Introduction to the current debate
According to the Insurance Regulatory Commission of Sri
Lanka (IRCSL, 2017) there are 27 number of Insurance companies who perform
throughout the country. These 27 companies divided into Life Insurance, General
Insurance & Composite Insurance companies, where a combination of 13 Life
Insurance companies, 12 General Insurance companies and 2 composite Insurance
companies perform in the market. According to HNB Assurance Annual report
(2017) the industry growth rate of 12% in Life Grosse Written Premium (GWP)
and 16% on General GWP, all the companies giving their maximum efforts to
enhance productivity by make sure the employees are engage with their
duties as well as with the organization.
In the resent findings of Macey and Schneider (2008, p. 4)
states that “Engage employees not
only contribute more but also are more loyal and therefore less likely to voluntarily
leave the organization.” In the same if the employees not been engage to the
the organization it will have deviations in its performances.
At the same time there can be employees who are less
engagement or disengage in an organization. Accordingly Armstrong, (2014) this is known as Burnout, which crate s high-stress
levels, failures, absenteeism’s and finally it will critically impact on the
staff turnover as well. It is also been highlighted Smith & Markwick (2009) where employee engagement
directly been influence to the attitudes, absence & staff turnover which has an influence over the Organizational performance. According to
Cartwright and Holmes (2006, pp.
200-201) “Employee cynicism” which leads to poor Job performance, withdrawals,
poor mental and physical health and negative impact on the job functions.
As per the details gathered from the Organization second
layer executive, HNB Assurance annual report (2017) and the current situation of the
Organization following deviations which is having similarities with the
disengagement has been highlighted
1. Growing patterns of staff
turnover
2. Increasing gap between the budgeted
GWP Vs Achievements
3. Increasing loss ratio’s due to bad underwriting
patterns (deviations in knowledge sharing over the risk)
4. Lack of innovative Ideas
5. Poor leadership strategies where
lack of transparency, Motivation and miss directions
By enhancing the engagement, Baker, (2011, p. 268) “employees are
physically, cognitively and emotionally connected with their work roles” which
will ultimately make the organization in a strong position.References
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Good share Charith, some additions to your blog, one’s the drivers are set right and employees connect themselves with the organization they get engaged and display the separate outcomes and mentioned as “ SAY, STAY and STRIVE”. SAY means employees consistently speak positively about the organization to colleagues, potential employees and customer. STAY means has an intense desire to work with the company and understand its goals and finds meaning, finally STRIVE means exerts extra effort and engages in behaviour that contribute to the success of the organization (Kavya & Padmavathy,2017).
ReplyDeleteDear Charith, well illustrated blog on Employee Engagement.
ReplyDeleteIt is considered that engaged employees are more credible to behaviours like altruism, conscientiousness and sportsmanship. In other words, fully absorbed and dedicated employees behave in ways that are more virtuous and courteous and disengaged employees tend to exhibit less organizational citizenship behaviors (Kataria, Garg and Rastogi, 2012).
Hi Charith. To measure effectiveness of the workfoce in an organisation, employee engagement plays a vital part in the process of development. In addition money is the fundamental inducement, no other incentive or motivational technique comes even close to it with respect to it influential value (Sara, 2004,Taylor, 1914). It has the supremacy to magnetize, maintain and motivate individuals towards higher performance. Frederick Taylor and his scientific management associates describe money as the most fundamental factor in motivating the industrial worker to attain greater productivity (Adeyinka, Ayeni & Popoola, 2007).
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