Case Studies

Factors That Affect Employee Productivity (Case Study at PT. Sagami Indonesia)

The productivity depression of PT. Sagami Indonesia was influenced by some situations in the organization which were discipline, and job satisfaction. This research used descriptive quantitative method of statistic. Primary data were collected by questionnaire with Likert scale and 5 (five) choice of answers. The questionnaire was distributed to all employees other than manager. The results showed that: (1) the effect of discipline on employees’ productivity was positive and significant; (2) the effect of job satisfaction on employees’ produtivity was positive and significant;(3) the effect of discipline dan job satisfaction on employees’ productivity be simultaneously was positive and significant. Therefore, in terms of achieving the better employees’ productivity, PT. Sagami Indonesia is expected to make some improvements on discipline and job satisfaction.

Participatory Decision Making and Employee Productivity. A Case Study of Community Banks in the Upper East region of Ghana

This  research  examines  the  relationship  between  participation  in  decision  making  and  employee  productivity among  staff  in  Naara  Rural  Bank  and  Builsa  Community  Bank.  The mixed method research design was used for the study  due  to  its  peculiar  nature using qualitative  and  quantitative  data.  The simple  and  purposive  sampling  techniques  were  used  to  obtain  a  sample  of  80  respondents  for  the  study.  Two  sets of  instruments  were  used  in  the  study:  a  questionnaire  consisting  of  40  items  of  both  open-ended  and  closed questions  on  the  various  employee  participation  scenarios  and  an  interview  guide  consisting  of  ten  items.  The  data analysis  was  done  using  The  Statistical  Product  for  Service  Solutions  (SPSS)  and  the  Statistical  Analysis  System (SAS).  The quantitative analysis  indicated  a  significant  association  between  productivity  and  the  various  forms  of participation,  using  chi-square  test  of  independence  at  95%  significance  level.  Findings  from  the  study  indicated  that when  employees  participate  in  decision  making  in  the  various  forms,  decision  implementation  becomes  easy, creates  a  good  working  environment,  increases  commitment  and  satisfaction  on  decisions  taken  and  also  increases employees  moral  since  they  feel  recognized  and  as  part  of  the  team  in  the  organization  and  the  direct  consequence of all this improved productivity.

Analysis of the Impact of Organizational Culture on Employee Productivity (Case Study: Bistoon Petrochemical Company)

Culture is very important that, in the administrative body and soul, to be so without the benefit of appropriate organizational culture, descent and reduce the efficiency of the organization will be faced with, in other words, an appropriate culture be stimulating productivity. The aim of this study was to analyze the impact of knowledge management; organizational innovation in PNU Kermanshah province, Iran population of the study consisted of 550 employees of the Bistoon Petrochemical Company, of which 226 patients randomly, and using Cochran formula, for example, for the first half of 2014 were selected. This cross-sectional survey study, the correlation type. Tocollect data, the organizational culture questionnaire Cameron and Quinn (2006), and employee productivity expectancy questionnaire Omid and (2002), was used. Validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by a number of university professors. The reliability was obtained with Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for the first questionnaire, 0.88 and for the second questionnaire, 0.78. By using linear regression and stepwise by SPSS software the data were analyzed, showed that organizational culture has a significant impact on employee productivity.

Improving Employee Productivity: The Role of Financial Counseling and Education

Literature has shown that a link exists between personal financial problems and employee productivity. This article presents the results of a survey that was designed to assess the personal financial behaviors of 220 clerical workers and to measure their desire for workplace financial education and counseling programs. It was found that a large percentage of employees were exhibiting poor financial behaviors and that more than 80% of respondents were interested in workplace financial counseling and education as long as the cost of such programs were relatively low. The financial behaviors of employees may be significantly improved through workplace counseling and education.

Communicator competence and employee performance with new technology: A case study

The relationship between employee productivity with new technology and communicator competence was investigated in a field study of 289 claims adjustors from two divisions of a large insurance company. Comparisons were also made with individual levels of past productivity. Each employee’s communicator competence was assessed using a standardized instrument before they began to operate a new computer system. Employees from one of the divisions were provided with a 45‐hour training program that focused on three aspects of communicator competence (message clarity, listening, and interpersonal skills) one month before the new system was implemented. An analysis of covariance revealed three noteworthy findings. First, employee communicator competence had the most significant effect on employee performance with the new computer. Second, employees who received the communicator competence training program performed at significantly higher levels with the new technology than employees who did not receive training. Finally, past productivity also had a significant effect on how productive the employees were with the new computer system.