Strategies for Organizations Behaviors

¶ … Organizational Behavior There are a wide array of different organizational behavioral problems that are common in the workplace. These problems can exist in nearly every organization that is in operation -- even in some of the best run organizations in the world. There is no one way of leadership or management that can alleviate the problems with organizational behaviors that one might encounter in the workplace.

There are however many best practices that a leader can try to implement into their team environments that can work as an inoculation to some of the more common organizational problems. One of the most common problems is communication. However, many other problems such as running effective meetings and designing fair and sustainable compensation packages are also among the top of the list. This paper will briefly introduce these issues as well as provide a short discussion of ways to mitigate some of these common problems.

Communication Problems Effective communication is as much an art as it is a science. Communication is a difficult topic to study because it is so dynamic and subjective in nature. It can be hard to identify the factors that are responsible for good and/or bad communication styles. However, at the same time, effective communication is generally cited as one of the most important critical success factors in nearly every leadership models. Furthermore, there are many different types of communication styles and mediums that can be effective in different situations.

There is no ideal style yet some styles are better than others. One common problem within modern organizations and their ability to communicate lies within cultural differences. People from different backgrounds or with different worldviews can have difficulty relating to each other in normal day-to-day conversations. This situation can cause some employees to actually avoid communicating with other employees who are diverse in one way or another. From situations like these, an in-group and out-group associations can form within the employee pool which results in a breakdown in communication.

However, if leaders can work to facilitate communication and break-down these barriers it can actually serve as an organizational asset. Some research has indicated that teams and organizations whose members are heterogeneous in meaningful ways, for example, in skill set, education, work experiences, perspectives on a problem, cultural orientation, and so forth, have a higher potential for innovation than teams whose members are homogeneous (Nelson, 2014). However, to achieve these advantages the team needs to learn to overcome their communication barriers.

One tactic is to be an effective facilitator among groups or even designate official facilitators within groups to guide conversations. There can also be various team building exercises conduct to help teams become more cohesive and overcome barriers in communications more easily. Effective Meetings Holding effective meetings is another problem that is common within organizations. Many organizations can either hold too many or too few meetings. Furthermore, the meetings that they do hold can be basically useless in regards to furthering organizational objectives.

Meetings can be expensive to hold in regards to their costs relative to the organization. Not only does it take away from the time available for the employees to work on their primary responsibilities, but it also adds to payroll expenses as well. Meetings should only be conducted in person when it is actually valuable to do so.

For example, one common mistake is for a leader to host meetings on a regular basis for no apparent cause of for them to plan a meeting for something that could be effectively managed through email or with a face-to-face with one or two employees. Furthermore, with the aid of all the modern technology available in today's organizations, there are many options available that can also substitute for traditional meetings.

Because of the virtual revolution, businesses can collaborate and make decisions faster; however, all meeting attendees should learn to respect each other, communicate, and appreciate each other's cultural differences just as they would in a traditional meetingInvalid source specified. Virtual meetings can be held to effectively cover all the topics that need to be discussed without devoting all of the organizational resources that are necessary in a traditional meeting.

Furthermore, a leader can even record a presentation to inform a team of upcoming changes, something that might be done in a traditional meeting format, except with the recording the employees can watch the presentation when they have available time without having to neglect their daily routine. Furthermore, they can also email any questions they might have without having to be physically present to interact in this format. Compensation Packages Compensation packages are another common source of tension in many organizations.

If the employees do not feel they are being compensated fairly, then this could led to higher levels in employees' intentions to quit as well as lower job performance. Fair and equitable compensation has many advantages for both employees and employers. There are many performance-based compensation packages that can be designed to base the employee's compensation directly on their total output through bonuses that can be tied to performance metrics. Furthermore, there are also innovative.