There are a number of problems that faces mangers in key institutions like Yelp. Although some of them can be resolved, some are persisting and may prevent a manager from achieving his/her goals and those of the organization. The first challenge they face is achieving stretched goals. Any particular business is responsible for something; be it supporting another company, producing good, developing new products, or acquiring new clients. All companies in operation have certain goals they aspire to achieve and if the organization is aggressive enough, it will achieve the objectives. Some of the goals require more than a typical amount of effort to achieve. Some stretched goals are difficult to achieve which becomes a burden to the manager who mobiles resources towards the achievement of the aggressive goals. Mangers also have a challenge in bringing out the best out of employees. Every employee has a bad and a good day. Sometimes this is caused by the control of the manager who has to make all efforts to ensure that employees deliver results. Every manager should aspire to make employees have as many “good days” as possible because this will reflect in their productivity. Some employees are defiant and are not at any point willing to cooperate with the management. In such instance, managers have to stand with their principles and ensure that work is done the right way. Finally, managers have a problem of dealing with underperforming and outstanding employees. Some workers will not deliver their best because of their personal and private issues with interferes with their performance. Although it is not the problem of the manager, in reality any issue that interferes with low productivity of an employee is the problem of a manager. Some employees outperform others, which is a good thing to the company. However, it still has some of its own challenges.
Recommendations
In order to achieve a stretched goal, a manger is supposes to mobilize employees to work as teams in the quest to achieve the aggressive goals. He/she is also expected to motivate the staff and remove all roadblocks that may appear in their path while encouraging them to focus on the most important issues. Although a goal might be stretched, resilience and diligence will make a company achieve it. In order o bring out the best out of employees, managers are supposed to treat all workers equal and with respect despite their position in the institution. Managers are also expected to provide an environment that is appropriate for work and conducive to the welfare of workers. In addition, leaders are supposed to encourage workers to communicate and cooperate in their operations. When dealing with underperforming employees, a manager should be accommodative and offer special motivating and advice to the victims. For outstanding employees, they will need special recognition for their efforts and talents. They also require much training and guidance.
Rationale for recommendation
Many challenges that face managers have to do with the operations of the institution. Although the challenges may be many, they usually have to do with the achievement of the goals and handling employees. The above recommendations are based on research and studies that were performed on a number of managers. Human beings require care when handling. It requires one to use experience and some little bit of control to manage them. When they do not perform, the above ways have been proven to work.
Pros/ and Cons of Recommendations
The above recommendations have pros and cons. The pros include the ability of the recommendations to work as proved by studies. They are easily applied as the manager does not have to use much resources and energy as compared to using many resources to achieve a particular goal. The already existing employees can make an institution achieve the goals only if the employees are motivated and guided. Providing counseling and guidance to employees will make workers cooperate and share their feelings which will have a positive influence on the operations of the company. This is advantageous in comparison to being harsh and firing of workers aimlessly. The con of the above recommendation is that managers will have to spend much of their time talking to employees and pleading with them to work hard. This might appear desperate from the manager.
