CREATIVITY AT WORK

CREATIVITY:
Creativity is the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality. Creativity is characterized by the ability to perceive the world in new ways, to find hidden patterns, to make connections between seemingly unrelated phenomena, and to generate solutions.

Creativity is much needed in the workplace because one can't just solve all the problems with the same solutions, as every problem is different which needs a different solution, creative thinking can give many solutions to a single problem which is an advantage for the organization. 
creativity involves certain risk with it but this is a risk which is worth taking, it helps in broadening the mind so that your mind is just not stuck to a particular area and you view things with different angles and ideas.

Modern problems need modern solutions and these solutions can only be possible with the help of creative thinking.

CYBERLOAFING AT WORK

Cyberloafing:

Cyberloafing is a term used to describe the actions of employees who use their Internet access at work for personal use while pretending to do legitimate work.
Cyberloafing can be both, at times it can act as a counterproductive but sometimes it can also act as a remedy that an employee might use to remove his/her boredom that they face while working on the same thing again and again or when they have nothing much to do. 
 It helps the employee to seek something new and is a perfect coping mechanism for being underworked. 
Cyberloafing can be used as a brain sharping activity where employees can watch and learn something new when they have spare time at work.

Reference:

https://bigthink.com/ned-dymoke/tell-your-boss-that-cyberloafing-is-good-for-productivity

Stages in team develpoment

There are 5 stages included in the development of any group, these are:

• Forming :

At this stage, different people with the required skill sets are introduced to each other and a team is built. It is important for team members to develop relationships and understand what part each person plays.

• Storming:

This is the stage where people in a team comes to know about each other, many conflicts can occur due to different thinkings of the team members at this stage all these mental barriers are removed and accepted.

• Norming:

During the norming stage, people start to notice and appreciate their team members’ strengths. Groups start to settle into a groove. Everyone is contributing and working as a cohesive unit.

• Performing:

In the performing stage, individuals are sure, motivated and comfortable enough with the undertaking and their group that they can work without supervision. Everybody is in agreement and are working with full confidence towards the main goal.

• Adjourning:

This is a stage where team members now have to disband their group, this is done after the completion of the project for which the group was formed.

DIVERSITY IN ORGANIZATIONS

Diversity in organizations means having a workforce of different age, gender, race, marital status, people from different culture, etc.

such diversity of the employees is a benefit for that organization as different people from different background and age can have a different perspective which enables an organization to think in many ways. every problem now can have different solutions to it. diversity in organizations brings lots of expertise under one roof for the organization.

 Reference:
https://bizfluent.com/info-12076820-organizational-diversity-workplace.html

Unfair management practices

Nowadays we can see many unfair practices done by mangers on their subordinates in an organization.

Unfair management practices mean unfavorable behavior of the seniors or anyone towards the subordinate or dominating an employee and treating them unjustly and not giving them what they deserve.

this practice includes:

• Illegal practices:

Illegal practice includes harassment at workplace, discrimination or denial of the employees. Many employees lose their opportunity because of their skin color, sex, age, marital status, disability, etc.

• Unprofessional practices:

Most of the managers now are seen doing nepotism and favoritism in an organization this where they give much more importance to the employees they know well or to them with whom they have a family connection because of such act many deserving employees are not even considered.

• Unhelpful practices:

This practice is nothing but the way managers behaves with their employees which can be totally useless and unhelpful eg: giving sarcastic reviews to the employees or responding with aggression etc. such act doesn't help and is useless.

Reference:

https://www.dbpc.ca/unfair-management-practices/

Experienced vs Freshers: Which One will a Company Hire?

Choosing the workforce is the most important part of an organization, as the employees working in that organization will lead that organization towards its goals. company has a choice between:

• Experienced or 
• Freshers 

An organization might go for experienced employees:

• If the role is very critical and mistakes can't be afforded.
• If the internal employees are soo busy that they don't have time to train fresh talent.
• When the job skills require very specialty aptitudes and capabilities. etc.

An organization might go for freshers:

• If the budget of the organization is low.
• If the risk involved with the role is less.
• If the organization's people are happy to prepare and nurture talent.
• If the position doesn't exist in the market and they have to shape new ability as indicated by their particular necessity.etc.

 Above are some points which an organization might refer to while choosing the employees, however, there are companies which prefer to have a mixture of both experienced as well as freshers in there working environment.
But choosing of the employees depends totally upon the skills required by the company, budget they have and the environment in which the business is being carried out.

Reference:
https://businesstown.com/experienced-professionals-vs-freshers-one-hire-startup/

Employee theft

Employee theft refers to the improper taking of cash, products, or property by an organization member, The target is most commonly the organization itself.
theft is an example of a common phenomenon, known as counterproductive work behavior (CWB).
CWB refers to any purposeful conduct by organization members that are considered by an organization to be opposite to its legitimate interests.
some examples of CWB are:

• Theft
• Sabotage
• Misuse of time and resources 
• Unsafe behavior
• Physical violence 
• Sexual harassment, etc. 

Employee theft is brought about by individual and circumstance factors

Individual factor: 
This factor includes individual going for theft because of low payings, young age, status in a company is low, abusing drugs and alcohol, etc. 

 Circumstance factor:
Under this employees gets into illegitimate acts due to the pressure of work on them, formal procedures are unfair or interpersonal treatment is poor, unjust distribution of rewards and punishment, etc.

two different ways to lessen employee thefts are:

• To change people or
• To Change the circumstance.

REFERENCE:
http://psychology.iresearchnet.com/industrial-organizational-psychology/organizational-behavior/employee-theft/