Ralph Stayer's article was very interesting. It really made me

believe that motivation is one of the keys to a successful company. After

asking himself what needed to be done to achieve the goals he was looking

for, he went out and accomplished them. He was looking to change his

current business to a business where the employees would take on and share

responsibilities for themselves. It was an uphill battle because the

employee moral could have been much better. Ralph needed to motivate these

employees desperately if his plan for change was going to work.

Motivation first began when Ralph started to make all the employees

do the sausage tasting not just top management. This allowed the employees

to take more pride in their product that they made as a team.

Responsibility of setting performance standards for employees were made by

the employees themselves with a little coaching when needed by top

management. There was a profit sharing system set up where the employees

would receive a fixed percentage of profits every six months. Money is one

of the quickest motivator in my opinion.

Teams were formed to carry out specific functions. These teams

allowed Ralph and other top management to utilize their time more

I have learned that motivating employees is not always easy.

Employees must want to succeed if motivation is to work. The employees at

through the union. Most union workers want less responsibility not more.

The people who look for more responsibility are usually those who want to

try to clear the obstacles that are holding back employees. That is what

There is no motivation for employees if all they are doing is following

take care of their own problems they have done their job.

happen. If that is the case it might be time to look for a new job because

changes would not go over well the employees or the union. In a unionized

increases in return paying them more dues. In closing I would just like to

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