If your goal is to increase the overall productivity of operations there are two main principles how to maximize employee productivity: personal motivation and better work environment..

It is great when the employee is interested in the specific task, and want to see the finished product when it would be completed and understand his or her importance in this project as a whole. The essential goal of the manager in motivating employee is to give to each employee a sense of playing a dynamic, integral role in something much larger, no matter what level of input a particular worker has in relation to the business process.

Motivation is not always positive. The worker must understand that if the level of his work is low, that can easily shrink the productivity margins at a devastating rate. Most of people are afraid of loosing their job. If a manager sees that the employee might potentially turn around and perform well under the right conditions, the manager can find some ways of penalizing.

Also office managers should make sure that the equipment in the office is ergonometric, as the employees need to feel comfortable at their workplace. There should be taken some effort to help workers get the sense of “place” in the office as quickly as possible.

Collaborative software is also a part of infrastructure in the work environment.VIP Task Manager is the best tool for team collaboration and group task management. It allows users access to the common database simultaneously through Local Network to see, edit and delete tasks. It lets employers to reduce staff management time and get their office organized, achieve goals with estimated results, create a real-time task list, project tree and employee schedule. Also you can set priorities and status to each of your tasks, set a reminder and receive notifications of the tasks that need to be done first. So each employee can feel his importance in the project, as he gets enough attention and the employer (manager) will be absolutely sure that the project will be completed in time.

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