IMPLICATIONS
For Individuals
1.
Most
individuals believe in their personal growth. Even today, training and
development, promotion to the next higher position dominates the organization
philosophy.
2.
Majority
of the people are desirous of making greater contributions to the organizations
they are serving. Achievements of organizational goals are however, subject to
limitations or environmental constraints. It is for the organizations to tap
the skills that are available in abundance.
This leads to adopt the following organization strategy for development:
•
Ask
questions to resolve doubts.
•
Listen
to superior’s advice.
•
Support
employees in their venture.
•
Accept
challenge.
•
Leaders
to encourage creativity and promote risk taking.
•
Give
additional responsibility to subordinates.
•
Set
high standards of quality.
•
Empower
employees.
Initiate suitable reward
system that should be compatible, if not more than the industry norms.
For
Groups
a)
One
of the most important factors in the organization is the ‘work group’ around
whom the organization functions. This includes the peer group and the leader
(boss)
b)
More
people prefer to be part of the group because the group accepts them.
Most people are capable of making higher contributions to the group’s
effectiveness.
Following strategy is required to be adopted for group development based
on the above assumptions:
a)
Invest
in training and development of the group. Money and time spent on this is an investment for the organization. Leaders
should also invest in development of skills and thus help create a position
organizational climate.
b)
Let
the team flourish. Teams are the best approach to get the work done. Apart from
the above, teams enjoy emotional and job satisfaction when they work in groups.
c) Leaders should adopt team leadership style and
not autocratic leadership style. To do this, jobs should be allotted to the team
and not to the individualIt is not possible for one individual (leader) to
perform both, the leadership and maintenance functions. It is therefore
necessary for team members to assist leader in performance of his duties.
d ) Group should be trained in conflict
management, stress management, group decision-making, collaboration, and
effective interpersonal communication. This will improve organizational
effectiveness. Empowerment is the corner stone of the successful organizations.
e) Leaders should pay particular attention to the
feelings of the employees. It should be understood that suppressed feeling and
attitudes adversely affect problem-solving, personal growth and job
satisfaction.
f) Development of group cohesiveness.
For
Organizations
a) Create learning organization
culture.
b) Adopt win-win strategy for sustained
growth.
c) Create cooperative dynamics rather
than competitive organizational dynamics in the organization.
d)
Needs
and aspirations of the employees in the organization must be met. This leads to
greater participation of the employees. Organizations should adopt
developmental outlook and seek opportunities in which people can
experience personal and professional
growth.
e)
Such orientation creates a self-fulfilling
prophecy. People must be
treated with due respect and considered important. The credit of success must
be given to the employees unconditionally.
f)
Promote
organizational citizenship.
g)
It is possible to create organizations that
are humane, democratic and empowering on one hand and high performing in terms
of productivity, quality of output, profitability, and growth on the other. It
is the responsibility of every entrepreneur to ensure that the needs of the
society are met.