Victor Lipman, a Forbes Magazine contributor talks about the management practices that help enhance productivity in organizations. The article outlines the activities that managers can engage in to improve productivity in an organization.
This review will compare, synthesize, and evaluate the effects of these practices. The article states that all managers expect their employees to be productive. This helps the company to achieve its set goals and objectives. It helps the organization to carry out operations as per the required standards.
Lipman states that companies that lack proper management suffer low productivity. Studies have shown that employees need proper management to be productive in their field of work (Lipman, 2013). Neglect or poor management could lead to low productivity and poor performance in the workplace. Lipman’s statements are consistent with these studies.
The article outlines practices that managers can carry out to achieve organizational targets. The practices are broken down into seven steps. These steps according to Lipman help improve the productivity of employees in a company.
Lipman suggests that managers should develop economic motivators for employees in all levels. Companies tend to favor senior level management by offering them incentives, while neglecting lower level employees. The outcome is poor employee productivity.
Companies that offer economic motivation to all employee levels tend to have higher productivity. The article states that giving feedback to employees is necessary, even if it is negative. It can be argued that employees who do not get feedback tend to repeat mistakes.
Lipman advises managers to offer feedback in a way that will encourage employees to be more productive. He describes this practice as a cornerstone in management.
The article stresses that respect is a powerful tool in management. Lipman advises managers to respect each employee as an individual because it helps build good relationships. When an employee feels respected, they are likely to work harder.
The article suggests that training is essential to all levels of employees. Focusing on all levels of employees helps build mutual professionalism and competence. Lipman validates this point by stating he received more training as a top-level employee than as a low-level employee.
Support for employees is another practice the article prescribes. To expound on this point, managers need to support employees at all levels. This is by re-equipping outdated systems and offering emotional support. Lipman explains that it helps build the employee’s loyalty.
He advices management that leadership in a company models behavior. Leaders should therefore behave in a way the employees can emulate. He states that when leaders are “all talk” employees easily notice, and this can lower their productivity.
In summary, the article talks about enhancing employee management by looking at the leadership and high-level employees as the ones at fault. Lipman’s article gives a guideline to management on how to engage employees for better productivity.
Management and good organizational behavior relies on effective communication among all levels of employees. However, Lipman concentrates solely on high-level management. The article is therefore one-sided and does not offer adequate management advice.
To improve employee productivity, management has to focus on more than just top-level employees or incentives. The article should have also covered employee relations at the lower levels. This helps in bottom-top communication in an organization, boosting productivity. To be successful, all levels of employees must work together towards a mutual goal.
Reference
Lipman, V. (2013, June 16). 7 Management Practices That Can Improve Employee Productivity, Forbes Magazine. Retrieved from www.forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2013/06/17/7-management-practices-that- can-improve-employee-productivity