Tribulations in the workplace

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

3 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

08/06/2009

Category :

Business & market

Sub category :

Management

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Summary :

Introuction
Issues within the configuration of the organization
1. Incompetence and lack of empathy
2. Employee dissatisfaction, stress, and resistance to change
3. Centralization, formalization, the mechanistic structure, and power
Ways to increase the motivational potential of jobs
Conclusion

Abstract

Over the past semester, I have learned several techniques to identify and mend the broken behavior of organizations. When a person enters into an organization as a new employee, their expectations of the organization are still unformulated though it only takes a short while till those expectations are formed. Every time someone switches careers, there is going to be a problem (or several) that the employee may or may not notice within their workplace. Within my own particular workplace, the Veterans Administrative Medical Center (VA), there are several problems that could be easily resolved.

The VA is a governmental agency that supplies medical attention to veterans whom have protected the people of the United States through their branch of service. My position within this organization resides under the assistant directors of the executive office as a student intern. Mainly, my job duty includes identifying problems and resolving them to the best of my ability (or bringing them to the attention of the assistant directors) as I am moved to different areas throughout the building while assigned to several different tasks.