Why is it important to continuously improve your work in the work place?

Answer 1

JOB satisfaction!

Answer 2

It is not important .. one should always strive to do each task as well as possible and even seek better methods...

.. but as someone already pointed out, "continuous improvement" is just business speak...

... I was in a high-profile but low paid job for 6 years and ended up taking on so much responsibility and extra work that I was working up to 90 hours a week for the same money as cashier in a fast-food outlet who worked a 37.5 hour week. Only, if I messed up, it would affect over 100,000 people and cost, potentially, millions of pounds.

I finally had enough of the exploitation and quit ... after 11 months of ill-health, I found a job with an employer who actually valued "human resources" and now receive a good wage for what I do, and get rewarded for extra effort.

As was mentioned by at least one other person... processes cannot improve indefinitely... if you achieve perfection, then you cease to be rewarded..

Answer 3

To keep yourself satisfied. The more efficient you are at daily tasks the better you feel about yourself and the more responsibility you can take on. Responsibility is a wonderful tool for motivation.

Many think of money as a motivator, and they're right, but it only lasts so long. Say you get a dollar raise on the hour. Pretty soon your going to find something to do with that dollar every week and then you'll be in exactly the same boat you were in to begin with. It won't seem like your making enough money again. And honestly, how often do employers give out raises? If it was something they could assess and afford to do every couple weeks, maybe people would keep trying so that a couple times a month they can get that extra little bit and it will keep adding up. But then, salaries would get so high, the business would end up paying their employees more than they make!

Answer 4

Because surely you want to progress in the work place and strive to do the best you can so that you are recognised for your hard work. I'd hate to be in a job where i couldn't continue up the ladder and was stuck doing the same thing day in day out. I think if you work hard then it makes you feel good about yourself and you feel a real sense of achievement and self worth

Answer 5

Good question.

Suggestion. Perhaps you should be asking: "How can I improve and better myself as a person?" Then; as a natural consequence of your actions you might find that you won't need to continuously improve your work in the workplace.

Why is it important to improve and better yourself as a person?

Answer 6

It depends on the type of work you do and what you want from your work. In many jobs, the company is competing for market share. This requires it to have employees who are up to date in the latest technologies. Today, jobs can move anywhere in the world, so employees need to continually educate themselves in order to have jobs. Many jobs require continuing education. For example, in the medical field, there are always new methods to treat patients, which practitioners must be able to utillize. There are some jobs in which the employer doesn't want an ambitious or educated employee in order to get a menial job done. People are needed for these jobs and may find they serve their needs adequately.

Answer 7

Because, in my experience, if you choose to keep your work at a level that is satisfactory one day, the next day someone else will come along who will work harder than you. The boss will then raise the goalposts and, lo and behold, without changing whatsoever you are now underachieving, and will be sacked.

After being sacked, you try and look for more work. Everyone closes their doors on somebody who has previously been sacked. The competition generated in job seeking is going beyond ridiculous.

Answer 8

It's an impossibility to continuously improve your work in the work place. Your level of work will reach the optimum, and that's as far as you are able to go. Thinking you can surpass this, could lead to all sorts of problems, ie mental breakdowns, etc.

Answer 9

The answer is that it is a myth perpetuated by employers and their paid lackeys, the Human Resources (HR) professionals.

HR used to be known as Personnel and their main functions have always been hiring, firing and payroll control. The Head of Personnel or HR is almost always involved in pay bargaining, always on the employers' side. They would like you to think that they are in favour of job enrichment but whenever there is a squeeze on profits the first two things to go are training and Research & Development.

Answer 10

depends what you are doing.

If you are pushing buttons on the shop floor with little chance of promotion then you are unlikely to want to improve, although you may want to "improve your lot in life" by seeking to gain extra skills and get a better paid position.

Alternatively if you are in management then you might want to get to a position where you are not having to worry about the day to day grind.

Some people, like me, are just driven by an inherant need to do better. I dont know why I do it, I just know I needed to improve my lot.

as a junior manager I wanted to be a middle manager, then i wanted to be a senior manager, then i ended up working at the "group" level. night school courses gave me professional qualifiactions and I then moved companies a few times, and job roles, before setting up my own business. when that failed i was lucky enough to get a senior management role in a small company. even now though, i want more, i want to be a director, even though it probably wouldnt change my job role in the slightest, just my title. So why am I like this, who knows, I just wouldnt be happy if I wasnt pushing myself.

Answer 11

You could become a victim of your own success, i have a friend in sales and she continually exceeds her sales target, result is her boss just keeps on expecting more so keeps upping her target till eventually you start to fail.

I guess it all depends on how ambitious you really are