UK College: Report on Developing Individuals, Teams and Organisations

This report provides an in-depth analysis of High Performance Work Systems (HPWS), exploring their key elements, benefits, and practical applications within an organizational context. The report begins with an introduction to HPWS, emphasizing its role in enhancing employee knowledge and skills to improve market positioning. It then provides an overview of Hightown Housing, a charitable organization, and uses it as a case study to illustrate HPWS principles. The main body of the report details the essential elements of HPWS, including employee participation, training, incentives, and technology. The report then delves into the benefits of HPWS, such as increased employee engagement and reduced turnover. Finally, the report examines various approaches to performance management, including collaborative working and effective communication, concluding that HPWS plays a crucial role in boosting employee productivity and organizational success. The report includes references to scholarly articles supporting the presented concepts.

Developing individuals,
terms and organisations

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Main body
Conclusion
References

INTRODUCTION
 High performance work system is basically
the management practice that helps the
employees in enhancing their knowledge
and skills and thus assist the organization
to establish their position in market.
 This report addresses Key elements of
HPWS and its role in employee
engagement, benefits of HPW practices
and Different approaches of performance
management.

COMPNAY OVERVIEW
 Hightown Housing is a charitable
association being established in England,
UK.
 The main objective of this organization is
to provide support as well as care to
millions of people who are unable top
afford the house at the market values.
 The company is involved in building a
millions of homes and thus provides other
housing services to the needed people.
 It currently has around 6500 homes and
has 900 employees.

Elements of HPW
 The first element is potential of the
employees to participate thoroughly in
the decision-making.
 For example when the employees of
Hightown housing will take their own
decisions then it will increase their
commitment towards work which will
help the organization to have better
position in market.

Continued
 Second element is training which
increases the knowledge and skills of
employees.
 For example Hightown Housing can
provide cross training to their
employees which will help them to
understand their role better and hence
they will work with greater
responsibility which will enable the
company to have a goodwill in market.

Continued
 Third element is incentive which directly increases the
employees' performance.
 When the employee gets additional benefits like rewards,
incentives then their morale increases and their engagement
in their work increases due to which they work harder
 For example Hightown Housing can link the employee
performance with the fringe benefits which eventually will
help their employees to perform better and achieve the
company goals.
 Fourth element is technology. Making the employees
upgrade of the advanced technology will help them in
making their work exciting rather than monotonous, and
they will work smartly
 For example Hightown Housing can bring innovative
technology cloud computing in their company which will
help the employees to deliver superior outcomes and hence
will help the company to achieve competitive advantage.

Benefits of HPW
 Better employee engagement and attitude
 The main benefit of HPWS that will help
Hightown Housing in increasing the
performance is that it results in high employee
engagement.
 As this management practice will allow the
employees of the company to make their own
decisions and will help them to take more
challenging responsibility, this will increase
the commitment of employees towards works
and thus will increase the employee
engagement.
 This will also help the company to expand in
future due to consistent workforce.

Continued
 Lesser turnover
 Hightown Housing will face less
turnover and grater retention due to this
management practice.
 As HPWS increase the morale of the
employees by providing fringe benefits
for their performance thus due to thus,
the employee will tend to remain in the
company which eventually will reduce
the turnover number
 Due to this, company will be able to
retain a great number of employees.

Approaches to Performance management
 Collaborative Working
 Working in collaboration with each other
and hence in the team helps in increasing
the morale of employees.
 Due to collaborative working, employees
are able to understand the views and
perspectives of their team member and
hence they are able to work more
effectively.
 This collaborative working will increase the
commitment among the employees of
Hightown Housing.

Continued
 Effective communication
 This is the most effective approach of
performance management which increases
the morale of the employees and thus helps
them to work more productively.
 This effective communication will increase
the motivation level of the employees of
High town Housing as they will be able to
interact freely with the top management as
well as peers for discussing their problems
 They will work with more enthusiasm which
eventually will result in the high
performance.

CONCLUSION
 It has been summarized that there rea various
elements of HPWS which one hand increases
the productivity of the employees and on the
other hand helps the organization to gain
competitive advantage.
 There are numerous benefits of HPWS like
employee engagement, Less turnover which
eventually helps the organization to achieve
their organizational goals and objectives
 Approaches to performance management like
collaborative working increase the morale of
employees and assist the organization to
create a culture of continuous development.