Friday, January 24, 2014

Appco Group India: Factors influencing employee performance

The importance of having a good performance is well debated across various platforms and even in companies from different backgrounds; the complete understanding of having progressive performance holds the same value. However, many companies and employees fail to realize the essential factors that influence the overall performance of an employee finally contributing to the overall performance of the business.

Of the many general and known factors that contribute positively to an employee’s performance, motivation holds the utmost importance and is an intangible factor that can go a long way. Motivation can come in various forms and through various sources however many employees lack the attitude to take motivation in their stride positively. Having clarity of individual and business goals and objectives will add a huge momentum for an employee to do better and contribute to the overall performance. The company needs to be clear of the goals and the objectives for the current situation and future prospects for ensuring a seamless atmosphere at the workplace.

Leadership and team building again are the important influencing elements where an employee forms trust with his peers and a sense of confidence is imparted. Arguably, an employee performs better in situations where he feels confident, supervised and led with a direction. However, this concept is not well executed in many organizations due to various factors involving ego, unfavorable working atmosphere, unsorted business hierarchy etc. 

Various organizational policies also go a long way in influencing and motivating the employees and giving them a sense of oneness and integrity. For example, a good HR practice which may involve handling grievances or addressing an individual or team issue. Having good policies and rules regarding employee safety and provisions to manage the same gains the trust of the employee and considerable makes the working environment favorable. 

While many companies aim to practice such measures to ensure employee satisfaction which directly leads to better performance, be it any function; yet few fail to attain the objective.   

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