SOSC 1510 Study Guide - Final Guide: Human Resource Management, Industrial Democracy, Performance Appraisal

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1510
• Professor: David Langille

Document Summary

High performance working system, high-performance work systems (hpws) are a group of separate but interconnected human resource (hr) practices e. g. selection, training, performance appraisal, and compensation designed to enhance employee effectiveness. We prescribe five foci necessary for achieving a hpws that encompass specific organizational practices: (1) top leadership support; (2) employee empowerment and team-based structures; (3) innovative human resource management; (4) performance measures; and (5) knowledge management. An ideal, in which deals more with increasing the decision-making and control powers of workers over capital and the way it is used within societies. It attempt to involve workers in a much wider range of decisions within the organization, and applying the principles of representative democracy found in the political arena to the workplace. Attempts to involve workers in a much wider range of decisions within the organization: advocates point out that industrial democracy increases productivity and service delivery from a more , engaged and happier workforce.