Friday, October 17, 2014

What Organizational Health Assessments Can Do

By Estelle Larsen


One contributing factor for the success of any corporation would be its workforce. A healthy workforce will also be making healthy firms that are earning profits. On the contrary, discontented as well as unhappy ones can be bringing the firms down.

A lot of senior management groups are utilizing various methods in determining the health condition of their corporations. They are doing organizational health assessments so that they could formulate action plans aimed in improving the productivity of their work force. The assessments will be checking on the dimensions which should be existing in establishments.

The examiners will test how the employees feel about each other. They will test if they trust their colleagues and are open with them, although it does not mean that they have to be open with their personal lives. The individuals may need to be open about their thoughts on the jobs that they have.

The emotional intelligence possessed by the workers will also be tested. There are cases where different emotions, like anger and joy, are felt by these individuals while their jobs are being done. Their productivity can be affected by these different emotions. Aside from that, the employees should also know how the emotions felt by their colleagues can be interpreted so that harmonious working environments can be expected.

The examiners will also be checking on their health behaviors. The behaviors will usually be showing the activities that the workers are performing so that their personal health can be maintained. They could be performing regular exercises and eating balanced meals. If they have good health, sickness will not cause them to miss days of work. Aside from that, the persons can also help in preventing sickness to be spread in the office.

The assessors will also examine the engagement levels of the employees. This is where the employees are absorbed fully into the organizations that they are in. They are also usually enthusiastic about their jobs. Because of these, they would want to do positive actions that will help their organizations achieve their goals and be successful. This will certainly have a good effect on the reputations and interests of the corporations.

They will also be testing on the collaboration of the employees. This dimension will be checking on the how the persons are working together on a specific assigned task and achieving a good outcome. If the levels of collaboration are high, a company will be more successful if they will be undergoing certain endeavors.

The assessments will also be checking on the resilience the firms have. They would be inspecting on the how the workers will be coping up with their work after certain events have disrupted their operations, such as fires and power outages, among others. This way, the corporations will not be incurring additional losses already caused by the incidents.

On the other hand, they will also check on the leadership skills that the supervisors and managers have. These skills are important so that they can guide their subordinates on what to do to be able to contribute to the success of their own corporations. If not, these so called leaders can also be the causes of the downfall of the establishments.




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