The purpose of the paper is to study how management behavior can impact productivity of their workforce, the type of management actions that are inline/out of line with employment laws and suggested best practices working in a diverse environment. In response to a merger that is about to take place with EnviroTech, the task is to draft a memo to supervisors outlining the importance of management behavior. This memo needs outline the importance of the type of behavior that managers should exhibit. The following must be included in the memo: 1.Explaining how a manager’s behavior can impact the productivity of his or her workers. 2. Describing the types of management actions that are in line with employment laws and those that are not. 3. Describing some best practices for working within a diverse work environment.
1. How manager’s behavior impact productivity
Every organization experiences issues and look for ways to increase productivity, and maintain a viable workplace environment. There are many factors which affect the productivity of an organization. Those factors can include material quality, people skills, system & procedures, equipment & tools, knowledge of worker and management skill. Placing all this aside, one of the key crucial factors is the attitude of supervision/leadership. The right attitude within leadership can create viable work environment conducive to high productivity. Negative behavior of a management can turn the best job into a desolate one causing subordinates to loose their productivity and creativity and at time loose their workplace engagement. Negative behavior of management can create an atmosphere of mistrust and fear. This in turn creates a negative impact on productivity and can increases the operational cost. It is important to know employee potential, appreciate their good work. “As managers, we need to be very clear about job requirements and performance standards, we need to treat people as individuals, and we must...