Business Studies, JSS 1, Week 8
Topic: The right attitude to work
Content:
- Meaning of attitude to work
- Attribute of right (positive attitude to work)
- Rewards of right attitude to work
- Consequences of a negative attitude to work
Meaning of attitude to work
Attitude is someone’s opinion or feeling about something usually shown by the person’s behavior. Attitude can be positive/right or negative/wrong. A right attitude will lead to increase in productivity and good working environment.
Attitude involves feelings, values, beliefs and disposition that make individuals to act or behave in a certain way.
Attitude to work is therefore a person’s feelings, values and disposition towards their work
Attributes/characteristics/features of right (positive) attitude to work
- Punctuality: This is the ability of a worker to resume to work early i.e the appropriate time.
- Honesty: It is the moral uprightness to work
- consistency: It is the ability to maintain a particular standard at work
- Diligence: It is the act of working very hard and carefully
- Devotion: It is the act of working with dedication or loyalty.
- Commitment: It is showing a strong belief in the work and doing the job with your whole heart.
Rewards of right attitude to work
The rewards of right attitude to work include the following
- It brings success to and progress to workers
- It brings joy and happiness to workers
- It brings respect and mutual understanding to among workers and management
- It enhances good relationship with co-workers
- It brings about growth and productivity to the organization
Negative attitude to work
It is the direct opposite of right/positive attitude to work
Consequences of negative attitude to work include the following
- It brings about less or no productivity
- It brings anxiety to worker because he feels is in danger
- The worker feels over work and unfair treatment from the management
- The worker feels unhappy and become depress
Test and Exercise
- A worker’s attitude means (a) the favorite food a worker (b) the workers qualification (c) the workers idea (d) the workers behavior
- Attitude can be (a) positive and negative (b) wild and dangerous (c) large and wide (d) exposed and kept
- A positive attitude to work will bring about (a) no customer (b) increase in productivity (c) decrease in productivity (d) stress and depression
- One of these is the consequence of a negative attitude to work (a) high productivity (b) a good working environment (c) it brings about anxiety (d) it brings development in the organization
- All of the following are features of positive/right attitude to work (a) consistency (b) punctuality (c) stubbornness (d) devotion
