RETENTION & MOTIVATION

  Employees should have autonomy or be micro-managed?   Source: (Ross, No Year) Before we delve into the subject, let us first understand the two terms: Autonomy is when the employees have the freedom to work on their own without any or very little interference from management. Employees decide how and when their work should be done (Wooll, 2021). Organizations that practice autonomy will have benefits that I will be discussing in the following paragraphs. Micro-Management - This is really quite the opposite of autonomy. The micro-management is when the boss supervises the entire tasks within the team. They do not give any decision-making power to their employees and obsessed with information gathering (Petrova, 2023). Now let me say which approach is ideal. Whether it is autonomy or micro-managing? From the definitions told above, it is quite obvious that micro-management will have a negative connotation. However, it has its own purpose. We should never jump ...

  Is Office Politics Good or Bad? Is it Prevalent Everywhere? Obviously Yes. Well. Let us first put the context of what actually is Office Politics. Source: (Nzalambi, No Year) Corporate Politics is the use of power, influence and networking within an organization to achieve personal or group goals often at the expense of others or the overall organizational goals. Moreover, it has a greater impact on organizational climate, employee morale, decision-making processes and career development opportunities within an organization (LinkedIn, 2023). Now that we have see what actually is Corporate Politics, let us now delve into the interesting aspect. Is workplace politics actually good? Is there something called Good Office Politics? Yes, there is. Good politics is all about building networking and building stakeholder relationships around the corporate hierarchy and across the industry (Corporate Finance Institute, No Year). All across the organization work in tandem in the...

  Does Trust Matter At Work Place? Also, does it have a positive Correlation With Motivation and Retention- Absolutely!!! Trust takes years to build, seconds to break and forever to repair (Grossman, 2022). Is this statement true or false? True. Trust is built on being honest, mutual respect, collaboration, being authentic and having empathy. When organization culture is built on such a structure it will foster strong bond among leaders and employees. This will improve employee engagement, retention and business results (Grossman, 2022). An environment built on Trust will have the following: Trust will enhance productivity, reduce stress and anxiety, and increase innovation. On the other hand, low trust will make businesses incur unnecessary costs, lower productivity and followers feel anxiety and stress (Patmore, 2020). Source: (Ulusoy, 2023)   Moreover, additional benefits of a positive trusted environment will bring (Martic, 2023): Enhanced teamwork and collab...

  Employee Turnover: Causes and Recommended Solutions The organization needs to to find the causes of employee turnover and needs to employ retention strategies if it is to sustain its business. Research indicates that there are a myriad of reasons for employees to leave. This includes job stress, job satisfaction, job security, work environment, motivation, wages, and rewards. Moreover, turnover has a great effect in terms of costs and adversely affects productivity, sustainability, competitiveness, and profitability. To run the organization smoothly the strategies need to be formulated and implemented which will help improve employee satisfaction and reduce turnover (Abdullah Al-Suraihi et al., 2021). The organization suffers financially both in terms of direct and indirect costs. Expenses incurred as a result of staff turnover include advertising expenses, resource management expenses, loss of time and efficiency, work imbalance, and training and development e...

Relationship between Motivation and Employee Retention The success and failure of any organization is dependent on how motivated and satisfied the employees are. It is quite evident in today’s competitive environment that employee retention is crucial for the achievement of organizational goals (Shah and Asad, 2018). Organizations that study their employees’ key motivators and use them for encouragement can enhance job satisfaction.  (Leapsome Team, No Year). Employees can be motivated by financial rewards and non-financial rewards. In the current business context, financial rewards are not enough to satisfy the employees on their jobs. For organizations to motivate and retain employees the organizational culture, compensation, reward, recognition, promotion opportunities, work environment and organizational justice should be present (Shah and Asad, 2018). Businesses should be mindful of Herzberg’s theory of two dimensions of motivation to work. One is referred to as the hygiene fa...