Consulting Report
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Consulting Report
Case synopsis
The case scenario Carly Curro presented focuses on a recent policy change her employer imposed on meal time requirements. The anonymous employer instituted optional thirty minute lunch breaks, which were previously mandatory, to employees. Those employees whom select to forgo their meal period will be allowed to leave work thirty minutes early. It is important to note that not all employees partake in the “no lunch” option, regardless all employees are still entitled to their two 15 minute paid breaks. Carly’s case further details how this organization relied upon feedback from its employees, through surveys and interviews, to develop the new policy change. Since the amendment was imposed job performance and organizational commitment is said to have increased, especially for those employees whom were not regularly taking lunch breaks. This scenario brings to light the specific question of motivation in the work force, and how a company, such as the one mentioned above, can find new ways to motivate their workforce and create increased performance and job commitment. The following report will analyze the impact this specific policy change can have on the overall work environment in the areas of motivation, performance, and commitment.
Scholarly Framework
As David Wyld (2011) explains in his research brief on the correlation between salary and work place happiness, it is all but a myth that employee satisfaction goes hand in hand with financial compensation. Although individual studies aim to prove that this is true, researchers have done their due diligence in thoroughly assessing the results from 86 previous studies on the subject. They have discovered that although pay may be a motivator for some employees, larger wages do not directly correlate to a satisfied employee base. These researchers went on to compare an increase in wages to that of the short-lived joy of newlyweds, meaning that job satisfaction would...
Case synopsis
The case scenario Carly Curro presented focuses on a recent policy change her employer imposed on meal time requirements. The anonymous employer instituted optional thirty minute lunch breaks, which were previously mandatory, to employees. Those employees whom select to forgo their meal period will be allowed to leave work thirty minutes early. It is important to note that not all employees partake in the “no lunch” option, regardless all employees are still entitled to their two 15 minute paid breaks. Carly’s case further details how this organization relied upon feedback from its employees, through surveys and interviews, to develop the new policy change. Since the amendment was imposed job performance and organizational commitment is said to have increased, especially for those employees whom were not regularly taking lunch breaks. This scenario brings to light the specific question of motivation in the work force, and how a company, such as the one mentioned above, can find new ways to motivate their workforce and create increased performance and job commitment. The following report will analyze the impact this specific policy change can have on the overall work environment in the areas of motivation, performance, and commitment.
Scholarly Framework
As David Wyld (2011) explains in his research brief on the correlation between salary and work place happiness, it is all but a myth that employee satisfaction goes hand in hand with financial compensation. Although individual studies aim to prove that this is true, researchers have done their due diligence in thoroughly assessing the results from 86 previous studies on the subject. They have discovered that although pay may be a motivator for some employees, larger wages do not directly correlate to a satisfied employee base. These researchers went on to compare an increase in wages to that of the short-lived joy of newlyweds, meaning that job satisfaction would...