Week 7 Observation Journal
Class BA 352 Yu Sun Week Six Observation Journal
Week Six Observation Journal: Organizational The selected Organization is computer maintenance and software development
organization in the United States. Observations made were recorded. The focus while collecting the data was to observe cultural taxonomies, personality effects on organizational performance and observing cognitive, emotional and physical abilities.
While making observations, Schwartz Cultural Taxonomy was noticed. This taxonomy includes Embeddedness, Autonomy, Mastery, Harmony, Hierarchy, and Egalitarianism (Hanel PHP). An embedded culture wishes to stick to its existing policies and Autonomy is not given to the employees. Group harmony was observed rather than autonomy in the working patterns. This is so because employees are directly reporting to the CEO. A clear Hierarchal system is being used by rather than Egalitarian system in which everyone has the power to perform independence and innovation. In the Hierarchal system, the proper system is being followed in which every successive person is reporting to the CEO. A collectivist culture is seen with a power distant approach in which everyone is accepting the directions with low uncertainty avoidance. While working in the hierarchal and group dynamic principals, people in the organization are performing for the betterment of the organization and the group leader. The CEO is a motivational factor for the whole group. People are conscientiousness and they agree to all the policies that are devised by the CEO. They are high in Neuroticism because they accept the tasks and do according to the directions. Openness to experience is low because they are just following trends and guidelines. They are highly extrovert because they interact with the group (Ownsworth).
The organization measures abilities and this performance appraisal help to motivate the employees so that they get better and work with high motivation for the organization (Hugo M. Kehr). The company measures the cognitive skills of the employees because mainly functioning is related to the mental skills of the employees. The company also motivates them to be emotionally strong so that they will be able to withstand the challenges and meet deadlines when there are tight schedules. Physical exertion is not involved but the company focuses they must be happy and healthy because their good cognitive skills are related to their good physical health. Their good cognitive, emotional and physical skills will improve the performance of the organization.
The organization attracts and retains expertise and can make the organization grow. Company recruits the best talent by giving advertisements on the website and the local job boards. Then those who apply and come for an interview, they are kept with the company at good salary packages because their abilities. These people have worked in several organizations and are strong at emotional and cognitive abilities. As they have already worked in diverse teams and can meet the deadlines and know the norms of working in the industry, the organization must keep them at good salary packages and giving some extra benefits to those employees. Besides, OPDP must be initiated for these employees to retain them and bonds must be signed so that they will be retained with the company. These ways will keep the employees with the organization for a longer period.
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