| SCentral : Growing Business 7th June 2012 11:55 AM |
Actually I think allowing staff to use the internet for personal reasons is totally acceptable and can even increase productivity.
Whatever job a person does, they have a certain amount of work to do in a day. That level should be set by their manager regardless of other considerations.
It is my experience that, as a general rule, people gradually become complacent and over time will do as little as possible for their wage. By introducing an extra reward it is possible to motivate them to focus on the job in hand.
If staff are informed that so long as all their work is completed on time and in a satisfactory manner, the rest of their time may be spent in other pursuits, then it is my experience that they will work harder and faster to gain the free time that is offered.
The monitoring should then be on how long it took to perform the necessary tasks.
Using this information, it will be possible to increase the workload gradually, so if the employee wants to maintain the same amount of "free" time, then they will need to work faster or more efficiently.
It is surprising how much more a person can do if the motivation is right.
Whatever job a person does, they have a certain amount of work to do in a day. That level should be set by their manager regardless of other considerations.
It is my experience that, as a general rule, people gradually become complacent and over time will do as little as possible for their wage. By introducing an extra reward it is possible to motivate them to focus on the job in hand.
If staff are informed that so long as all their work is completed on time and in a satisfactory manner, the rest of their time may be spent in other pursuits, then it is my experience that they will work harder and faster to gain the free time that is offered.
The monitoring should then be on how long it took to perform the necessary tasks.
Using this information, it will be possible to increase the workload gradually, so if the employee wants to maintain the same amount of "free" time, then they will need to work faster or more efficiently.
It is surprising how much more a person can do if the motivation is right.
SCentral
