Changing Nature of Work and Implications for Managers

Topic: Changing nature of work and implications for managers

Introduction

For this paper, we begin by looking at the definition of Organisation Behaviour with a focus on job

satisfaction and motivation; and see how these two workplace behaviours apply to the employees at

Tesla Motors and BMW Group. Furthermore, we determine the implications for managers as a result of

the changes in the workplace. Finally, we finish off with a conclusion that allows us to ponder over the

changes or adapt to the changes.

According to Robbins and Judge (2012, p. 26), Organisation Behaviour or OB ‘is the study of what

people do in an organisation and how their behaviour affects the organisation’s performance’. Moreover,

we cover the definitions of job satisfaction and motivation. Robbins and Judge (2012, p. 40) described

job satisfaction as ‘a positive feeling about a job, resulting from an evaluation of its characteristics’ while

motivation is described ‘as the processes that account for an individual’s intensity, direction, and

persistence of effort toward attaining a goal’ (Robbins and Judge 2012, p. 96). Let us now look at the

two companies and see how they relate to these definitions.

Tesla Motors

According to Tesla Motors (2016), the employees work in small, focused teams that are agile, efficient

and focused on excellence. The pace is fast, the work is stimulating, structure is limited and innovation

is expected. This statement is validated after watching a video on Youtube (2016) about what people

talk about work at Tesla? For instance, John from Battery Systems describes the site as beautiful

compared to a normal car factory; Aditi from Testing and Validation talks about the open plan setting

where people are sitting together regardless of their expertise and working together on coming up with

single solutions; Joe from Retail Development finds it fun to learn from others that have worked longer

than him and knowing their purpose of being there makes...