In an approximately 300-words response, complete the following:
• Critically analyse the notion of high-performance work systems, including the important aspects of such systems, their potential value for an organisation and how they might be implemented. Use examples from organisations you know well as appropriate.
• In formulating your Key Concept Exercise, consider the following questions:
o What aspects of high-performance work systems, in your view, are most likely to contribute to employee performance and business performance?
o What aspects of organisational design might have to be changed in order to implement a high-performance work system?
o In the organisations with which you have experience and which do not already use the HPWS approach, who would be responsible for implementing these changes? How could line managers and HR managers work together to implement a high-performance work system, or aspects of one?