Reflection On Classivity And Activity In The Workplace

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Introduction and Literature Review Unfortunately I was unhappy during the work placement I carried out, I felt excluded, undervalued, ignored and unwanted. Inevitably, this affected me greatly. It affected, my personality, morale, work ethic and unfortunately it eventually affected my productivity. It wasn’t until towards the end when I began thinking of a research topic that I thought I should research something that I came across during the last four months in the working world. My unhappiness struck me as an important aspect of my placement and I wondered if I could expand on this. I wondered if many organisation’s placed importance on the happiness of their employees and what exactly would benefit the company if they did place some if any but also the effect of ignoring it. Knowing that I will be putting a huge amount of work into my research I wanted to explore something that is not only relevant to HR but to my experience. I know I am not alone in feeling the way I felt and I feel this is a problem in the working world which I wanted to explore and expand my knowledge on as I began to research I found a remarkable amount of advantages and it baffled me as to why this wasn’t standard practice in all organisations as it seemed to have a massive effect on productivity and motivation. Making an enjoyable work enviornment can cost little to nothing and it is important to recognize and acknowledge how beneficial to the manager, colleagues and organisation it is to boost this as much as possible while ignoring it can lead to many problems which can be cost worthy unnecessary. Research Statement In my project I aim to explore and research into what importance managers place on a happy work environment and the effect it has on th... ... middle of paper ... ...edge on the topic, I will do this by reading many articles that I have found to be easily assessable on the internet already and in the articles there are many authors referenced which will enable me to acquire further readings. I also aim to read many of Sonja Lyubomirsky’s workings, as they seem to be extremely interesting and relevant. Once I feel I have a good understanding I will reach out to employers in different sectors who I hope to interview and question them regarding their thoughts and whether they make a conscious effort to ensure their employees have a happy working environment in order to boost productivity and motivation. By talking to these people I hope it will give me a great insight to how it is dealt with in practice, if at all, and it will give me the necessary and valuable information to allow me to further my research and write my report.

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