The performance of staff can have a significant impact on the success of a company. What can companies do to increase staff productivity?

I put to references at the bottom, all you have to do is but the two references in the RACCA analysis. The RACCA you see down here is an example for you to see what this is about..:

RACCAA Analysis

Harvard reference Boury, B. (2015) The Increasing Adoption of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles, ECN: Electronic Component News, 59, pp. 1620. Available at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=110074366&site=ehost-live (Accessed: 16 February 2020).

Relevance to assignment

(include your assignment question)  This magazine article contains useful information and data about the performances of different types of hybrid and electric vehicles. It is relevant to the assignment question: To what extent are hybrid vehicles a solution to pollution and environmental damage, as it also compares the carbon dioxide emission and fuel efficiency of hybrid vehicles to traditional combustion engine vehicles.

Authority of the writer & publisher

    The author of this article is Bruno Boury. In addition to earning a masters degree in electrical engineering from the University of Leuven, he studied business in management, marketing, and related support services at Solvay Business School from 2010 to 2012. As for his career, he started off as the design engineer at Melexis and worked his way to become the companys product line manager of magnetic sensing. Advantage Business Marketing (previously known as Advantage Business Media) was a digital media organization at the time of this article. Also, this article was published to EE World Online (previously known as ECN), which is one of ABMs subordinate organizations that focuses on electrical engineering news and products. The fact that both, the author and publisher, are experts in electrical engineering justifies the focus on the electrical science of hybrid vehicles in this article, making this article reliable in terms of understanding the functions of hybrid vehicles.

Currency

    Although this article was published quite recently in October 2015, the rapid growth of technology and urgent need to combat ongoing environmental problems has prompted carmakers to continuously innovate hybrid vehicles every year. For example, it may be that full hybrids were only capable of reducing their CO2 emissions by 35 percent compared to conventional internal combustion engine vehicles in 2015, but now their capabilities to reduce the CO2 emissions have increased. Having said that, due to the fast-paced advancement of hybrid vehicles, this article may not be relevant to this question.

Content

    This article addresses the turn to hybrid vehicles as a solution to reduce carbon emissions as well as other successful methods that was done in the past. Before hybridization and electrification of vehicles was an option, carmakers were looking to improving energy efficiency by focusing on modifying the engines of traditional vehicles. The article then compares the carbon emission levels and fuel efficiency of full hybrids to mild hybrids. The comparison also takes into account the cost factor, suggesting that 15 percent of all HEV production will be for mild hybrids. This is useful information for the assignment question, as although mild hybrids are generally cheaper than full hybrids, their carbon emission levels are moderately higher. This article also mentioned a key component in hybrid vehicles that makes them so costly and challenging for vehicle manufactures to mass-produce, which is its inverter hardware. To conclude, the author claims that as carmakers are continuously improving hybrid vehicles to become more affordable and efficient, and governments are providing more incentives to switch to hybrid vehicles, he is very optimistic about the concept of hybrid vehicles and its role in solving carbon emission problems.

Accuracy

    Overall, this article is well written. In some areas of the article, there was a significant use of scientific terms which made it quite challenging for the audience to comprehend. Nevertheless, there was very few grammatical errors and no spelling mistakes found in this article. Also, it was unfortunate to see that there was no evidence of citations, especially where the statistics was shown. Additionally, there was no mentioning in the article about the methodology of the data collected, which lowers the accuracy of this article.

Audience

    Given the context of the publisher of this article, the secondary target audience would be the general public with an interest in the world of electrical engineering. More specifically to this article, the intended audience would be anyone who is interested in switching to drive or buy a hybrid vehicle. Although this magazine article may not appear like it is for an academic audience at first, it contains many interesting information than can be used for academic purposes.

these are the two references that have to be done in RACCA style:

Business Town, (2020, April 6). 8 ways to increase productivity in the workplace. Business Town. https://businesstown.com/8-ways-increase-productivity-workplace/  (13.05.2020)

Turner, P. (2019). Employee engagement and the employee experience. Employee Engagement in Contemporary Organizations, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36387-1_1  (13.05.2020)

the assessment question is: The performance of staff can have a significant impact on the success of a company. What can companies do to increase staff productivity?

the original text is:

t is true that a companys success relies heavily on the performance of its staff members. There are several measures that can be implemented to increase staff productivity. This essay will discuss these measures in more detail.
 
