Managing Productivity through Job Design and Work Flow
After reading the background materials, you have been
introduced to a number of ways to influence employee productivity. However,
according to articles in USA Today and HRMagazine, some family-friendly
programs are not providing the promised results:
Armour, S. (2003, October 20). More companies downsize
family-friendly programs; No longer needed to keep workers: [FINAL Edition].
USA Today, p. A.01. Retrieved August 28, 2007, from National Newspapers (27)
database. (Document ID: 427189741).
Wells, S. J. (2007, Oct). Are you too family friendly?
HRMagazine, 52/10, 34-39.
What is going on here? Were the promises of these programs
lies? Unnecessary?
Assignment Expectations:
After reading the articles, respond to the following
questions citing background materials, the case articles, and any other
resources that you find to support your position as a human resource manager:
? Would
you recommend adding or eliminating these types of programs to your
organization’s benefits program?
? Do these
types of programs influenced productivity?
? Where
might they be more or less appropriate (what industries, when, etc.)?
? Should
you have policies in place that only a few might take advantage or benefit
from?
