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
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3. Basic Practices
self-managing teams
open communication
extensive training/upskilling
Flexible work assignments
Decentralized decision making
employment security
selective hiring of personnel
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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9. Differences between work practices
and employment practices
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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
