High Performance Work System
- 1. High Performance Work System(HPWS) Research programme based on Norwegian industry Presented by: Prity Shakya 20th March,2016
- 2. Introduction to HPWS Defined as a system of HRM practices that increase the employees’ empowerment, knowledge, skills and incentives that ultimately motivate them to achieve greater performance. According to Tomer, “the main idea of HPWS is to create an organization based on employee involvement, commitment and empowerment, not employee control” Aim is to create workplaces that are both highly productive and offer employees high levels of job satisfaction 2
- 3. Basic Practices self-managing teams open communication extensive training/upskilling Flexible work assignments Decentralized decision making employment security selective hiring of personnel 3
- 4. Selective hiring of personnel An organization need to have a large applicant pool from which to select. The organization needs to be clear about what are the most critical skills and attributes needed in its applicant pool. The skills and abilities need to be carefully considered and consistent with the particular job requirements and the organization's approach to its market. 4
- 5. Advantages Allows organization to build strong loyalty within the organization Brings new people with fresh and innovative ideas to the organization Reduce training costs as staff will bring experience and qualifications from the organization they've worked at before 5
- 6. Disadvantages An expensive process and takes a lot of energy from the HRM department to handle all the potential candidates Time-consuming as the organization works through so many processes that go before selection. 6
- 7. Decentralized Decision Making It is any process where the decision-making authority is delegated by top level to middle and lower and level managers within the organization 7
- 8. Advantages Empowering employees Relieving the burden Preparing for emergencies More efficient decision making Ease of expansion 8
- 9. Differences between work practices and employment practices 9 Work practices Applicable to work system design It includes self managing teams, decentralised decision making, flexible work assignments and open communication Employment practices Applicable to employment relations It includes employment security, skill or performance based pay and worker management partnership
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