How we can tackle employee productivity and team building at once?

One of the best ways to improve employee productivity & team building is to create a direct link between output and pay by implementing a piecework compensation plan. In a piecework compensation plan, there are no hourly wages.

Instead, employees get paid according to how many parts they assemble, how many sales they make, how many hours they bill, etc. This won't work for every industry, but if your employees' productivity can be easily quantified. Thus in a day the performance of the teams can be measured & rewarded as per their performance

Analysing the loopholes in their skills and competencies and performance. Devising a  proper solution to mend those gaps. Once skills are upgaraded and competencies are strong definitely time and effort will be reduced, performance will be improved, defects will be reduced  and productivity will go up. 

I think rewards may not get the desired results.

Consider any great orchestra ; there are several musicians , playing different instruments. Each musician is of the highest calibre , and has the best possible instrument.

You will get nothing out of this congregation , unless you have a great musical score , and a great conductor.

Paying employees by their output is very logical , but there is something very soul deadening that one needs to produce a fixed quantity day after day to get one's monthly salary. People , at every level , can have off days. Team work will ensure that when one team member is unable to contribute , the others understand and help out if they can , so that the team is not dragged down by one member's inability to contribute.

More than monetary rewards , team building is more by way of motivated and committed employees , rather than any specific affinity for the team. In fact , I would say , more than individual team goals , it should be the overall company goals which should be furthered by each and every employee.

A motivated employee will certainly be productive , because he / she has a driving force from within. Monetary incentives can be a factor in employee productivity , but as long-term measures , you should look at other avenues.

Communication is an important factor in the build up of a team work within any organization. Lack of communication between the managers and sub ordinates makes the latter a feeling of low confidence and may feel that they are not of much important to the organization which affects the productivity. Inducing self belief among the collegues or sub ordinates will result in more positive approach towards their responsibilities and success of the company

In a manufacturing organization good and safe practices increases productivity. I believe.

Creation of  conducive working environment, selecting a right man for a right job,  working out a good match between the organisational goals and individual goals, good communication between the team members are some of the important factors that contribute to improve the employee productivity and team building.

it is important for organisational goals to be shared with employees to understand the big picture, encourage joint goal setting and problem solving, offer the needed moral and infrastuctural and systems support to perform the job, have regular review sessions with feedback, coaching and counseling. empower people to perform with the needed freedom avoiding too close supervision, instill self-confidence and accountability, celebrate inidividual and team achievements sparingly with a word of appreciation/recognition raising the bar each time.

regards/kshantaram