The efficacy of high performance work practices (hpwps) in building organizations: a strategic human resource management issue

This study investigates about the importance of high performance work practices to have a better yield, specifically in the arena of dynamic organizations. Whether the firms able to adopt (hpwps), will be influenced by many of the factors, which were discussed in this paper. Some of high performance work practices like decentralized self-managed teams, pay reward relationship, extensive training, selective hiring, employment security, reduced status distinction, information have been emphasized. Comparison with respect to manufacturing and service sectors on adoption of (hpwps) were clearly highlighted by considering past literature. Theories supporting the inception of high performance work practices were also discussed. Both positive and negative relationship of practices with organizational outcomes was discussed in this paper. Major factors contributing for successful adoption of (hpwps) like market-related factors, business characteristics business age, nature of proprietary control, technological differences, human capital and establishment demographics, and institutional factors were scribbled in this paper. Some useful findings to prescribe positive organisational outcomes have inferred in this paper.