Question

Some people believe that individuals working in an organization have basic human rights to satisfaction with their work and to the opportunity to grow and develop. How would you defend this position? How would you argue against it?

Answer 1

Each staff member joins an organization with specific expectations / objectives. And each one functions to fulfil her objective. If the objectives of an employee are in the same direction as the achievement of the overall organizational goal then there arises no complication, however if the employee has goals that push her in the opposite direction from that of the overall organizational objective, then the manager must attempt to reconcile the aims of both. The manager must attempt to fulfill the organizational aims in such a way that the individual aims are also fulfilled.

All this results in satisfaction among the staff members which aids in maintaining a cordial relationship among the management & the employees. This also facilitates enhanced efficiency among the employees, & results in harmony in the organization.

However most corporations are in a continual frenetic condition of upheaval/ reorganizations / wanting to do accomplish more with less resources.   So, managers naturally have a tendency to be most focused on important day-to-day activities and are less occupied with longer-run activities deemed as having less assured payback like employee development.