We finished Chapter 14 in my HR class today, and the topic of discussion that stuck out to me was when we talked about alternative work and schedules. There are many different ways to have alternative work and schedules but the one I found most controversial was that of telecommuting. Telecommuting, although has many advantages, has plenty of disadvantages to it as well. Telecommuting decreases commute time (saving $ on gas, tolls), lowers overhead costs, and it gives the employee the opportunity to take care of his/her personal business such as take care of the kids. I feel telecommuting can affect a company more negatively then positively however. Though it is nice to be home and not having to commute, this could become problematic for employees in the sense that they may end up taking advantage of it. For instance, someone who commutes to work works all day and comes home to family business; whereas someone who is telecommuting may be distracted by all the family business and could really affect productivity of that employee in the long run. If one employee is granted telecommuting eligibility, then more and more employees may end up wanting it as well. In which this could cause many isolation problems within the organization if no one wants to be working at the actual office. This is why I feel telecommuting should only be granted if it is an absolute MUST that the employee works at home, otherwise everyone works at the office to sustain camaraderie within the workplace.
Self-efficiency Tuesday, Dec 6 2011
Uncategorized 11:12 pm
In my most recent HRM class, we moved onto Chapter 14 which is titled, “Managing and Enhancing Performance”. The first topic brought up was self-efficiency. Self-efficiency is defined as believing that you will perform a job successfully. I feel that when doing anything in life, you should always have self-efficiency. If not, then you are showing yourself and others around you that you have no self-confidence and the task at hand will more than likely not get accomplished. Whether you are the CEO of a company or an intern, self-efficiency will come into effect every day on the job. For CEOs especially, because if they do not have self-efficiency, it will only rub off on the rest of the company because they are the number one person every one is looking up to for overall success of the company. I always try to have self-efficiency in everything I do. Not only in work but in sports as well. I have been an athlete my whole life and I truly feel that my competitiveness on the field/court really shaped me as a person as I grew older. I never won any championship as an athlete but every year I would approach every game wtih the strongest self-efficiency I knew possible. I just recently ended my athletic career and will soon be graduating and entering the real world. Though I am a bit nervous it is a great feeling at the same time because I feel that with my self-efficient mindset, I will achieve anything I truly want to pursue in life.
jackdemps 