Adapting a fertile Reward and Recognition Policy

One common problem among the business owners is to keep their employees motivated. A group of well motivated employees is the key to generate more profits. Some Reward and Recognition policies can be designed in the HR Department to encourage the workers for a better performance.

The problem become much prominent when it comes to a multi branched organization. With a highly distributed workforce, it becomes very difficult to implement the right kind of reward policy. Some common problems faced by the HR Management are:

·         It is very difficult to change the old policies and practices adapted by the employees. The mindset of the people restricts themselves from adapting some new rules.

·         One major challenge that the organizations have to face is to ensure accountability with their policies and procedures. Whether it is a case of favored employees, ego-centered management style or inconsistent discipline for infarctions; inconsistent accountability affects the outcome of the organization a lot.

·         Lack of a propelling force to be an initiative driver is another common problem faced by many organizations.

Presence of the above difficulties makes it quite difficult to implement, execute and monitor new policies.

To overcome these problems, the Management Team need to make certain changes with their employee engagement strategies. Some of the suggestions are like:

ü  It’s time now for the HR Department to think of its role from a whole new angle. Instead of being an enforcer, the HR department needs to play the role of facilitator and make itself a brand.

ü  Instead of targeting all, motivational programs should be designed for those local managers who were the initiative drivers in the earlier phase. Empowering them is a great solution to make some overall growth.

ü  Adapting some innovative ideas to reward the employees can motivate them to a great extent. Policies like performance incentives, performance feedback, the surprise factor etc. are some of the best policies adapted by many top class organizations.

 

ü  Implementation and execution of ideas with the help of modern technology is another way to optimize the productivity. Technology should be used for spontaneous actions and reporting to the management.

In this highly competitive world, the HR department needs to play a great role in carrying out the various operations of the organization. They need to innovative enough and adapt the best possible practices in order to develop the employees as well as the employers.