Improving Organisational Performance

Improving
Organisational
Performance

INTRODUCTION
High-performance work organisation refers as a conceptual framework for enterprises
that leads to enhanced and sustained business performance. These type of organisations are
customer focused, flexible and capable to work highly and effectively within teams. HPWO is a
concept that proposes greater involvement of employee in decision making process (Abubakar
And et. al., 2017). In this workers have capability to control their reward structure which lead to
much more efficient workplace. For this report, Morrisons is a chosen supermarket chain which
headquartered in Bradford, England, UK. This company was founded by William Morrison in
1899. Company mainly specialise in selling of clothing, magazines, books, food and drink, CDs
and DVDs. Main purpose of conducting this report is to identifying the importance of high
performance working in improvement of organisational performance, well-being of employees
and achievement of competitive advantages. This assignment is based on three different tasks
which covers concept of HPW and its impact in creating of high-performance work organisation.
Along with this, contribution of performance management to upper level of performance and
effective role of line managers will also include in this report. At last, different ways of creating
and sustaining a community of practice will also cover in this study which will be beneficial in
building a high-performance culture.
TASK 1
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Concept of HPW
High-performance working introduces as a general approach to managing or handling
organisations that motives to stimulate more effective involvement and commitment of employee
towards achievement of high level performance. HPW is an effective tool which helps
Morrisons in development of its performance and improvement of its employee productivity. In
addition, HPW is an useful system in which an enterprise has best possible fit between their
technical and social system (Alosani, Al-Dhaafri and Yusoff, 2016). In Morrison, people and
their interaction mainly related with the social system of an organisation. On the other side,
equipment and processes are related with technical system of company. These systems have
important role in the success and growth of company.
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Components of HPW
It is a set of management practices which is design to develop an effective atmosphere
where the worker has greater responsibility and involvement. High performance working have
different components which are leadership, employee reward, organisational development,
training and development, technology etc. These are main elements of HPW which will be
beneficial for growth and development of an organisation. These components will be explain as
below in detailed manner:
Leadership: One of the most essential element of HPW is people. In order to motivate
and engage people, there are certain essential tools which are leadership and resources. These
are effective tools which helps workers to feel motivated and also support Morrison to
accomplish the desired results (Ardestani, A. and Amirzadeh, 2014). Main role of leader within
an organisation is to develop an effective environment where employees can be more successful.
Along with this, another role of leader is to develop a high-performance working environment
and shape organisational culture. This is attained via vital behaviour of leader which are develop
a clear inspiring vision, communicate an inspiring vision, provide support to accomplish vision
and continuously challenging people to remain emphasised on the vision. As it is beneficial for
higher performance of employees as well as organisation also.
Employee reward: It is an effective component of HPW which will be beneficial for
Morrison to motivate and engage their employees towards achievement of better results. It will
helps employees by increasing its work performance and also support an organisation in
attainment of long term goals. Morrison provides reward to workers on the basis of their work
and performance within an organisation. Through this, company can retain employee for long
time and also achieve competitive benefits
Organisational Development: It introduces as the practice of planned, systematic
variation in the attitudes, values and belief of workers for company as well as an individual
growth. It is a part of HPW which helps employees to work with full dedication and give their
full efforts towards achievement of long term objectives. There are certain benefits of
organisational development as a component of high-performance working such as continuous
improvement, increased communication, employee development, product and service
enhancement and increased profit (Ayers, 2015).
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