High Performance Work Systems

High Performance Work Systems

Introduction

The main purpose of this paper is to make an analysis on the main factors of High Performance Work System (HPWS) and identify the possibility of implementing it in an online institution with the higher learning. The growth and demand of the online education is increasing day by day and it is expected that it will grow with a higher rate in near future. The main factors that create the differentiation between the one online institutes from the other are its high quality curriculum, quality customer services, professional instructors and competitive pricing. Therefore, it is necessary that in order to gain the competitive edge, the online institutes with higher education should work of the implementation of High Performance Work Systems (HPWS). HPWS can be helpful for the companies for the purpose of bringing the positive results in different areas like customer services, revenues, productivity and quality (Datta, 2005).

The organizations in the recent era are experiencing high challenge in terms of gaining the competitive edge because of the increased globalization and rapid changes in technologies and innovations. Therefore, it is necessary for the companies that in order to meet these challenges and gain the competitive edge they should work for combining the human resource practices into complete High Performance Work Systems (HPWS). The HPWS is used for enhancing the employee's performance and their involvement with the work. According to the research conducted by Datta, the organizations using the HPWS in combination with the HR practices in order to increase the employee's performance and productivity face lower employee turnover and improved productivity of employees.

High Performance Work Systems can also be beneficial for the online education field. The importance of the online education is growing with an increased rate for both the high education institutions and the students. Therefore, it is necessary that these online institutions should work for providing the quality online programs along with managing the virtual faculty. The implementation of High performance Work System can be a great opportunity for this online education in order to capture a high market share and improve the performance of the institution.

Key Elements of High Performance Work System

High Performance Work Systems is a set of practices that may provide an increase in organizational and employee or distributor success. Examples of HPWSs include training, open communication, and variable pay structures (Allen, 2010). Human resources management (HRM) is shifting from playing a purely administrative role in organizations to holding a strategic position. In so doing, HRM professionals have begun to look at their role in the success of an organization. A major focus for HRM is to discover and evaluate the role of employees as resources that are able, by their performance, to have an effect on organizational success. The concept behind this focus is not new and has its inception in the work of Edith Penrose and her resource-based research. According to Penrose in her seminal work in the area, resources affect the performance of an ...