Initiation of Happy Workplace or Happy Organization

Initiation of Happy Workplace or Happy Organization Dr. Jitsuda Limkriengkrai1 Today, many organizations face with the rapid changes and fluctuations of economy, politics and society in both domestic and worldwide level, which affect security of the organizations. Therefore, the top executives are seeking the way to lead their business through the crisis, survive, grow and secure success. What is the way to achieve the goals? Why some organizations produce poor outcomes? Why many organizations are lifeless? Why some projects take forever and increase their complexity but do not bring success, despite the fact that employees are full of thought, energy and potential to develop? Is this because “Success” and “happiness” are often put separate? In fact, happiness is the motivation for success. When people work in harmony, the work can be easily and happily achieved. Happy Workplace Office, Healthy Organization Promotion Section, Thai Health Promotion Foundation introduces a fun plan, the “the Happy Workplace concept,” which aims to create happy people in the organizations, fulfill the gap between the executives and employees. As it is believed that “people” are the most important asset in organizations, if the people become “happy people,” they perform efficiently and the organizations grow sustainably. The most important factor in initiating the happy workplace is organization “top leader”. Building a happy workplace is like building a second home, where the employees are happy at work in a friendly atmosphere. Building such an environment is challenging and time consuming task to organizations. It starts with leader’s vision and commitment to sincerely give priority and care to employees. In addition to the leader’s commitment, the human resource division is another important mechanism in moving the organization toward a happy workplace. Professional human resource (HR) developers must dedicate to raise employees’ happiness every day. The challenge is that happiness is a feeling, which can be changed all the time. Therefore, creating a happy workplace takes not only knowledge, but also creativity, dedication, attention, and care to preserve and fulfill happiness to the organization. Another important principle in creating a happy workplace is networking scheme, which allows all employees to share their ideas to benefit the organization. Team working leads to happiness and capacity building. When many people work together, the output is team perfection, which increases potentiality and productivity of the organization.                                                                                                                         1  Department of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Mahidol University, Thailand

Staff of the Database and Information System Development Project for Healthy Organization, supported by Thai Health Promotion Foundation.   1    

It is important to change the mind-set of people in the organization from top leader, HR developers, and all employees, if they do not believe that happiness can drive the organization toward success and lack of intention to self-development. The desirable mind set is that people in the organization are happy and never feel bored at work. They are keen and willing to work. As a result, the organization will grow sustainably. Therefore, let’s make your organization a “happy workplace.”

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