How can involving employees in the creation of Performance Standards improve their effectiveness?

Question

How can involving employees in the creation of Performance Standards improve their effectiveness?

Answer 1

It's called "ownership." If they feel they have had a part in designing the process, they will take more interest in the standards they themselves have set and work harder to meet or exceed them.

And what may surprise you is that they will most likely come up with the same set of criteria that you would have...except they they will be more engaged because they were part of the design team.

Employees hate top-down management styles. They will be far more committed when they feel empowered!

Answer 2

The company I work for now did that. We are a small company growing rapidly and the creation of Performance Standards was something that was desperately needed. So what happened first if the management created them. Then the employees were allowed to voice their concerns about the standards, or add any they believe were left out. In the end it was WONDERFUL because the employees did not feel they had been left out of the process and there is no push back from putting the standards in place because they were fully aware of what was coming their way and they accepted it. Now all of the employees work hard to meet their goals that they helped create!

Answer 3

If the employees are involved in creating standards of work performance, they will be more likely to live up to those standards because:

1) they weren't arbitrarily set by someone who doesn't even do the job so they won't resent them, and
2) if they help set the performance standards and agree they are appropriate, they have no excuse why they can't work up to them.
3) the employees will feel empowered, having become part of managing the workplace, so morale is improved.

Hope this helps with your homework ;)

Answer 4

It's all about buy in!

If the employees help to design and implement something, they are much more likely to adhere to it as they will tend to own the process.

This is a good way of setting the corporate culture on the right track.

I've done this with and without the employee involvement and it's much easier with it !

Paul S

Answer 5

If the workers feel that they are involved in organising their work place, they will be more interested in the work and therefore they may work harder, or better, than when they thought they were merely dogsbodies doing what they are told.

Answer 6

you get their input, cuz they're the ones who do the work anyways, and kno how long it takes. if they are part of creating the process, they can give feedback to make the process more effective!