if you are a manager, which one is more important to U regarding UR staff? communication or hardworks?

Question

if you are a manager who manage your work staff. which one is more important to you the way that employee communicate with others or the way he works?

i understand both are important, but which one is most important, they way he communicate and socialize or the way he works hard?

Answer 1

Communication is more important. It reflects the quality of a person's work. "Hard" work could be carrying around a bag of bricks all day! LOL The quality and effectiveness of the work is most important and communication is essential. It's a part of a job well done.

Answer 2

I feel communication is most important. For the most part, all employees would be working equally hard, otherwise, they may not be able to keep their job, especially in competitive working environments.

Communication between employees allows the manager to see how the person is able to handle issues, since communication allows the person to get help, or have something explained in a way that the person can understand.

Communication allows the employee to articulate their thoughts to the manager, so the manager can understand how the employee is progressing through the task, and can provide support, if needed.

Hard work is difficult to quantify, because an employee could be spending 11 hours a day working on something, but not putting any useful time to solving a problem.

Managers have to think about money and schedule, and communication seems the better quality to have to get to these things

Answer 3

Spelling and grammar. Seriously.

Most of the people who work for me need to write professional email or documents. If I have to correct a bunch of spelling or "i" or "UR" crap, it really gets on my nerves. It's even worse when they communicate directly to a client and no editing takes place.

It doesn't matter how good you are if you speak or write poorly. Honestly, it makes you look stupid.

So, my vote is for communication. Hard work comes along naturally, as you have to have something to communicate about. If you're not working, you have nothing real to say.

For a great book on the subject, pick up "eats, shoots, and leaves". It's a really easy read that covers many of the main errors.

Answer 4

Thats bull-crap that that last lady said communication. That is the problem with the wokrforce today. Everyone wants to communicate all this crap going behind peoples backs tattling and they don't do any work. The people that "communicate" are busy sucking up to the boss while you do your work and theirs.

Oh yeah first guy get over URself. This is yahoo answers not a report.

Answer 5

Communication.
For instance your use of the word "he" vs "he or she" immediately makes me have a bad/sexist perception of you.

Secondly, if an employee cannot communicate, they can do all the hard work they want, but may do it on the wrong thing or tell someone to do the wrong thing. For example if their job is to make hamburgers, and they hear hot dogs, they can work really hard at making you hot dogs, but you never get your hamburger.