Challenges and opportunities A quick look at few dramatic changes now taking place in organization 1. Old employee getting old 2. Corporate Downsizing 3. Temporary working employees 4. Global competition 5. War on terror In short there are lot of challenges and opportunities today for managers to OB concepts. 1. Globalization to Respond Organizations are no longer constrained by national borders, world become global village. • Increased foreign assignment Transferred to your employer’s operating division in another country, Once there, you’ll have to manage workforce, aspiration from employees, and attitudes from those you are used to back home • Working with different people Working with bosses, peers and other employees who were born and raised in different culture, to work effectively with them you’ve to understand how their culture, geographic and religion have shaped them. • Coping with Anti-capitalism backlash “soak the rich” means fine should be charged with respect of income you earn. Managers at global companies have come to realize that economic values are not universally transferable, need to modify by managers to reflect economic values in those countries they’re working. • Overseeing Movement of jobs to countries with low cost labor In a global economy, jobs tend to flow to places where lower cost provide business firms with a comparative advantages • Managing people During the war on terror An understanding of OB topics such as emotions, motivation, communication and leadership can help managers to deal more effectively with their employees’ fear about terrorism 2. Managing workforce diversity The people in organization are becoming heterogeneous demographically, Workforce diversity= whereas globalization focuses on differences between people from different countries, mix of people in terms of gender, age, race, and sexual orientation. Embracing diversity Changing US demographics Changing management philosophy Recognizing and responding to difference 3. Improving Quality and productivity World added capacity in response to increase demand. Excess capacity translate in increase competition, is forcing managers to reduce costs and, at the same time; improve the organization quality and productivity. 4. Improving Customer service OB can contribute to improving an organization’ performance by showing that how employees’ attitude and behavior are associated with customer satisfaction.
5. Improving people skills Designing motivating jobs, how creating effective teams, techniques for improving interpersonal skills 6. Stimulating innovation and change Victory will go the organization the maintain their flexibility, continually improve their quality and beat their competition in market place. An organization’s employees can be major block in change, the challenge to the manager to stimulate their creativity and tolerance for change. 7. Coping with Temporariness Survival for the organization, is need to move fast and flexible and innovative in their products, jobs are redesigned, task are done by flexibility, trained old employees with new technology, better understanding of change, overcome resistance to change, create organizational culture 8. Working in network organization Global working through one link i.e. INTERNET, technology changes the people to work together and communicate at thousand miles, people can work from their home and non office locations. 9. Helping employees Balance work-life conflicts Flexible Working hours, reporting time, creating opportunities for employees, job security, design workplace and jobs 10.Creating positive Work Environment Human strength, vitality, right person appointed at right place, effort on what good for organization. 11.Improving Ethical Behavior Manager shouldn’t place an order on which subordinate don’t agree Define clearly the right and wrong conduct Fair policy and appropriate system Increase confidence and trust over organization Have some logic against order you place to employees
