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IS ADVAIYA DYSFUNCTIONAL? posted on July 03, 2008

THERE ARE MANY SIGNALS THAT POINT TOWARDS THINGS GOING WRONG AT A WORKPLACE

TALKING THROUGH
Communication, or the lack of it is one of the earliest signs of a dysfunctional organisation. The indications of this are increased gossip, more water-cooler/coffee machine groupings of employees, younger people looking for opportunities to get authentic information from their bosses, employees' skepticism increasing etc.

GETTING THE NOD
Sure, the boss has the final say, but work should be delegated, with employees taking responsibility for tasks that do not require the boss's personal time and attention. The organization will be much more productive and empowered if the top boss doesn't have to sign off on every little thing. Lack of delegation of authority can be a big impediment. In such organisations, the entire decision-making process is so democratic that most often there are more meetings after meetings but seldom are any directions or decisions taken.

CONTINUOUS FIRE FIGHTING
If a workplace is operating without any process in place, where the stress level is very high, and employees have no work-life balance and there is no innovation happening, then the workplace qualifies to be a dysfunctional workplace. Over-worked employees and avoidable pressures are also signs of a dysfunctional workplace. Such organisations run in constant crisis situation and fire-fighting mode. This creates undue pressure on the work force and results in 'burn outs'.

LACK OF DIRECTION
Meetings conducted without any agenda build employee frustration. The management should conduct meetings with defined goals to ensure constructive input and productive output from its employees.

PERCEPTION V/S PERFORMANCE
People are judged by their proximity and perception than productivity or output. For example, if an employee is seen working late hours, s/he invariably becomes the ideal/good worker. In dysfunctional organizations, what matters is not what you've accomplished in a day, but how many hours you were seen 'working'. Senior management should evaluate the employee's performance based on achievement of targets rather than how long employees are working at office.

LACK OF REWARDS/ RECOGNITION/INCENTIVES
Such organisations don't drive a rational action-reward system, which lowers the quality of performance and also leads to higher attrition in the company.

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