Critique: Modern Human Relations at Work

Critique: Modern human Relations at Work

The idea which the book fails to address is the manner in which emotions play a role in the successful functioning of the organization. Emotions at a work place play a very vital and crucial role in the productivity of an organization. Emotions, including both positive and negative, are directly linked with the productivity of any organization in a sense that the productivity depends upon the employees and the performance of employees depend upon their moods at work. There may be many reasons behind both positive and negative emotions, out of which the intense ones are those which cause the occurrence of strong emotions. The environment of any organization, the targets of the employees, the performance system, the motivation levels, the involvement of the employees in the decision making processes, the incentive systems, the recognitions on achievements, methods of appreciating the employees and the attitudes of the management are all the factors which play a very important role in the development of either positive or negative emotions within any working environment.

The productivity of an organization is affected by the emotions when all these factors are not in the direction in which they should have been. The differences between the management and the employees, the awful hierarchy layers of an organization, the late delivery of the demands of the employees and the stress in the working environment of an organization are the factors which lead to negative emotions within an organization. The roles of these negative emotions have proven to be very diverse for the best interests of an organization. The productivity of the employees experiences an immediate and exponential downfall because of the fact that negative emotions de-motivate the employees. On the other hand, the positive emotions play a vital role in the increased productivity levels for an organization. This happens when the performance system is in the favor of the employees.

The emotional factors at work place can be comprehensively linked directly with the economical factors of any organization. The major relation between these two is established when the productivity of the organization is kept under consideration. The impact of diversity in the types of emotions on the economic stability of an organization varies in this context, depending upon the intensity of the situation. An example of employee motivation can be given as a reference here. The motivation level of the employees has a direct impact on the performance of the employee within working environment. An environment, having very little or no motivation for the employees will result in a scenario where the employees would not like to pay attention to their work. This will directly affect the economical state of any organization since the productivity will not be there. Similar is the case with the involvement of employees in the managerial and organizational decision making process.

For attaining the motivation and interest of the working staff, it is very important for the top management of any organization to involve every individual ...