'Sustainability in Employee Suggestion Schemes' by Flevy Lasrado presented at the Ideas.Arabia 7th International Conference 2012

1. 7th IDEAS ARABIA CONFERENCE
SUSTAINABILITY IN EMPLOYEE
SUGGESTION SCHEMES
Flevy Lasrado
Flevy Lasrado
1 23 April 2012

2. Agenda
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 Introduction
 Sustainability in ESS – What should it imply?
 The Indicators - Views and perceptions (Local perspectives)
 The Proposed Model for assessing the sustainability in ESS
 Panel Discussion – Developing a framework to assess the
sustainability in SS
 Conclusion
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3. The Takeaway from this session
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 User perspectives
 Understanding of an assessment criteria to evaluate
the individual schemes for sustainability
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4. Why Suggestions are still important?
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 Vehicle to fuel innovation
 Innovation/creativity is a competitive advantage
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5. Sustainability in Suggestion System –What
should it imply?
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Meet goals
and objectives
of the iniative
Economic Continued
Benefit Existence
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6. Suggestion scheme Goals and
Objectives
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Improving
customer
service and
quality
Improving
Saving time systems,
and cost methods
and
efficiency
Improving Improving
product safety and
quality the work
environment
Saving cost,
Making the reducing
job more waste or
productive enhancing
revenue
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7. Defining Sustainability in SS
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 It adds value to organization through tangible or intangible
benefits
 Creates a conducive work environment for improved
productivity
 Ensures employee well being and increases employee job
satisfaction
 Improves employee morale and thus continues to keep its
employees involved in the suggestion schemes.
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8. A Definition
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"The achievement of stakeholders stated goals involving
productivity, profitability, employee well being and job
satisfaction and improved employee morale now and
in the future”.
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9. Sustainability Indicators
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Supervisory encouragement Implementation of suggestion
Co worker support Job factors
Top Mgt Support Empowerment
organizational Encouragement Expertise
Communication Individual attributes and self efficacy
Evaluation Job control
Publicity Organizational impediments
Resources Team work
Rewards Competition
Training Support for innovation
Effective simple System Employee participation
Feedback
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10. User Perspectives from UAE
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120
100
80
60
40 Series1
Series2
Linear (Series1)
20
0
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11. Users Work Experience
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21 1 2 3
34
1. Less than 10
years
2. 10 -20 Years
3. More than 20
45
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12. Sustainability Model
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Employee Engagement
/Motivation
Leadership and Management
Practices
System Capability
Organizational
Environment/Creativity foster
Organizational Impediments
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13. Sustainability Outcomes
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Service/Process
improvisation
Profitability Employee
satisfaction
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14. Proposed Sustenance Model
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Employee Engagement
System Capability
Organizational Environment
Sustainability in Suggestion
Leadership an Management
+ System
Practice
-
Organizational Impediments
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15. Developing an Assessment
Framework
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PANEL DISCUSSION – INDUSTRY
PERSPECTIVE
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16. THANK YOU!
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