and the employees will be the priority in order to achieve the goals and objectives of the organization. Organization becomes messy, ineffective, inefficient because of such unethical behaviors of managers. That is why I always recommend that managers must be carefully chosen and not on the basis of politics in any organization if you want to transform your organization. When someone is seen not doing anything is lazy. All of us have this moment in our life that we do not want to do anything which can be considered as laziness. No one is spared when it comes to this kind of behavior regardless of your lazy sometimes in our lives we became lazy but there are people are really very lazy and this article is all about the science of laziness so that we can understand why people behave that way in the workplace. The big question really in this article are they really lazy?
What is Laziness? Laziness is a popular world all over the globe. According to my research that I get from the internet from a reliable source of the topic laziness " According to a study published in 2018 in the journal Human Arenas, laziness can be regarded as a failure to act or perform as expected due to conscious, controllable factors — namely a lack of individual effort. " when an employee is not doing his work which means he fails to act it is called laziness or something that is expected to be performed but did not do it, its laziness. There is that element of individual effort that is lacking in the individual. In other research laziness is found in the gene. Although they say its up to the person if they want to be lazy but sometimes they can do anything about it because it is in the genes but the study says if a person knows that a person is lazy he must overcome that laziness. Many expert believe that there is no one lazy as I also believe as I teach it in class that there is no one lazy he might be undergoing something that made any person lazy. According to price laziness appear to be a lack of motivation, may be because of exhaustion, traumatized, in need of support if I can add in the list it will be depression, anxiety, and fear which is related to mental health problem in general because otherwise if they don't have a person will be totally productive in the workplace or at home. Other experts believe it is all about procrastination but i don't think that it is the cause of laziness it is just a habit of someone who is working that he makes such delays which cannot be laziness but only delaying the work because of the cause of laziness. procrastination is only a bad habit that can be changed. and it is subjective same as true with laziness it is subjective and disposition of an individual. Other research believe that different people uses there energy level differently some uses more energy in thinking rather than physical activity since people perceive laziness as not doing physical activity which is subjective. Intellectual energy is not used in physical energy which means that laziness can be a diversion of using energy from physical to intellectual energy. Therefore, laziness can be attributed to genes, procrastination, mental health problems, diversion of using energy. People only judge others by being lazy because of what they see in the actual which is only the tip of the iceberg but basically there are underlying issues that needs to be studied to be discovered rather than labelling a person as lazy in the workplace or even in the community. Laziness therefore is just a judgment that people give to those who stationary in there life. So the next time that you see someone doing nothing or not performing the task given to him don't label the person lazy because you don't know what the person is going on mentally and cognitively. |
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