tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12858388.post2107832905099458771..comments2024-01-25T11:15:28.399-06:00Comments on Quality Matters: Are Quality Professionals Happy on the Job?QualityBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382567529423432032noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12858388.post-47494501356936806182012-05-09T20:36:31.144-05:002012-05-09T20:36:31.144-05:00Enjoyed your article Mr. Mitchell but I think that...Enjoyed your article Mr. Mitchell but I think that the SHRM study missed a couple things, I think that the two most important things for a person to feel satisfied in there job is the opportunity to feel challanged and the opportunity to continue education.<br /><br />When you challange a individual you are empowering that individual and allowing them to feel more valuable in the company. When people feel more value they feel more satisfaction and more want to improve themselves and the company.<br /><br />The second one is continuing education and that does not mean with degrees and cerifications but also with organizations and community involvement which you have shown has helped you become the indicidual you are.<br /><br />All of these though can only take you so far if you do not have the big one that you mentioned helped you and that I am still looking for as a recent college graduate and that is a mentor. Mentors push you to challange yourself, develop yourself and be yourself.<br /><br />I really feel that a company that develops and values all three of these characteristics will have an individual that is driven and satisfied in there job, there role and there value to there company.<br /><br />A side not congratulations Mr. Mitchell on being the new Chair of the Minnesota ASQ section. I look forward to to seeing the goals and direction you place within the section.edgab2020https://www.blogger.com/profile/05683888181116285273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12858388.post-35267356932884372402012-04-23T16:48:22.136-05:002012-04-23T16:48:22.136-05:00Excellent!! Hapiness is a way of life, and help ot...Excellent!! Hapiness is a way of life, and help others trough giving your wisdom!! Congrats!!Cesar Diazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04912942837630375725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12858388.post-61773585777279848542012-04-23T14:23:18.366-05:002012-04-23T14:23:18.366-05:00The main factor which promotes job satisfaction is...The main factor which promotes job satisfaction is pride of workmanship. This of course was strongly articulated by Deming, and it merited an entire point (point 12) which demanded the removal of "barriers of pride of workmanship", which for me, requires three overlapping requirements:<br /><br />1. The pride of accomplishment or achievement of product and service quality, obtained from being able to deliver a quality product or service to the customer.<br /><br />2. The pride of knowing that you have improved the process that is producing the quality product or service, derived from the satisfaction of having improved the quality of how the work task will be accomplished by yourself and others.<br /><br />3. The pride of having personally and successfully engaged in learning (see below) brought about by the realisation that one has used and applied existing knowledge and experience to generate new knowledge and advance what you already knows.<br /><br />So how is this “pride” attained? Here’s a quote from The Man Who Discovered Quality: How W. Edwards Deming Brought the Quality Revolution to America:<br /><br />"An employee deserves to take pride in his [or her] work. . . . Deming believed that this pride, or 'joy' as he offen refers fo it, comes from self-improvement and that it is the company's job to offer opportunities for continuous education."<br /><br />Deming himself in The New Economics claimed that:<br /><br />".. people are born with a natural inclination to learn. Learning is a source of innovation. One inherits a right to enjoy his [or her] work. Good management helps us to nurture and preserve these positive innate attributes of people."<br /> <br />Here you make the Theory Y assumption that people:<br /><br />:: "like" to work,<br />:: "enjoy" challenging work, and<br />:: are willing to "take responsibility" for work outcomes<br /><br />Deming consistently promoted the intrinsic nature of work, and as a result, he was against the use of extrinsic rewards (e.g. Points 10 and 11); Deming in The New Economics noted the need to preserve:<br /><br />"the power of intrinsic motivation, dignity, cooperation, curiosity, [and] joy in learning that people are born with."<br /><br />So, for me yet again, whether or not you want to know about "selling quality" or job satisfaction/happiness just have to look back at the points Deming made to get all the answers.Robhttp://www.learnsigma.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12858388.post-16979443814077408912012-04-23T06:40:35.604-05:002012-04-23T06:40:35.604-05:00It is a very informative post.......employee perfo...It is a very informative post.......<a href="http://www.opeready.com/en/applications/security-application/features/monitor-equipment" rel="nofollow">employee performance review software</a>Jenyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16398394648863322768noreply@blogger.com