tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35580817.post116010741481914173..comments2023-11-05T02:54:13.525-08:00Comments on Workplaces That Work: Why Should We Care About Workplace Fairness?Blaine Donais LL.B., LL.M., C.Med., WFAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08039467447417577106noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35580817.post-8850947899209750552013-09-24T08:18:07.276-07:002013-09-24T08:18:07.276-07:00This is true since this is pertinent to the intere...This is true since this is pertinent to the interest of increasing workplace efficiency. Efficiency, after all, has several dimensions: social, emotional, as well as physical, all of which contribute to the end goal of steadily improved production. The latter of course can only be achieved, by harmonizing all elements that are involved. A huge part of which are the employees themselves: their back and forth, their general well-being, and whether they are properly incentivized for the next work cycle. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.isaregistrar.com/certification-services/certification.html" rel="nofollow">Barton @ ISA </a> Barton Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06440065312045432609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35580817.post-1160241089220505302006-10-07T10:11:00.000-07:002006-10-07T10:11:00.000-07:00Thank you Vickie. It is an honour to have a comme...Thank you Vickie. It is an honour to have a comment from such a highly regarded mediator.<BR/><BR/>There is a certain workplace, that shall remain nameless, that I am quite familiar with, that ostensibly uses the greivance procedure along with managerial decision-making as its primary conflict management system. On a review of the system it has become clear that workplace regulation options and communication options have not been well utilized. As a result there is confusion about roles and responsiblities in the workplace. This has lead to significant levels of conflict as workplace participants feel that their work is being interfered with. This in turn has lead to bitter conflict and acrimony between large groups of people in this workplace. The conflict manifests itself in reduced productivity as the workplace participants spend valuable time and energy in factionalized conspiratorial discourse. In this particular case it may be a precipitating factor in job actions - perhaps even a strike or lock out. The stakes are high. The furture of the organization may lie in the balance.<BR/><BR/>At this point even recommendations of third party neutral interventions are met with suspicion on all sides. When the workplace reaches this point, it is on the brink of disaster.<BR/><BR/>Using the diagnostic tool I have developed, I have determined that while the system scores relatively high on the justice quotient, it scores very low on the efficiency, engagement and resource sufficiency quotients. To improve this workplace - indeed to bring it back from the point of self-destruction - will require measures aimed at dealing with efficiency, engagement and resources. Any proposed improvements will be met with suspicion. So there is a very difficult path ahead for this particular workplace.<BR/><BR/>I shall post again about some workplaces I have reviewed that work well.<BR/><BR/>Cheers<BR/>BlaineBlaine Donais LL.B., LL.M., C.Med., WFAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08039467447417577106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35580817.post-1160238818948804152006-10-07T09:33:00.000-07:002006-10-07T09:33:00.000-07:00Blaine, Not only do you target an admirable goal, ...Blaine, <BR/><BR/>Not only do you target an admirable goal, but you suggest achieving it in a systematic fashion. <BR/><BR/>For the benefit of your readers, could you tell us at least one short workplace story where the presence or absence of procedural fairness guarantees improved or weakened the productivity of the company as a whole?<BR/><BR/>Best of luck with the book. I can't wait to get my hands on a copy. I'll be teaching Selected Issues in Employment Mediation at the Straus Institute this Spring and am looking forward to launching some of your suggestions in the classroom.<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/><BR/>VickieVictoria Pynchon,https://www.blogger.com/profile/13349895306440634859noreply@blogger.com