Task 1: Teaching employees the proper usage of machineries
To allow users to know the appropriate and proper procedures to operate machineries, employees must be equipped with sufficient and effective operating knowledge. It is important that this information is made known to operators because this will ensure smooth operation in the plant, which maximizes profits.
In doing so, a schedule should be planned to let employees undergo training whenever there are new recruits, or whenever the organization procures any new equipments. In addition to that, efforts by management should be made to ensure that employees retain the information; which is detrimental to the plant’s operating efficiency. To determine if there is information retention, management should conduct tests and hands-on scenarios for employees to apply what they have learnt; their performance will be assessed and graded accordingly. To encourage employee involvement and information retention, management should make an effort to give recognition to outstanding employees. To do so, awards, coupons, and certificates can be given to employees who display satisfactory performance.
Safety is a very important issue because it affects the overall well-being of an employee. Especially in conditions which deal with potential hazardous chemicals, or filling of gases in compressed cans, any kind of unforeseen accidents can happen. Such accidents could be results of human err or negligence, this is where the importance of proper operating procedure can be noticed. Any negligence can result to minimal or serious injuries; however, this can be avoided by emphasizing the importance of safety to employees. To do so, management should periodically organize training sessions for employees to learn how to handle an emergency situation. For example, if a can is going to explode due to an over-fill of air pressure, he should immediately pass it to the person nearest to an open exit and let him leave it in the designated safe zone; this way, the explosion would cause minimal damages.
While all efforts seem to be on emphasizing efficiency, management should recognize the fact that employees are the ones doing the hands-on work and their feedback is detrimental to the plant’s progress. Feedback and suggestions should be welcomed by management so that they can discover new areas of improvement; improvements are necessary because without it, the organization would be stagnant and continuously working under the same conditions. While changes can be made to improve on working procedures, nothing can be done if there is no feedback, also known as input, if there is a good suggestion because no one voices it out. To encourage employee feedback, awards in the form of movie tickets, or gift certificates can be given out.
To motivate employees to work hard, there can be a variety of ways but what I would suggest is to get to know employees and build a rapport and maintain a healthy relationship with them. If there is good management-worker relationship, communication would be easier. With easier communication, management can relate their objectives for the organization to employees more effectively.
Management should give encouragement to employees in the form of recognition and praise; this will boost worker’s morale and ensure a positive working attitude within them. If they have a positive working synergy, they would enjoy working in the organization and develop a sense of belonging; on an overall, it creates a win-win situation for both management and its employees.
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