You have been recently appointed as Human Resource Management Director of a company, which has been recognized to have a problem with workforce commitment mainly because of the degree of flexibility that it is required. Can you suggest some HRM policies y

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Evidence from research proves that employee commitment correlates positively with productivity and turnover . Ensuring commitment levels are high at the work place is one of the important aims of human resource policies (Dow , 1997 . Absenteeism , low turnover and the desire to quit are some of the characteristics that have bee linked to low commitment levels (Dow , 1997

To obtain commitment form employees it is necessary to identify the type of commitment required . HRM theory proposes that when organizational commitment is combined with

job commitment longer tenure , increased turnover , higher employee satisfaction and greater acceptance of change among employees ' results (De Silva , 1998

A flexible firm presents a challenge to a HR manger mainly because by limiting core workers and increasing peripheral and external workers commitment to the firm is compromised since most peripheral workers will have little allegiance to the organization while the core workers have the perception that their security is eroded (Dransfield , 2000 Forms of flexibility in employment include part-time and temporary work homework and subcontracting . Another dimension of flexibility is flexibility in work which has to do with the degree of flexibility in the firm or in the production process . It involves flexible technologies that enhance transfer between different production function and production types together with flexible work organization forms for example working time , group and team approaches . Flexibility is a necessary tool for a firm to be able to respond rapidly and with ease to changing markets (Smith , 1995

Trust and credibility are important issues in establishing a flexible firm . As HR manager this will be among the first issues to address by providing a forum in which employees can raise objections and have these objections talked about by allowing the objections to be challenged in an open exchange of views . This will provide an opportunity for underlying issues to be brought out in the open and thus be unsolved (Haserot , 2004

By doing this , the employees especially the core employees see that the company as well as being interested in cutting costs is also interested in the employee 's welfare

Planning the flexibility schedules must be done carefully with the input of the work force . This will allow potential problems to be planned for well in advance and situations where work spills over to colleagues to be addressed without some employees harboring feelings of resentment (Haserot , 2004 . Inclusion of the employees shows that it is an open process , encouraging and enhancing employee commitment because generally people are committed to what they were a part of making or organizing

To further enhance commitment , it is necessary that common language is established among all the employees . The motivations , needs and expectations of different employees should not be assumed to be the same . As the HR manager , it will be necessary to ensure that all employees value and agree with the salaries , bonuses and benefits that will be associated with having different work hours . This can be done by conducting an initial assessment...