To begin with, improving working conditions for the staff is vital for them to be productive because such improvement will allow them to carry out their duties precisely and in a timely efficient manner. For example, almost all CEOs who participated in a survey in the U.S. said that the most important factor for their success was improving working conditions for the employees. Better working conditions will automatically increase the productivity of employees and allow them to achieve their targets.
 
It is equally important to keep employees happy. They should feel wanted and valued. Companies can increase the productivity of their staff and boost their morale by rewarding and promoting staff members who carry out their duties effectively because this will encourage other staff members to follow in doing their duties in more effective ways. For instance, in 2012, a Sudanese company was transformed from being a failed company into one of the most successful businesses in Sudan by rewarding and promoting their staff. Thus such a policy will undoubtedly help in increasing the productivity of employees in any business outlet and that will consequently help a company to succeed.
 
To sum up, the performance of employees is the most imperative factor in any businesss success. Companies can increase the productivity of their staff by improving their working conditions and by giving rewards and promotions.
 

this is my amended text:

Employee performance and productivity play a significant role in the success of a business. Increasing staff productivity requires managers and business owners to encourage, as well as engage their workers in the decision-making process. In this context, productivity is the amount of work an individual can perform within a limited amount of time on a long-term basis.  If the workers are happy, their productivity will automatically improve, which allows completion of more quality work in a short period and minimize the time wasted on unnecessary activities. The primary objective of this essay is to examine different measures that a business owner or manager can implement to increase staff productivity. Making small changes in employee attitude will dramatically increase their productivity and efficiency, which enables a business to grow.
            Improving working conditions for the workers is an effective strategy that allows them to become productive, perform their duties precisely and promptly. A recent study in the United States indicates that the working environment has a stronger influence on the level of staff job satisfaction, can improve the level of employee commitment, as well as ensure higher engagement (Turner, 2019). Other scholars suggest that healthy workplace practice is associated with different types of positive business outcomes, resulting in reduced employee turnover and increased levels of satisfaction (BusinessTown, 2020). Therefore, improved working conditions increases the productivity of workers and allows them to accomplish their short term and long term goals.
            Enhancing organizational culture is another essential measure for the business to consider. According to Turner (2019), the culture of a company incorporates various significant elements, such as company vision and goals, its work environment, values and ethics. For instance, most of the cultures that highlight rewarding teamwork and positive relationship building lead to increased productivity of employees. Some researchers suggest that business owners should improve their company culture by adjusting their hiring practices to help increase staff productivity (Turner, 2019). Hiring workers with a better cultural fit is necessary to ensure that they can work with others successfully, which helps to stimulate the present staff.
            Also, business owners must ensure that staffs are happy. Recent research shows that a stressful condition does not yield any outcomes (BusinessTown, 2020). Therefore, most of the employees who regularly work under highly stressful work environments have increased levels of absenteeism and disengagement, and they as well have low productivity. Managers must ensure that their employees feel that they are an essential part of the organization. they can facilitate this by taking their needs seriously, recognizing their progress, trusting them, and prioritizing a good life or work balance to ensure that they are more productive.
            Lastly, Business owners and managers should practice positive reinforcement strategies. Turner (2019) argues that workers should feel wanted and valued. Organizations should reward and promote their employees by giving them constructive criticism and telling them that they are doing a great job.  Also, they can indicate the success of one worker to their coworkers to nurture a feeling of fulfilment, which encourages others (BusinessTown, 2020). Therefore, by motivating staffs to make more significant efforts on their work to receiver rewards and promotion in return will most likely increase their productivity.
            Making small changes in employee attitude will dramatically increase their productivity and efficiency, which enables a business to grow. Employee performance is an essential element in any companys success. Different measures, including improved working conditions, organizational culture, ensuring that employees are happy, as well as practising positive reinforcement in the workplace increases the productivity of workers and allows them to accomplish goals.