THE ETHICAL CHOCOLATE COMPANY

The Ethical Chocolate Company



The Ethical Chocolate Company

Introduction

An organization will not stand on its own as it works only due to the occurrence of its employees who works into it. All of us who reside in the democracy would desire to accept as factual that the organization in which we work are inclined to supply us with equality, esteem and an impartial environment. The Ethical Chocolate Company is facing problems relating to the employee motivation which took place due to the stress at work. This stress is caused by the turnover of the staff members which has vastly increased; furthermore, sickness rates are also the highest they have ever been. In addition to this, the Ethical Chocolate Company has 10 production lines and these production lines are often short of staff due to the employee turnover and sickness rates, therefore, to keep production going, staff need to move and work on an unconventional production line. According to the Managing Director, Mr. Graham, the staff members do not like this, as they are working in a different team and so it often produces a difficult working atmosphere. The situation is made worse by the different production line supervisors disagreeing and arguing about which product is most important and which lines should be operating and which should close for the day. However, it is not the case with all as demeanor of one worker tends to be distinct from the other. Hence it can be said that the general demeanor of an organization completely counts on the traits of the workers who work in it. The workplace of the Ethical Chocolate Company has to have a decorum which every worker should maintain.

Discussion

Stress at Work

Stress in a work place may arise due to the components of stress which is conflict. In an organization like the Ethical Chocolate Company, there are some employees working and it is compelled to occur that between them or with the management. A confrontation may originate on an issue like in the case of the Ethical Chocolate Company; the problem took place due to the turnover and the rotation of the work which took place due to the unexplained job design. This undefined job design in the company affects the motivation level of the employees due to which the employees wants to switch their jobs. This lays influence exactly on the general profits of the organization. In an organization, the lowest part of confrontation is the accuse game; it determinants some difficulties and the large scale drawback are that the organization bears from it is the buyer dissatisfaction. Stress is a normal physical response to events that upset an individual's conventional balance (Doyle, 2003, pp. 111-158). This instinct has followed the development and is commonly referred to as “fight or flight” mode or syndrome; this reaction is stress. Stress is normal and natural and it can increase the performance of an employee. Although, when stress gets too high it can cause ...