role of humour in the organization

i always believe that humour can play a vital role in an organization.
to get something done by your workforce, even in a difficult situation and at the same time to pass down a command to a diplomat undercommand; i found that a small touch of humour in conversations makes the whole thing easy and smooth.
friends, can anybody give me some more points in this regards and if possible with some references. i am going to make a write up about it.
thanks.

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BORHAN

Hello Major,

Organisational humour is fast exploring various sections within an organisation. Organisations have witnessed greater productivity, improved employee morale, lower absenteeism, a healthy and creative workforce and many other benefits.
The topic is a good one to write about. For your write up, I suggest doing a google search. The resources and articles on the same are not very uncommon. Some of the links I came across and really liked are:

http://www.expressitpeople.com/20040...agement1.shtml

http://www.uwe.ac.uk/bbs/trr/Issue1/IS1-2_1.htm (Social research article. The list of references given at the end could be very helpful)

http://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/issu...7-3/moran1.htm (Evaluation of humour in emergency work)

http://www.lotus-exchange.com/comedy...s-humour.shtml (this link provides a view of the comedy workshops that lotus-exchange does for organisations.)


Regards,
Vinisha.

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*~Vinisha~*

Hi,

In this site itself, bala has posted a link to an article on using humour to retain employees.

http://www.citehr.com/using-humour-t...es-vt5735.html

Regards,
Vinisha.

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*~Vinisha~*

When you say humour in Organisation, i got this joke, which is worth sharing..

How to ask your Boss for a salary increase..?

One day an employee sends a letter to her boss asking for an increase in her salary!!!

Dear Bo$$

In thi$ life, we all need $ome thing mo$t de$perately. I think you $hould be under$tanding of the need$ of u$ worker$ who have given $o much $upport including $weat and $ervice to your company.

I am $ure you will gue$$ what I mean and re$pond $oon.

Your$ $incerely,
Employee


The next day, the employee received this letter of reply:
Dear

I kNOw you have been working very hard. NOwadays, NOthing much has
changed. You must have NOticed that our company is NOt doing NOticeably well as yet.

NOw the newspaper are saying the world's leading ecoNOmists are NOt sure if the United State s may go into aNOther recession. After the
NOvember presidential elections things may turn bad.

I have NOthing more to add NOw. You kNOw what I mean.

Yours truly,
Manager

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Anu Vaish