A Senior Executive in Your Organization Read an Older Organizational

question 53

Essay

A senior executive in your organization read an older organizational behaviour textbook, which concluded that there is little relationship between job satisfaction and job performance. The senior executive now believes that it is a waste of time and money to have 'happy workers'. Instead, the executive is recommending finding ways to improve productivity without any consideration for employee well-being (beyond legal requirements). The company president is concerned that the executive's information may convince other members of the management committee to take a similar harsh view. Provide three different arguments why companies should try to maintain a reasonable level of job satisfaction among employees in this organization.

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Definitions:

Organic Acids

Compounds with acidic properties that contain carbon, widely used in food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries.

Maltose

Maltose is a disaccharide sugar composed of two glucose molecules, commonly produced during the digestion of starch in the human body and the brewing of beer.

Nucleic Acid

Macromolecules essential for all known forms of life, including DNA and RNA, which store and transfer genetic information.

Carbohydrate

Class of organic compounds that typically contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in a 1:2:1 ratio; includes the monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides.