Employee autonomy, specialization, and strategic leadership in organizations

Attribute of Organizations

Autonomy at work

Autonomy at work and freedom to make decisions goes a long way to motivate the employees on achieving much beyond their targets with little or no supervision since they will be responsible for their own decisions. The most interesting job that I have done is being a picnic and tours guide for the high school vacation groups particularly during the school breaks. This involves helping the students to access the interesting sites in groups, planning their logistics, guiding their tours and putting together activities for them. In as much as there was sufficient room to make decisions on my own, there could have been more autonomy extended to me as a guide in terms of the choice of the sites to suggest to the different groups instead of the employer always dictating the sites where a particular group was to be take. There could have been also the autonomy in the choice and range of activities that I would expose the teams to as opposed to an already prepared schedule of activities being handed over to me.

Employee shortage

In a situation where there are shortages in terms of employees, there are various ways that can be used by the organization to ensure the output is maximum and still the few remaining employees are not subjected to exhaustion in the long run. One of the ways is to allow the few employees to specialize in what they are most proficient in within the organization instead of doing everything that is close to their line of specialization. This specialization will then allow a maximization of skills and hence increase in production with much lesser strain and in that case making the employees enjoy their work instead of feeling strained. The other way is to outsource through consultancy the few complex duties that may not be achieved internally with the efficiency needed. This will ensure the shortest time is taken with the highest efficiency to achieve a significant level of production without the employees getting overly stretched. The other internal measure that can be taken is inter-departmental consultation where a department would formally consult another for the particular skills that they have that can help ease the burden from the employees in another department hence making work easier for all within the organization as well as saving on the costs of handling the work.

Importance of Social project

There are several advantages that are associated with getting involved in social projects, for instance it is one of the most efficient ways of creating a brand community and a society that will identify with the brand of the organization carrying out the social project. It is also an easy way of securing the loyalty of the clients even those who do not benefit directly from the social project but hear of the social projects the organization gets involved in. The other advantage for the organization is that it is an easy and efficient way to know and learn of the needs of the community out there and in learning of their shortages, the organization can come in to fill the gap in terms of investment.

The projects selected are the monthly visit by various departments to the elderly homes and interacting with them in order to learn of the challenges that they undergo on a daily basis. This will allow the organization to help solve the misery of the old people who are vulnerable as learning what insights into the history of goods consumption hence ability to learn the consumer trends. The other social project is volunteering in children homes at least once a month by staff from various departments. This is a sure way of helping the vulnerable within the society and also planting the brand name of the organization and its products that will be given to the children during every visit among these children hence in the future they will identify with the brand and buy it hence a sure future market.