Productivity

Ways to Increase Performance and Productivity

     Owners and managers of businesses across the United States all have the same problem. This problem has to do with reaching maximum employee performance and Productivity. Many owners and managers do not know how to correct this major problem. The purpose of this report is to provide employers with a wide range of motivational Strategies for achieving excellence by enhancing employee performance and productivity. My role in relation to this problem is to decide as an employee which strategy I would like imposed on me. However, sometimes the employee does not have a choice. My role as a Writer of this report is to inform owners and managers of different motivational strategies they can utilize.   During my research I have compiled several motivational strategies I believe are excellent. These strategies include organizational behavior modification, rewarding high performance, building effective work teams, reducing employee stress, and enhancing employee participation.

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Executive Summary

I. Introduction

II. Problem

III. Organizational Behavior Modification

IV. Rewarding High Performance

A. Sterling Optical Company

B. Costs

V. Building Effective Work Teams

A. Promoting Pride

B. Developing a Norm of Teamwork

VI. Reducing Employee Stress

A. Consequences of Stress

VII. Enhancing Employee Participation

VIII. Summary

IX. Conclusion

X. Recommendations

XI. Works Cited

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Table 1. A table which shows the elements of a performance improvement program otherwise known as a motivational strategy technique.

  Graph 1. A line graph showing the relationship between performance and stress

Executive Summary

     This report examines the necessity employer’s face in trying to improve employee productivity. Many times employees can...