Issues in Organizational Behavior in an Organization

The Emerging Issues in organizational behavior simulation involved the human resource manager finding resolutions to the recent escalated issues such as stress and motivation, intolerance and misunderstanding towards other cultures, resistance to change and several others.  All of the such would have a major impact on the organizations performance and the organizational culture if they were not attended to in the right manner.

Dealing with Stress

Stress is “a state of tension experienced by individuals facing extraordinary demands, constraints, or opportunities” (George & Jones, 2005). In the current environment of cost restricting and manpower shrinking , personnel need to perform additional tasks due to the increased workload. The stress can be described as in the form of job burnout. Job burnout is “a loss of interest in and satisfaction with a job due to stressful working conditions” (George & Jones, 2005). Job burnout can lead an employee to feel emotionally and physically exhausted, frayed tempers, increased conflicts, and absenteeism.

If stress on employees gets out of control it will directly impact the productivity of the employees which in turn will have an effect on the day to day operations of the company and its bottom line. High stress levels hinder the growth of the organization and it is imperative to uncover the signs of stress early and take immediate action to address it. 

Motivation 

Motivation is defined as “forces coming from within a person that account for the willful direction, intensity, and persistence of the person’s efforts toward achieving of specific goals that are not due to ability or to environmental demands” (Hitt, Miller, & Colella, 2006).

Motivation is important to an organizations performance. Organizations consist of and driven by people so motivated employees are critical to the organizations success. Employees that are motivated want to do a good job whereas unmotivated employees are not concerned if they do a good job. Employees need to want to work in the organization and perform their job well.

When employees feel that the organizations cares employees are more motivated to do a good job for that organization. If an organization has de-motivated employees it can hinder the organizations performance and ultimately its success. 

Cultural Diversity

Cultural Diversity is “a characteristic of a group of people suggesting differences among those people on any relevant dimension” (Hitt, Miller, & Colella, 2006). In today’s world, issues of cultural diverse employees are very common and are challenging organizations.

Organizations need to educated employees to practices and beliefs of different cultures to avoid any issues in the organization. Educating employees in cultural diversity is not an easy task because it is more so than not faced with resistance which makes it imperative to choose the right measure. Cultural diverse organization can produce highly motivated, committed, and better performing employees. When employees perform better the organization itself performs better. The diversity can provide more innovative groups using the different practices and beliefs of the individuals. An organization that embraces cultural diversity, can give them a competitive edge over other organizations. 

Organisational Culture

Organizational culture “is the set of shared values, beliefs, and norms that influence the way employees think, feel, and behave toward each other and toward people outside the organization” (George, Jones 2005). Organizational culture is an important way that organizations coordinate and motivate the behavior of their employees. Organizations can shape employees attitudes and behaviors by the way the organization invests in and rewards its employees and by trying to instill the value of excellence. When employees are stressed de-motivated and have issues with diversity the organization does not have a healthy organizational culture which in turn the makes it very difficult for the organization to succeed. 

Organizations management needs to find the right measures to correct the issues. Stress and de-motivated employees can hinder performance and the success of the organization when not attended to in a timely fashion

The goal of every organization is to achieve success. Without a healthy organizational culture it is very hard for an organization to succeed because the people are what are critical to the organizations success.