Wellness is becoming popular as the human factor is realised in terms of empowering employees to perform through wellness initiatives and in the long-term gaining financial success of an organisation. Wellness is bound to be of growing importance in the future, as it is a business prerequisite and has far greater significance for the organisation, employee’s managers and society as a whole. The real challenge is implementation of wellness initiatives and to gain employee and management participation. The main objective of this research was to determine conceptualisation of wellness in the minds of employees, and to identify wellness expectations in a telecommunications organisation. This study was qualitative and explorative in nature with a total of 30 participants. Of the 30 participants, 15 were on a managerial level and 15 were in non-managerial positions. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. The data analysis was carried out by using the content analysis method to explore the meaning, events and states experienced by the participants. The results indicated that participants viewed general health, physical and mental health; work-life balance; perceived organisational support and work environment as the 6 themes that describe wellness, with general health being the core element. Therefore, dividing general health into 4 main areas specifically; physical health, mental health, work-life balance and work health (perceived organisational support and ergonomics). Ranking the main aspects of wellness identified by participants from the highest to the lowest, the most frequently mentioned aspects not getting sufficient attention in this organisation were: ergonomics and perceived organisational support. Recommendations were made for workplace interventions. / MA, Industrial Psychology, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2012

Wellness is becoming popular as the human factor is realised in terms of empowering employees to perform through wellness initiatives and in the long-term gaining financial success of an organisation. Wellness is bound to be of growing importance in the future, as it is a business prerequisite and has far greater significance for the organisation, employee’s managers and society as a whole. The real challenge is implementation of wellness initiatives and to gain employee and management participation. The main objective of this research was to determine conceptualisation of wellness in the minds of employees, and to identify wellness expectations in a telecommunications organisation. This study was qualitative and explorative in nature with a total of 30 participants. Of the 30 participants, 15 were on a managerial level and 15 were in non-managerial positions. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. The data analysis was carried out by using the content analysis method to explore the meaning, events and states experienced by the participants. The results indicated that participants viewed general health, physical and mental health; work-life balance; perceived organisational support and work environment as the 6 themes that describe wellness, with general health being the core element. Therefore, dividing general health into 4 main areas specifically; physical health, mental health, work-life balance and work health (perceived organisational support and ergonomics). Ranking the main aspects of wellness identified by participants from the highest to the lowest, the most frequently mentioned aspects not getting sufficient attention in this organisation were: ergonomics and perceived organisational support. Recommendations were made for workplace interventions. / MA, Industrial Psychology, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2012

Baigiamojo bakalauro darbo tema „Organizacijos kultūros raiška Lietuvos Respublikos Seime“. Darbo tikslas – atlikti teorinę ir empirinę organizacijos kultūros analizę ir pateikti pasiūlymus, kaip derinti organizacijos kultūrą, kad ji atitiktų organizacijos tikslus ir darbuotojų lūkesčius. Tikslui pasiekti buvo keliami šie uždaviniai: • Atlikti situacijos analizę organizacinės kultūros aspektu. • Atlikti empirinį tyrimą tikslu nustatyti, kaip esama organizacijos kultūra dera su norima organizacijos kultūra. • Pateikti vadybinius siūlymus, kaip derinti organizacijos kultūrą, kad ji atitiktų organizacijos tikslus ir darbuotojų lūkesčius. Situacijos analizėje aptarta tinkamos organizacinės kultūros įtaka organizacijos sėkmei ir organizacijos narių pasitenkinimui darbu. Aptarti keturi dominuojantys organizacinės kultūros tipai, oficialūs ir neoficialūs organizacinės kultūros elementai. Empirinio tyrimo metu buvo siekiama nustatyti, ar esama organizacinė kultūra sutampa su norima organizacijos kultūra. Tyrimas buvo atliekamas Lietuvos Respublikos Seime, apklausiant tik ten dirbančius valstybės tarnautojus, nes jie sudaro didžiąją dalį visų Lietuvos Respublikos Seimo darbuotojų. Apklausa buvo vykdoma kiekybinio tyrimo metodu pagal iš anksto sudarytą klausimyną. Apklausos grįžtamumas – 92 proc. Gauti rezultatai parodė, kad esama organizacijos kultūra neatitinka norimos organizacijos kultūros. Įvertinus Lietuvos Respublikos Seimo organizacinę struktūrą, pateikiami vadybiniai... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The topic of Bachelor thesis is “Managing the Alignment of the Organizational Culture at “Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania”. The objective of thesis is to carry out the theoretical and empiric research of the organizational culture, and deliver the implementations, how to manage the alignment of the organizational culture. For implementation of the objective, these goals were followed: • To carry out the theoretical research under the aspect of organizational culture. • To carry out the empiric research in order to define, if and how present organizational culture matches desired organizational culture. • To deliver the managerial implementations, how to manage the alignment of the organizational culture, so that it would fulfill organizational goals and values of organization members. The high impact of proper organizational culture on organization’s success and organization’s members’ job satisfaction was revealed in the theoretical research. Four types of organizational culture and formal and informal organizational elements were discussed. During the empirical research it was aiming to measure, if present organizational culture matches with desired organizational culture. The research took place in Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Only public officials were research, since they make the majority of all employees in Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. The survey was done under the quantitative research method, a structured questionnaire was used. The feedback of... [to full text]