Activity 7: High Performance Work Systems

Activity 7: High Performance Work Systems

Abstract

The high performance work systems have become the necessary aspect in today's era for the organizations to attain the competitive positions in the industry. There are various elements that are essential for the development of the high performance work systems. These elements mainly involve the proper selection of the potential employees, the proper training of the employees as well as the proper management of the employee related factors such as the motivational factors and the conflict management. With the competitive and effective strategies, the high performance work system can also be properly implemented in an online institution of higher education. This paper has discussed the essential elements with which the proper high performance work system can be implemented in an online institution.

Introduction

High performance work systems

In today's fast pace of completion, the organizations are required to develop such strategies and approaches that can provide it the competitive position among the competitors. The performances of the organization are the factors that derive the organization towards the success or failure. Therefore, the organizations are concerned towards the development of the high performance work systems so as to achieve the high level of performance and the competitive position. The high performance work systems involve the interconnected human resource practices and approaches that have direct and positive impact upon the performances of the employees. These practices and approaches involve the recruiting, training, performance appraisal of the employees along with the handling of the compensation and benefit aspects. These practices are carried out to improve and enhance the performances of the employees because the employees must have to be well motivated, skilled so as to give their best performances that are required by the human resource managers (Bohlander, G. W., & Snell, S., 2013). The basic function of the high performance work systems is to allow the employees to work out and put their efforts in the organizational decision making, leading to flexibility, creating innovations and bringing enhancements in the sharing and multiplying the potential skills so that the creative and innovative work environment can be established. The development of the high performance work systems not only helps the organization to attain the targeted goals and objectives but this also assists the employees of the organization to build up their skills and capabilities for their future career.

Discussion

Key elements of a high performance work system

The high performance work systems have very significant key elements. These elements involve the human resource practices such as training the employees for the skill development, the utilization of the compensation and benefits policy. Other than these practices, the highly effective organizational work structure is also one of the key elements of the high performance work systems. These essential key elements increase the level of commitment among the employees and increase the competencies as well as the adaptability of employees. The high performance work systems greatly consider the systemization of the interconnected elements of an organization that set off with one another to ...