Category Archives: Business

Why Creating the Right Office Environment is the Most Important Management Issue

Posted by on January 14, 2011 No comments
Paul Stradling asked: At our basic level as human beings we can't help but to undergo psychological, physiological and behavioural changes depending on what environment we are in. Responses to certain stimuli or the lack of them is hard-wired into our design, so it stands to reason that the office environment can dramatically change the way we react to the world, and our perceptions of the world around us. We spend a large amount of our time in the office, and social life is increasingly affected by and replaced by aspects of our work life. As a management issue, the 'design' of the office environment can surely make the difference between high or low performance, productivity and profits. Wide Open Spaces In an ideal world our office environment office interiors would be Read more [...]

The Importance of Creating the Right Environment for Your Business Success

Posted by on January 12, 2011 No comments
Susan L Reid asked: What kind of environment is the right environment for your business success? Are you someone who likes to work in a relaxed, calm, quiet environment, or someone who likes a more interactive, invigorating, exciting environment? There is probably a range of environments you can put up with and get by in. But, have you ever thought about what kind of environment is optimal if you want to create success? Most of us haven't thought about how our environment affects our business success. Instead, we've learned to adapt to less-than-favorable conditions, blaming our sagging energy, increased body aches, and decreased productivity on other factors. The Effects of a Negative Environment Psychologists and industrial engineers have long reported that a negative Read more [...]

Toxic Academic Work Environment – 3 Signs and Sources of the Start of an Intolerable Situation

Posted by on January 5, 2011 No comments
Meggin McIntosh asked:




You’ve heard the nice sayings that other people can’t make you feel bad without your permission, blah, blah, blah.

What Makes a Great Working Environment?

Posted by on January 4, 2011 No comments
Wally Bock asked: We know a lot about what a great working environment is.In a great working environment the mission is being accomplished and morale is high. It's the "user" side of the two key leadership objectives: accomplish the mission and care for your people.Most people know exactly what I mean by a great working environment. They may not be able to list characteristics, or point to research, but they've usually experienced one. So have you.Think about a time in your life when it was great to come to work. If you're lucky there are lots of them. If you're really lucky, now is one of those times.What was it like then? I'll bet you were excited about the work you were doing, and you knew that it was appreciated. You almost certainly felt that you were being treated fairly and that Read more [...]

The Working Environment and How it Affects Your Employees

Posted by on December 28, 2010 No comments
Carolyn C Miller asked: There are a lot of simple but beneficial things around us which we may be taking for granted without us noticing it. In a workplace for example, there are a lot of factors which affects the productivity of an employee, but the employer seem not to care about it for the reason, they may be thinking that it does not affect their employees at all? Physical, Psychological, Mental and Social factors, these are only a few of the top contributors affecting the performance of an employee on work. The impact that it bring is not a little thing that we should not give in any considerations.Employees are the best asset that a company can have, they can only do two things, first, they can put the company on top and second is the reciprocal, and they can put your company down. Read more [...]

Dynamics of Work Environment

Posted by on December 26, 2010 No comments
Gaurav Doshi asked: The work environment is undergoing constant change, i.e. in factories, manufacturing units; production houses the work scenario and working condition is changing. Prolonged working hours, specialization of job profiles, technical complexities for jobs, increase in work pressure, etc are some of the major aspects of work environment that are undergoing changes. In the industrial set ups competition is growing by leaps and bounds. So the main concentration of employers is to increase production, maintain quality of the products yet make the long working hours more pleasant and safe in terms of accidents and fatigue for the employees. There are certain aspects of work environment which could exert positive effect on working capacity of the employee like better working Read more [...]

Business Management and an Enjoyable Work Environment

Posted by on December 21, 2010 No comments
Lance Winslow asked: Do your employees and management staff like their work environment? Can you sense a team effort there? Are people actually happy to be involved in the organization? Are people showing up on time?Does your sick day or holiday numbers come close to your industry average? And yes these questions do go for both small and large business? So, I expect you will answer them truthfully. (NO, no one is going to look at this but you.)If asked; will your employees say that they are happy to be part of your company, small business or organization? What about your upper management? Do they like working there too? Is there turn over at these higher levels? Why and how much turnover?Are your vendors and contractors also happy to do business with you? Do they feel like they are part Read more [...]

5 Tips For Creating a Relational Work Environment

Posted by on December 13, 2010 No comments
Lisa Merlo Booth asked: I'm shocked when I hear and see what goes on in some work environments. Between managers being cold and rude to their employees, bosses yelling at employees, managers refusing to be accountable for their own mistakes yet demanding their employees be accountable for theirs and co-workers talking bad about one another, it's no wonder companies often do so poorly.When companies create a cutthroat work environment and don't take care of their employees, the odds of that company making it decrease drastically. Why? Because high tension, non-relational work environments lead to high turnover, lower productivity, more infighting and loads of resentment. The bottom line is: not taking care of your employees is just plain BAD BUSINESS.Here are 5 things business leaders Read more [...]

The Marketing Environment

Posted by on November 13, 2010 No comments
Robert W Mccormack asked: No business exists and operates in a vacuum, but as a part and parcel of the environment in which it finds itself. Efficient and effective marketing strategy is a function of the marketing manager's ability to understand the environment in which the business operates.The marketing environment consists of a set of factors or forces that operate or influence a company's performance in its chosen target market.Jain (1981:69) defined the marketing environment to include all those factors that may affect the organization directly or indirectly in any perceptible way. Marketing environment factors affects the organization by the way of input and the organizations also affect the environment by output. The relationship between the organization and the marketing environment Read more [...]

The Intrapreneurial Environment – The Top 10 Steps to Create It

Posted by on November 9, 2010 No comments
Martin Sawdon asked: 1. Understand what you mean by intrapreneurialism in your corporation.Before setting out to create this environment you had better know exactly what is sought. What are you looking for from your staff and what are the desired results?2. Revisit your corporate vision, mission and values (or develop them!).Appropriately chosen and fully understood, these help staff understand where your company is going and which opportunities might represent the stepping-stones. Your values define the behaviours and standards expected to be demonstrated in everything done in the corporation's name. Are your corporate vision, mission and values appropriate for developing an intrapreneurial environment or do they need amending?3. Is your workplace free of interdepartmental and interdisciplinary Read more [...]