Jenna’s Kitchen Essay

Low moral/ low productiveness. Didnt listen to Judis recommendation of not listening. Main Problem tip managements push to save money by moving from there downtown location to a warehouse, lowered status of employees -made job less prestigious -no interminable a better company to work for than their competitors. Low conceptual skills from management -they didnt see the big picture to foresee how the move would effect the bodily culture of employees/ morale. Solutions Top management needs to weigh as well as see value of pauperization plus jod satisfaction high productivity and attaining loyalty of employees/ low turnover.Tried to solve the low moral with pay increase which leads to less money saved from move plus low change in moral pay increase only leave alones short term change and not true motivation. (Introduction into Business pg 284 half way down. ) What does provide motivation pay increase according to performance not general increase. Effective ways to motivate an d increase morale increased responsibility, recognition, new to a greater extent prestigious job title, reoccurring meetings to hear what employees need. Hear issues involve employees in creating objectives. Incentives, gift cards to downtown restaurants, weekly monthly lunches, using flex times to pass water jobs more appealing. Cons- incentives will cost company in the short term more time in team equals less time for working.Managers will receive to be trained to give more recognition to work with employees might loose employees end up saving money from move. Solutions high level of conceptual skills for top management ie. Learn from mistakes. Self manage work teams, job enrichment, incentives at the new location. Implement meetings for top management to evaluate direction company is headed and to understand the consequences of not listening to regional management and cost cutting. First line manager training to boost moral/motivation of the workers and increase pro ductivity