Alexis Bryan
BUSI 472
DB # 4
Have you ever been a member of an organization that had a high degree of trust,
commitment, and effort? Did that organization also evidence a large amount of
cooperation, innovation, and unification (a feeling that everyone was working toward a
common goal)? If so, what was the case? What, in your opinion, made all of that happen?
This question pertains to me because I am currently a member of an organization that
requires a high degree of trust, commitment, and effort. I work for a health care agency as a
scheduling director. Where we hire certified nursing assistants to provide in-home companion
care for our elderly and disabled patients. This organization is built on a foundation of trust and
unification, our goal is to form relationships with our patients to give them comfort that we are
here to provide for them in any situation. Our staff has weekly meetings to regroup and relax.
We have a small amount of office staff as well as over one hundred nursing assistants out
in the field. In order for all of us to make sure we are on the same page, we come together and
have monthly in-service meetings to encourage our nursing assistants and reward them for all of
their hard work. We provide snacks, love, and gifts to form a sense of community and family
within our organization. This unity allows the girls in the field to form relationships with us in
the office that make their schedules and are constantly contacting them with new opportunities.
Jose Costa of Huffington Post says, “Multiple research studies and surveys across the years have
shown that feeling appreciated is a key driver of employee engagement in the work-place”
(Costa, 2016). This is such a true statement because everyone wants to feel appreciated for their
hard work and know that they are doing a good job.
In order for the company as a whole to grow and fix any issues we may have, conferences
and team building programs are available for companies like ours. This allows us to get ideas and
find ways to make our organization better and run more effectively.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12, “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For
if they fall, one will lift his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not
another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm
alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a
threefold cord is not quickly broken.”
References:
Costa, J. (2016, July 13). Incentives: The Importance of Rewarding Your Employees. Retrieved
December 19, 2017, from https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-costa/incentives-the-
importance_b_10972834.html
