Task of each enterprise is performance set for it plans and the objects. At the same time often heads try to find methods of increase in labor productivity. For this purpose there are different ways: motivation of employees, improvement of working conditions, improvement of labor process. But sometimes introduction of positive innovations and innovations does not give any positive effect for the reason that all aspirations of the management break against the moods existing in collective.
The psychological climate in collective can be a factor which will help to advance common cause, to increase working capacity, to improve labor productivity. But it can destructively affect working process, to serve as a brake of development and to lead the enterprise to crisis.
Mean mood of labor group which is defined by relationship between her members by psychological climate.
Functions of psychological climate in collective
The psychological climate directly influences working process. Its main functions are:
- reduction of turnover of staff;
- creation of conditions, favorable for working process;
- improvement of quality of the final product of work;
- development of the enterprise;
- creation of conditions for development of workers;
- improvement of performance of the tasks set for labor group.
Assessment of psychological climate in collective
Each head has to carry out the assessment of psychological climate in collective from time to time. It will allow it to control fully labor group and in time to undertake measures for improvement of psychological climate.
The favorable psychological climate in collective has such characteristics:
- optimism, cheerfulness of members of the group;
- trust and mutual support;
- interest and attention the friend to the friend;
- free-thinking and opportunity to creativity;
- the labor group is intellectually and professionally improved;
- the collective feels as a whole, is proud of the general achievements;
- the labor group copes with objectives, is not afraid of the new purposes;
- members of collective communicate with pleasure with each other, participate in common causes, together spend free time;
- in group there is no sharp division on successful, weak and silly.
Factors of formation of social and psychological climate
Allocate several factors which influence formation of social and psychological climate:
- Satisfaction with work where compensation, the system of encouragement, appeal of work, the mode, existence in work of an opportunity for growth and self-realization, the nature of the relations in collective enters.
- Group compatibility, teamwork of members of the group where the ability to joint activity, interpersonal sympathy, attachment, agreement of opinion and unanimity, ability to agree and understand each other enters.
- The nature of the relations which are defined by communicative qualities of each member of the group.
- The unity of collective – this factor in many respects depends on qualities of character of the people who are members of collective.
- Style of the management. Incorrectly chosen style of the management can put group in opposition in relation to the head that will negatively affect enterprise performance.
- Nature of activity and working conditions. The hard or risky work, frequent stresses and experiences have direct influence on the nature of social and psychological climate of group.
Sometimes the favorable climate in collective develops kind of in itself. However quite often there are situations when the head has to make efforts to help to be created to such mood in group which will be considerable help in its work.