What trends currently impact the workplace?

Unions

Union benefits

Organization Structures

Technology

Globalization

Chain of command

How trade and technology has created more connected and interdependent companies.

Talent Mobility

Gives the employees within a company room to grow and move around within the company.

Entrepreneurship

Work specialization

span of control

Formalization

Centralization

Decision making including only people at the top of the company

Who reports to who, to report to the manager or owner

Instructions are passed around from people other than only managers or owners.

Turns individual tasks into separate jobs.

Creates a trustworthy company.

The more employees, the wider the span of control is within the company

Improves the speed of decision making

The higher up the employee is, the more decision making abilities they hold.

Improves communication within a company.

Allows employees of a company to give and receive information.

Large jobs can be divided into tasks completed in a team manner, for example: assembly lines in a foctory. One big job, turned into multiple small tasks to complete the job.

Policies, job descriptions, procedures, and rules are written out and put into action.

Disadvantages:

Advantages

Lower costs for products.

Providing better services to people.

Recruitment from international places.

Increases the levels of competition.

Different effects on the environment.

Increases unemployment rates, from company closures due to strong competition.

How technology can help buisnesses

Smaller companies can have a more level ground for competition with bigger companies.

Advertising can be used for anyone to see products anywhere in the world.

Creates a wireless atmosphere for growing comapanies.

Employees can access work from anywhere.

Improves communication within a company, from higher levels all the way down.

Promotions.

Cross training.

New position openings.

Team projects.

Job transfers.

Workplace Culture

The benefits of being an entrepreneur

The potential of having a great source of income.

Doing a job that you have a passion for.

Putting your own ideas into action.

Being your own boss.

The potential of creating a family asset.

First steps to success

Becoming known within the community.

Having a variety in products.

Being involved in the community.

Having the motivation to achieve success.

Having competition.

The makeup of a workplace environment

Union disadvantages

Sinority, no matter your work ethic.

Ways a union can be attracted

Pay new employees the same wages as old ones.

Keep poor working employees, with bad habits at the company.

Decrease or take outage option for benefits.

Pay less than regular wages.

Increased costs.

Less individuality.

Higher wages.

Guaranteed benefits and pension.

Predictable working hours.

Postive attitudes

Behaviours.

Builds the character and personality of the company/organization.

Holds the values, traditions, and interactions of the business.

Creates teamwork

Increases productivity.

Increases employee satisfaction.