MBA401 - Probuild Constructions: Developing a Work-Family Policy

This case study examines the work-family balance initiatives implemented at Probuild Constructions, established in 1987, following a Victorian Government Better Work and Family Balance Grant in 2005. The company aimed to address work, family, and life pressures impacting employees through a ...Read More

FRAMEWORK OF
WORK FAMILY
POLICY AT
PROBUILD
CONSTRUCTIONS
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INTRODUCTION
 Goal or objective of the training
program, Target audience and Training
Outcomes
 Strategic goals of Probuild and relates to
work-life balance
 Four strategies to retain and attract
employees
 Motivational strategies for retaining the
staff by management
 Three dimensions of Job

GOAL OR OBJECTIVE OF
TRAINING PROGRAM
 The main goal or objective of the
training program is to manage the time
and to be more efficient in the
workplace.

TARGET AUDIENCE
 Manager of the finance department
would be selected to provide the
training to their staffs.

TRAINING OUTCOMES
 Recognize the advantages of a work-life
balance
 Identify the signs of an unequal life
 Learn about employer resources for a
balanced lifestyle
 Telecommunicate appropriately
 Enhance life at home by investing time
alone
 Outline the boundary between work and
home
 Generate a balance at work and at
home

TRAINING EVALUATION
 Reaction
 Learning
 Behavior
 Results

FORM OF ASSESSMENT

DURATION
 The training program is designed for one day
and includes eight training topics.
 Probuild’s workplace culture
 The core value of the company
 Performance management system
 Strategy for maintaining work-life-family
balance
 Strategic goals of Probuild and relate to work-
life balance
 Understanding workplace flexibility
 Meeting the needs of a diverse group
 Managing to change the organizational culture

EXAMPLE OF SOME TRAINING TOPICS
 Probuild’s workplace culture
 The core value of the company

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM
 This training session will be related to
performance management system.
 Performance management system is a
procedure to interact about the
expectation of employee’s performance,
conducting an annual performance
appraisal and ongoing performance
dialogues

STRATEGY FOR MAINTAINING
WORK-LIFE-FAMILY BALANCE
 Restricting working hour
 Emphasizing on the image and culture
that top management projects
 Focusing on outcomes, not hours
worked
 Looking deeper at workplace culture

STRATEGIC GOALS OF
PROBUILD AND RELATE TO
WORK-LIFE BALANCE
 To analyze the current state of balance
in employee’s life
 To formulate the strategies for balancing
both personal and work life
 To keep balance once employees find it

UNDERSTANDING WORKPLACE
FLEXIBILITY AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF
THE DIVERSE GROUP AND MANAGING
CHANGING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
 This session develops the knowledge
regarding workplace flexibility
 This training also develops the
understanding of the ways of meeting
the needs of the diverse group
 This session will also aid to understand
the strategies to manage the
organizational culture change

FOUR STRATEGIES TO RETAIN
AND ATTRACT EMPLOYEES
 Create a targeted recruitment plan
 Synchronize recruitment and
engagement
 Attractive Operating Hours/Shifts
 Effective Training Process

MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR RETAINING
THE STAFF BY MANAGEMENT
 Redesigning jobs
 Creating flexibility
 Promotion
 Special assignments
 Verbal praise
 Recognition

RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES FOR
ATTRACTING SUITABLE EMPLOYEES
 Understand the cost/benefit of every
hire
 Recruit employees for a long time
 Influence employee referrals
 Use video for developing more stages in
hiring procedure
 Train interviewers through the latest
interview techniques

PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATION FOR
OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGES TO
MOTIVATE AND RETAIN THE STAFF
 Job design
 Organizational commitment
 Job enrichment

THREE DIMENSIONS OF JOB
 Skills
 Knowledge
 behavior

CONCLUSION
 Main goal or objective of the training
program is to manage the time and to
be more efficient at work
 Understand the benefits of a work-life
balance, Manage time and Learn to
manage stress are different outcomes
that participants will have learned after
completing this training
 Skills, knowledge, and behavior are
three dimensions of the job

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