ATTITUDE_AND_INDIVIDUAL_PERFORMANCE_2.pptx

Attitude performance

1. 1 ATTITUDE AND INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE

2. 2 INTRODUCTION A lot of attention is paid daily to the concept attitude. This is because attitude influences behaviour and behaviour affect performance. What then is attitude?

3. 3 DEFINITION OF ATTITUDE An attitude is a learned predisposition to respond in or consistently favourable or infavourable manner, with respect to a given object situation or person. Work attitude can be defined as collections of beliefs and thought about how to behave that people currently hold about their jobs and their organizations

4. 4 WORK ATTITUDES AND PERFORMANCE Job satisfaction is the collection of feelings and beliefs that people have about their current jobs. Job satisfaction is positively associated with performance because it has the potential to affect a wide range of behaviours in an organizations and contributes to workers’ level of well being.

5. 5 CONT Workers who are more satisfied with their jobs will perform at a higher level than workers that are less satisfied. Job satisfaction as your work attitude will influence on the job when the worker’s attitude is relevant to the behaviour in question that is performance .

6. 6 RESEARCH FINDINDS Some research have suggested that the direction of influence between satisfaction and performance may be reversed . This implies that job performance may contribute to workers being more satisfied with their jobs only if workers are fairly rewarded for good performance.

7. 7 ABSENTEEISM Absenteeism has to do with being away from job Absenteeism affects performance on the job and has a costly implication for organizations Absenteeism is a behaviour organization can not eliminate.But it can be controlled through various measures

8. 8 TURNOVER This is the permanent withdrawal of a worker from the employing organization. Workers who are satisfied with their jobs are less likely to quit than those who are dissatisfied. It is important to note those that all dissatisfied workers will quit while some satisfied workers may leave their present jobs and join other organizations.

9. 9 TURNOVER Absenteeism can have a major impact on a worker’s life It is a costly behaviour that must be kept to a minimum because the cost would include cost of living and training replacement workers

10. 10 ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOUR This behaviour is above beyond the call of duty and are seldom required of organizational members but they are important in all organizations Helping co-workers is one of such behaviours . The impact of this behaviour can be felt not only on individual performance but on organizational productivity

11. 11 ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT Organizational commitment has to do with the feeling and belief about the employing organization as a whole. Workers who are committed to their organization are happy to be members of of it, believe in and feel good about the organization and what it stands for, and intend to do what is good for the organization The commitment of workers determines the success of every organization

12. 12 cont Every worker needs to learn and live through the power of a positive attitude. What do you need to do about this?

13. 13 SUGGESTION I Under the power of attitude, Choose to take charge of your life transforming your attitude into action. SUGGESTION 2 Identify through self awareness the attitudes that hold you back or propel you forward SUGGESTION 3 Reframe your bad attitude into a positive one SUGGESTION 4 Find your purpose and position. That is know where you want to go and consider which attitudes you need to set goals for your life

14. 14 SUGGESTION 5 Be pro-active SUGGESTION 6 Discover how to motivate yourself SUGGESTION 7 Build supportive relationships to get through challenging times

15. 15 SUGGESTION 8 See change as an opportunity SUGGESTION 9 Leave a lasting legacy by planting positive seeds of hope, encouragement, faith and love

16. 16 CONCLUSION To achieve all that is stated above, you need to be committed enough to work at the suggestions.