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  • 1.  Recommendatios please.

    Posted 10-24-2011 04:48


     
     

    Hello there,
     
    I have got serious problems with our employees (High turnover rate , less support and trust from the management , job dissatisfaction and lack of training) . As an OD practitioner can you please help me to provide some practical recommendations and how to implement them and what are the obstacles that I might face ? How to overcome the resistance ?
     
    Regards
     
    Saleh
      



  • 2.  Recommendatios please.

    Posted 10-24-2011 15:39
    Knowing nothing about who Saleh Alotibi is, the role he plays, the specific organization, it's history, and specific issues, it would be irresponsible for me or anyone to suggest anything, particularly over e-mail. As a matter of fact, this smacks of a phishing attempt, or some kind of similar fraudulent scam.

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    On 2011-10-24, at 4:48 AM, Saleh Alotibi <zandeekh@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:



     
     

    Hello there,
     
    I have got serious problems with our employees (High turnover rate , less support and trust from the management , job dissatisfaction and lack of training) . As an OD practitioner can you please help me to provide some practical recommendations and how to implement them and what are the obstacles that I might face ? How to overcome the resistance ?
     
    Regards
     
    Saleh
      



  • 3.  Recommendatios please.

    Posted 10-24-2011 16:01
    Saleh

    What is your role in the management structure and how does management perceive interventions to correct such problem. You may have to start with a diagnosis of the problem you have stated. However, you may have to start with trust building for the entire organization. You may want to look at real case presented by Burke, W. W. (1994). Organization development: A process of learning and changing. Reading: Addison Wesley. It provides practical issues specifically on a presenting problem on high turnover and how it was diagnosed and handled. The resistance, I suppose is to come from a delay in your organization members taking time to take ownership of the challenge coming from you. Here, you need to have a strong area of dissatisfaction that will be common to all the stakeholders. You may have to influence by providing a listening ear to their grievances. Listening and giving timely feedback may help. Is it possible for you to get an outside practitioner to partner you to bring some independence in the whole process? I believe your main obstacle will be the time it will take to get them own the challenge and be part of the solution. You may need a lot of reflection.

    We may need to talk more for further feedback.



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    <-----Original Message----->
    >From: Saleh Alotibi [zandeekh@HOTMAIL.COM]
    >Sent: 10/24/2011 8:48:11 AM
    >To: ODC-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    >Subject: Re: [ODC-L] Recommendatios please.
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    >Hello there,
    >
    >I have got serious problems with our employees (High turnover rate , less
    >support and trust from the management , job dissatisfaction and lack of
    >training) . As an OD practitioner can you please help me to provide some
    >practical recommendations and how to implement them and what are the obstacles
    >that I might face ? How to overcome the resistance ?
    >
    >Regards
    >
    >Saleh
    >


  • 4.  Recommendatios please.

    Posted 10-25-2011 09:48

    Saleh,

     

    Without knowing the organization, its culture, management principles, mission, etc., it is difficult to provide you a strategy. Before you can initiate any type of action, you must first find the source of the discontent. If not, your efforts may be misdirected. Low job satisfaction, morale, motivation are results of a larger problem. There are many reasons, or a combination of several factors, that could be issuing the result. One suggestion would be to develop some type of routine to gather information from employees regarding the problems within the workplace. If you have access to such, survey instruments would be another alternative. Interviews would also be appropriate. Dissatisfied employees will usually be painfully honest concerning the causes for their feelings. Once you learn more about why these problems exist, you can develop strategies that will help alleviate them. 

    Tony Daniel, Ph.D.
    Faculty, Shorter University
    College of Adult and Professional Studies
    anthony.daniel@hawks.shorter.edu
    From: "Saleh Alotibi" <zandeekh@HOTMAIL.COM>
    To: ODC-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 4:48:11 AM
    Subject: [ODC-L] Recommendatios please.



     
     

    Hello there,
     
    I have got serious problems with our employees (High turnover rate , less support and trust from the management , job dissatisfaction and lack of training) . As an OD practitioner can you please help me to provide some practical recommendations and how to implement them and what are the obstacles that I might face ? How to overcome the resistance ?
     
    Regards
     
    Saleh