| Description |
xxxiii, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-346) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- About the authors -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Worker motivation, morale, and performance -- pt. 1. Worker motivation, morale, and performance -- ch. 1. What workers want - the big picture -- Blame it on the young -- What people actually say about work -- Three factors -- The evidence -- How the three factors work in combination -- Individual differences -- ch. 2. Employee enthusiasm and business success -- Making the connection -- Tell us in your own words -- A few leading organizations -- Enthusiasm and business performance -- Building the people performance model -- pt. 2. Enthusiastic workforces, motivated by fair treatment -- ch. 3. Job security -- Justice and job security -- Best policies and practices -- ch. 4. Compensation -- Money as seen by workers -- Money as seen by employers -- The level of pay -- Pay for performance -- Strategies for effective compensation -- ch. 5. Respect -- The heart of respect -- Humiliating treatment -- Indifferent treatment -- The specifics of respectful treatment -- Physical working conditions -- Status distinctions -- Job autonomy -- Constrained communication -- Day-to-day courtesies -- |
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pt. 3. Enthusiastic workforces, motivated by achievement -- ch. 6. Organization purpose and principles -- Elements of company pride -- Company ethics and business results -- Ethics in the treatment of employees -- Getting practical : translating words into deeds -- ch. 7. Job enablement -- Ah, bureaucracy! The evil that just won't go away -- A management style that works -- Layers of management -- The benefits of self-managed teams -- ch. 8. Job challenge -- Is this an aberration, are workers delusional, or are they lying? -- Given a choice, few people volunteer to fail -- Push and pull forces -- ch. 9. Feedback, recognition, and reward -- Do workers get the feedback they need? -- Guidance : cognitive feedback -- A short course on giving guidance -- Evaluation, recognition, and reward -- Promoting from within -- Dealing with unsatisfactory performance -- Feedback sets priorities -- pt. 4. Enthusiastic workforces, motivated by camaraderie -- ch. 10. Teamwork -- A look back -- Are we doing better now? -- Socializing while working -- The negative effect of uncooperative co-workers -- Contentious workgroups are a drag -- Building partnership -- A short course on effective partnership workshops -- |
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pt. 5. Bringing it all together : The total organization culture-- and how to change it -- ch. 11. The partnership organization -- Partnership and its alternatives -- Application to other constituencies -- ch. 12. Translating partnership theory into partnership practice -- It starts at the top -- The action process -- pt. 6. Appendices -- Appendix A : Survey administration and population composition -- Appendix B : Reliability and validity of the data -- Appendix C : Job satisfaction . demographic, occupational, and regional breaks -- Appendix D : Comparisons with other norms -- Appendix E : The Readiness Questionnaire -- Endnotes -- Index. |
| Summary |
Enthusiastic employees outproduce and outperform. They step up to do the impossible. They rally each other in tough times. Most people are enthusiastic when they're hired: hopeful, ready to work hard, eager to contribute. What happens to dampen their enthusiasm? Management, that's what. This book draws on 30 years of research and experience to show you exactly what managers do wrong and what they should do instead. Drawing on detailed case studies and employee attitude surveys in hundreds of companies, the authors offer research-proven solutions, not fads, nostrums, or phony shortcuts. Along the way, you'll identify the dollars-and-cents business case for high employee morale, learn exactly what employee morale means, and discover the specific management practices that offer the greatest positive performance impact. |
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Employee morale.
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Employee motivation.
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Job satisfaction.
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Success in business.
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| Added Author |
Mischkind, Louis A.
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Meltzer, Michael Irwin.
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| ISBN |
0131423304 |
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9780131423305 |
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