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Pizzeria Organization Recommendatons

Autor:   •  February 11, 2012  •  Case Study  •  1,412 Words (6 Pages)  •  1,467 Views

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RECOMMENDATONS

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said “Change is the only constant.” This was the very truth 2000 years ago and is still the truth today due to the fact that business is ever changing. Businesses is always changing and things such as new initiative, project based working, technology improvement and gaining an competitive advantage come together to steer ongoing business changes to the way we work as a society (McNamara, 2010). In some situation successful business changes can be very difficult to achieve, however we know these changes are essential to stay afloat, so it is beneficial for pizzeria to make these organizational changes. In any organization it is crucial that management understand their working environment and have a clear understanding of how their judgment can affect the work place good or bad. Management needs to know how workers handle changes and how to go about handling job dissatisfaction.

The main problem in pizzeria is motivation, which intern affect performance. Employees are not motivated to perform unless they are under strict supervision Likewise; management is not motivated to perform beyond the required level because of limited bonuses and room for growth. The problem in pizzeria however did not start with the managers and the employees. This problem started at the headquarters. Pizzeria headquarter requires maximum return from all its franchises, however in return did not spend the money to properly train employees to become managers. Pizzeria has no formal training to become a manger, no college education is required, thus deficiencies arise within the organization because workers did not receive the proper education on how to become an effective manager. This also speaks volumes as to how the organization views employees/ managers. Pizzeria policies basically says the organization is important, while is employees or expendable.

As stated earlier, the incentives received for performance is too low within the pizzeria organization. The managers are the only individuals who get bonuses at the end of the month, which is highly unfair because employees play a pivotal role in the organization. Pizzeria should provide the employees with incentives also because this will motivate them to do better, thus reducing food wastage. The expectancy theory by vroom can best explain the situation. The expectancy theory states that individuals are motivated to a degree they believe their performance will be justly rewarded. Due to the fact that employees are not being compensated, performance will inevitable suffer, and the other hand managers performance will be better than employee because they know their performance will be compensated at the end of the month. Even though giving bonuses at the end of the month can motivate managers, it is still too low of an incentive to utilize the manager’s full potential, because the reward

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