Factors affecting productivity volunteer placements

                                   Figure 1: Source :Google:Volunteer placement: vckenya.com

"Unpaid help done in an organized manner to parties to whom the worker has no obligations" is how most people think of volunteers. A person's decision to volunteer should be voluntary rather than compelled. Volunteers usually operate as part of a formal program with a broad mission that is broken down into goals, plans, job roles, and responsibilities. They are not expected to be paid, with the exception of possibly minimal reimbursements/stipends for travel or living expenses.  In 1976 Richard Hackman and Greg Oldham created a five-job-characteristic model to produce high-quality work and great personal satisfaction (Birdi, et al., 2008)

Skill variety

Skill variety is the number of skills used to do a job. A traditional assembly line job would have a low skill variety, whereas a nurse would have higher skill variety. Task identity refers to the level at which employees feel like they “owns” the outcome when completing the task.

Task identity

"Owning" the task and viewing oneself as critical to the accomplishment; the most "wholesome" state is when a person completes a task from beginning to end with clear results.

Task significance

The degree to which employees believe their job has a major impact on those within or outside the organization is referred to as task importance.

Autonomy

Working freely and independently; explicit instructions from superiors and step-by-step manuals might limit this liberty.


                                   Figure 2 : Source :Google: Autonomy.com

Feedback

Obtaining clear and direct feedback on the efficacy of one's work and performance; the company may expand this to include recognition and rewards.


                                            Figure 3: Source :You Tube : How intelligent people succeed

Conclusion

These features are expected to influence a person's sense of personal responsibility for the outcome and the work's perceived purpose. Others have suggested that work setting factors such as management styles and peer interaction can influence job success.

References

Birdi, C. et al., 2008. The Impact of Human Resource and Operational management Practices on Company Productivity.. Personnel Psychology, pp. 67-70.

Bryson, A. & Forth, J., 2007. Are There Day of the Week Productivity Effects?, s.l.: London school of economoics.

Oluchi, O., 2013. Co-operation Between Employee and Management to In-crease Productivity :A Case Study of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, s.l.: International Business Management.

 

 

 

Comments

  1. Factors affecting productivity These characteristics are predicted to influence a person's sense of personal responsibility for the outcome and the perceived purpose of the activity. Others have proposed that work environment elements such as management styles and peer interaction can have an impact on job success.

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  2. Volunteering is an effective way to boost your jab satisfaction and productivity because using you skills to support cause you care about can remind you why you choose your profession.

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  3. dear Jude, I think you have well enough experience in this segment. volunteer practices provide a wealth of information about the motivations, personality traits, of volunteers, studies on the incentives, and organizational setting.

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  4. Productivity is one of the key factors each and every organization is moving towards, there are many obstacles in order to reduce the productivity as discussed in this blog . therefore the organizations should have more focus to address the factors which reduce the productivity

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  5. Volunteering, as we all know, can help people in a variety of ways, from acquiring new skills to making new friends. However, when businesses participate in CSR, they want to see a return on their investment, such as improved community impact or increased staff productivity.Thank you.

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  6. Successful volunteer management means ensuring good organization and management among volunteers, as well as recognizing their potential and utilizing the human capital found to reach an organization's goals (Sherr, 2008).

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