Chapter 5: Discussion of Critical Analysis of Workplace Environment

The research study discusses crtical analysis of workplace  environment, change management aemployees’ commitment–in profit and non-profit institutions, nowadays, due to the rapid growth of the business organization the chances of employment are also increasing for employees. The employees want to switch to better places where they can find an effective workplace environment, change management.  The management strategies are the major key to enhance the satisfaction level of the employee and the commitment of the employees. This study is conducted on the profit and nonprofit organizations of Oman.

These organizations visit in order to measure the environment of the organization and the commitment of its employees. if, the change management of the nonprofit organization will be measured that it can be said that, The process of change management is not an easy one, but still it can be managed if the proper pattern is followed. The leaders in the organizations have to take adequate measures to ensure that they are able to convince employees to embrace change by participating in the change management process so that the workplace environment can be improved. But it is a difficult task to bring employees to a point, where they support the change management process in the organization, and there are multiple factors behind their resistance to change.

It has been observed in the study that the commitment of the employees is analyzed in effective manners of the manufacturing organization of Oman. Even the commitment level of the employees of the nonprofit organization is also measured. The well known author Brzezinski, Stanislaw; Bak, Agnieszka, 2015 has mentioned in their studies that If organizations are not providing enough reasons for employees to remain satisfied and committed, then they may not show a full commitment to organizational change, because they don’t see anything beneficial for them (Brzeziski and Bak 2015). It has been discussed in this study that the employee's commitment can be enhanced by applying several strategies to motivate their employees for their loyalty. 

Parish et al., (2008) has been stated in his study that the employees in an organization, who will be affected by change more than anyone else, and if they are not welcoming it, then change process will never produce good results, rather it will create new issues for the organization. So, it is critical for organizations to build the commitment of employees o they embrace change with open arms and work in collaboration with their leaders to implement change with full effect. Their engagement in the change process will benefit both employees and organizations in so many ways (Parish, Cadwallader and Busch 2008).

The first chapter of the research study explores the aims and objectives that are attained in the remaining parts of this study, particularly in chapter four data and analysis parts. The major research objectives that are attained in these studies these are;

· Critically assess and research how a change in the Workplace Environment affects employee satisfaction and commitment.

· Evaluate the effect of the change in the Workplace Environment in the Governorate (non-profit) and Private (profit) Sector Organizations.

· Assessing the process of change management in non-profit and profit organization to differentiate the different response made by both kind of organizations

This chapter of the research study explores the ideas about the rationale and justifications of this study, along with its contributions. It also provides views of how this study will be beneficial for academic knowledge and policymakers.

It also explores the concepts this is applicable for the policymakers in order to make the new and innovative policies for their employees. The research questions are also developing in this section of the research study.  Such as the one these questions are how does change in the Workplace Environment affects employee satisfaction and commitment? This question is answered in the literature review of the study along with statics illustration in chapter 4. In the literature review, it has been answered in such manners as; in any given competitive business environment, change is critical for business organizations for their growth and competitiveness.

The competitors do bring so many changes at regular intervals to stay ahead in the competition, and if other organizations do not do the same, they will struggle to stay competitive. So, holding a competitive advantage is important to keep things on the right track. The role of leaders is crucial in the change process, as they can influence and inspire their subordinates.

Another question is referred to as; What are the major process of change management in non-profit and profit organizations to differentiate the different responses made by both kinds of organizations? This question is answered in this study in such manners as; There have been so many organizational change models, and one of them was introduced by Kurt Lewin. There are three stages of this model presented by Lewin.

The third research question in this study is; what is the major effect of the change in the Workplace Environment in the Governorate (non-profit) and Private (profit) Sector Organizations? The best answerers of this research question can be explained in this way;The research has also suggested that the transactional leadership style can also be effective in bringing change in workplaces. John Kotter introduced a change model in the year 1996 after conducting research on around 100 organizations. He presented 8 steps in his model.

The first step was increased urgency, the second step was to build a guiding team, and the third step was developing the vision. After completing these steps, the fourth and fifth steps are communicating for buy-in and empower action. The sixth step is important, which is to create short term wins by implementing change. The last two steps are crucial as a seventh step asks to don’t let up, and the last step asks to make change stick so that better outcomes can be achieved.

This study is conducted by using both types of research methods quantitative and qualitative. The qualitative research methods lead to the literature review of the study. Under this method, all of these constructs and research questions are analyzed theoretically by using the findings of other researchers and exploring their concepts on this particular topic.

The sampling is the professionals of the five profit organizations and five nonprofit organizations. The data is collected from the professionals of the Omani organization by using the self-administrated questionnaire.  Than this questionnaire is analyzed by using the SPSS software which is the best of all tools for analyzing the data and generating the tables’ charts and graphs.  This is an accurate tool because it reduces the chances of data manipulation. This is the good software that can be used to measure the effects of independent variables on dependent variables.

Conclusion of Critical Analysis of Workplace Environment, Change Management, And Employees' Commitment–In Profit And Non-Profit Institutions

The cruxof the entire discussions and the study is that the importance and applications of the conclusions and results are interpreted in order to focus on the impact of management change on the employee commitment of the profit andnonprofit organization of Oman. It is essential to point out that in the organization the initiatives of the management change can be affected in both manners as negatively and positively.Sometimes the managementchanges havea positive impact on the employee commitment of the Omani organization.Therefore this study will contribute to the policymakers in order to take several initiatives related to the management change in the nonprofit organization.Each change in the nonprofit organizations of Oman is the lever for better results in organizational commitment.

