THE WORK ENVIRONMENT

 

Every human-being has a unique personality which makes each of us to thrive in our habitat, but certain people may get offended by your style of relationship in a working environment.

Some of us have resilient spirits while others are phobic even in the slightest challenge, and as such, they tend to fall out with people, but a good understanding of the working environment will enable us to make it a home from home.

The work environment is simply a place where tasks are being executed; and it encompasses the nature of the environment (whether it is hot, cool, noisy, or remote), relationship with colleagues and employer(s), as well as the benefits which may be accrued to you as an employee.

In every work environment, there exists hierarchy, which shows the roles and limitations of each person in the organization. It is divided into departments and sections, having supervisors overseeing them, with a view to achieving company goals.

Many policies abound in all organizations, and employees are to make sure that they comply with it so as to avoid any brush with the management.

Employees encounter problems at work places due to their inability to conform to organizational policies. Basically, organizational policy refers to the guiding principles and procedures with which an organization will operate. It is usually drafted by the management officials, and binding on every employee.

The performance of the employees at all levels of the organization is subject to compliance with the policy, which in effect determines employees’ promotion. An employee will be queried for non-compliance with the policy. For instance, if you are supposed to be in the office at 7:30am, but you arrive often at 8:30am, giving flimsy excuses which are not tenable to your boss, you’ll be queried, and if you cannot comply, you'll be asked to resign, which may likely jeopardize your chances of securing a similar or better job than the previous.

Your work environment may be a realistic, investigative, social, enterprising, artistic or the conventional type, but whether you are in the wrong environment or not, the truth is, you must maximize your time to ensuring productivity, which is what every employer looks out for.

There is a high degree of politicking in the work environment, where people network with other colleagues in an organization, so as to benefit themselves. In some cases, office politicking hampers the achievement of an organization, since some employees may do things in their favour.

For instance, a work environment like the school is typical of an all-encompassing environment; meaning it is social, realistic, investigative, artistic and conventional in nature, and being a social environment, people network easily and gain the favour of the management staff.

Preferences may be granted to them because of their established networks, while those not in the networks, may feel biased, thus, resulting in a feud among employees. This does not rule out the fact that politics in the work environment does bring about work efficiency.

If you are experiencing this already, I would say don’t worry yourself. The most important thing you need to do is to stay focused on your job, because with patience, a problem resolves itself overtime. The world belongs to the patient man.

Ensure you maintain a reputation for honesty. Don’t even engage in a feud with your colleagues.

In any work environment you find yourself, be happy; try as much as you can to be civil to all, sociable to many, familiar with a few and friendly to a handful.

The work environment is a place for self development. Do your best at all times.