ESSAY "Quality of Work Life"
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Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration
SUBJECT:
HUMAN RESOURCES II
ACTIVITY
ESSAY "Quality of Work Life"
July 13, 2021
INTRODUCTION
The human being is characterized by the development that occurs throughout life,
mainly in its three fundamental areas: physical, cognitive, and psychosocial, as these are
those that allow for the realization of each individual whether in their family or work environment,
educational or social. That is why one of the topics that has gained a lot of attention nowadays
the importance in psychology is mental and physical health, as well as well-being and
development of the person, in relation to the quality of life, not as an ultimate goal but as a
continuous process.
For workers, a large part of the day is spent performing their duties,
many of them dedicate between eight to ten hours a day as working hours; that is to say
As long as a person has a job, they will dedicate an average of one third of their life to
the performance of their work activities.
The health, safety, and well-being of workers are of fundamental importance.
for the workers themselves and their families, and also for productivity, competitiveness and
the sustainability of companies and, consequently, the economies of countries and the world.
CONTENT
Many of the problems that many companies and their workers face today
In day-to-day life, they are of a psychosocial nature and not just organizational, among them is the quality of
Work now focuses on a perspective of human development and not just human resources;
It is about achieving greater human satisfaction that allows for long-term efficiency.
deadline, allows adaptability and effectiveness in organizations.
The quality of work life has a diversity of meanings; for some, it is a
industrial democracy or co-management with increasing employee participation in
formal decision-making of the organization; while others conceive it as the
effort to improve productivity through the improvement of the psychosocial system more
that in the technical and structural aspects; and another stance is to understand it as the importance of
change all the organizational culture by humanizing work, individualizing the
organizations and fundamentally changing the structural and administrative systems.
The quality of life at work is a dynamic and continuous process in which activity
labor is divided into objective, which refers to the quality of life in the work environment and
subjective, which focuses on the psychological perspective with the aim of contributing to
optimal human development, especially in the work performed in an organization.
The subjective perspective is the set of perceptions and work experiences as well
individuals as collectives that are based on a socio-construction process
labor environment and aims for the well-being, satisfaction, and health of the
workers from a psychological point of view, it is a perspective that is interested in the
worker and puts aside the individual interests of the organizations.
On the other hand, the objective perspective aims to promote and improve the quality of
life in the workplace through the achievement of organizational objectives, focuses on the
physical conditions, the organization of work, the content of the position, working hours,
salary, job security, and the work environment. All these factors influence for
satisfy the needs of the worker and contribute to achieving productivity, effectiveness and
efficiency of organizations.
For a worker to have a quality of life at work, it is necessary for a
the organization has a balance between personal and family activities to generate
stability, enthusiasm, responsibility, motivation, productivity and support, otherwise
can cause stress to the worker and negatively affect life both inside and outside of
work.
Another factor that is also necessary for a worker to have a
quality of life at work is the healthy working time that refers to everything
time that is beneficial for health, it loses its effect when working hours are
Long, the suitable time for the family must be compatible with their obligations.
personal, family, and that the number of hours at work be productive and not
reduce the hours dedicated to the family, because it is not necessarily about investing more hours in it
work means more productivity.
Another factor that workers also need to achieve a quality of life
at work, it is to have the right to perform a satisfactory job where your status
emotional experience to be pleasant and positive, achieving that the worker feels satisfied and fulfilled
with their work, they also influence other types of compensations such as psychosocial-economical ones
according to their expectations, this valuation is perceived as subjective and is subject to
different perspectives depending on the worker's prior work experiences.
CONCLUSION
The quality of work life emerged as a concept associated with the work environment, it began
with the interest in improving work environments and working conditions. This movement
it originated in developed countries during the industrial revolution and its main objective is
generate multiple benefits for workers, by generating benefits for workers
Organizations also benefited because it improved their productivity, performance,
efficiency of its workers and prevented the turnover of human resources. But for the