It has been concluded that the environment of the workplace plays an essential role inencouraging and motivating the employees in order to perform their assigned jobs in effective manners. The environment of the workplace motivates the employs to stay here in order to perform their skills. Hence, the money is not considered as the sufficient means of the motivator in order to encourage the performance of the workplace which is required for the competitive business environment of today. It has been revealed in this study that the performance of the employees can be enhanced due to the better environment of the organization that canbe the biggest cause in order to enhance their commitment level with their organizations.

It has been observedduring the research by the personal visits in the nonprofit organization of Oman that the productivity of the employees is lacking due to the uncomfortedenvironment of those organizations. Because most of the employees of these organizations are females and they are not spending their professional life in effective manners. They need an effective and friendly environment that will be motivating the employees to perform their jobs and work in comfortable environments.

The determinants of the employees’ commitment to profit and nonprofit organizations of Oman are also examined in this study. These factors are examined by reviewing the environment factors of thesesorganizations. This study provides extensive knowledge aboutthe effect of the independe3nt variables on dependent variables.The multifaceted results of several studies are explained and discussed in this study in good ways. These concepts explore the relationships of these al variables. It also presentsthat the workplace environment of the organization is affected by employee commitment in positive ways. It shows if the effective environments of the workplace will be provided to the employees than the level of the commitment of the employees will enhance in good ways.

It is concluded in this study that the feedback of the effective performance of the crucial employees for the growth of the organization and employee efficiency. In fact, the feedback of the performance is relyingon the generation of the particular information which is mostly related to solving the pertained practical problems of the organizations.These important information’s entireis considered as the particular issue which can be the cause of the actual deviation from the original targetedgoals. All of this informationis considered as the obvious issue which can be the cause of the actual deviation from the targeted goal that can be easilyattained.

The variables and facts are establishedin this in order to determine the particular significance of the productivity of the employees. In addition, the factors of the workplace environments are essential which can be subsequently activated and control the activities of the employees according to their skills and capabilities. It has been measured in this study that there is a positive significant relationship among the workplace environment, management change, and organizational commitment. The linear regression analysis represents that due to the 1 percent change workplace environment and management change the employee commitmentcan be changed by 47 %. This analysis also shows that there is a positive significant relationshipbetweendependent andindependent variables. It means the null hypothesis is rejected and an alternative hypothesis is accepted.

Recommendations of Critical Analysis of Workplace Environment, Change Management, And Employees' Commitment–In Profit And Non-Profit Institutions

It has been recommended that the managers must be recognized by their employees and their needs as well. They must perceive the pressure or reason for adopting change in various change levers in particular perspectives. The mangers must take steps for the particular change activities in order to reduce the resistance of the change. If the changes are managedbythe mangersaffectively; than it can be the cause of high organizational commitment of employees.

According to the findings and results of this study, the managers must be arranged the periodic meetings along with their employees in order to hear their complaints and arguments for their management for serving as their motivating factors for their employees. There must be particular activates in which the managers must be counsel for their relationships along with their subordinates. The organization must have to adopt good programs in order to accommodate their employees for the life balance of the work. It is alsoreferred to as the great factors for retaining and motivating the employees for their organization.

In order to build an effective work environment, the Management must be struggled and tried tocreate that environment that can motivate, attract and retain its employees and enhance the productivity of the employees. The mangers and employers must be providing their employees physically comfort zone and facilities, it means the employers must provide the flexible and adjustable furniture’s for their employees for enhancing their comfort zone and encouraging them for their work. In the long run, this strategy will be keeping their employees happier and healthy.

The employers must have in place good working conditions for their employees for enhancing their moral values and it can easily be made them more efficient. There must be particularexamples of the benefits that are providing to the employees by their organizations. The means and ways must be search out by the manager of the organization for communication their strategies and goals to the employees to attaining the target goals of the organizations along with its mission and vision.

The organization must be incorporated approaches for feedback in its system. This will allows the organization to utilize the information that can be used for analyzing and solving the problems of the future. Mangers must solvethe issues timely that are related to the workplace specifically, in the area of the low productivity and inefficiency of employees. Feedback is considered as the best tool for the management that can be revealed for the commitment level of the employees and fulfill their responsibilities. This recommendation is used to encourage the visionary and potentials of employees for applying the more effort which can facilitate them in order adding the values of the companies.

These are also considered as the peradventure which allows the organization for playing its basics goals for the development of the economy. Additionally, the level of employee commitment can be enhanced by the incentives and the mangers must adopt the incentive stragglesto accommodated and encourage their employees. So, in order to offer them incentives to the employees, the management must be inconsistent and it must be according to the merit grounds. The compensation nature must also commensurate with the process that had been delivered to the employees effectively.

The factors of the workplace environment are considered as the antidotes which can be the cause of the unionization of employees within their environment. In this manner, all of these recommendations must be followed by the profit and nonprofit organization of Oman.

Future Implication of Critical Analysis of Workplace Environment, Change Management, And Employees' Commitment–In Profit And Non-Profit Institutions

There are several implications for the future that are explored in this study.This study is conducted to exploring the only impact of the workplace environment and change management on employee commitment atthe profit and nonprofitorganizations of Oman. Therefore, there are several sectors particularly the manufacturing companies are the best option for other researchers to conduct the research on this particular topic. This research is conducted only in Oman but it can be conductedin other countries around the globe. They must have to explore the incentivesalong with its advantages in order to enhance the commitment level of their employees. The organizations are reaping for improving the environment of the organizations.

Due to the lack of resources and time this study is limited for the organizations of Oman. It would be important for the further researcher to conduct the research study in another country for this topic. The concepts of the relationshipbetween the workplace environment and employee commitment must be explored on the brooder level. This study can be repeated in another context such as it can beconductedonlyin public sectors, manufacturing sectors in any other country. There are several researchers have presented their views on this particular topic but in a different context. For instance, this conducted in various countries but not on Oman, it is conducted on various organizations but not on a nonprofit organization.

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