High Performance Working

High performance working is an approach taken by a business aiming to motivate and stimulate a more effective employee involvement and commitment resulting in higher levels of performance as well as a full utilisation of employees skills that each individual possess. Human resource management plays an important role in motivating staff and keeping them efficient. However recruiting the correct employees for the job with the necessary skills and motivation for the role within the organisation as well as giving them the correct training, thus enabling them to fulfil their role within the businesses correctly and efficiently is another extremely important factor. Finally if employees feel like they can contribute and have higher involvement and

Moreover strategies and methods used by Human resource management in order to obtain employee engagement and therefore achieve high performance working are also used, each organisation uses a number of different methods to keep employees working to their full potential. However there are several other factors other than human resource management that can contribute to high performance working. Leadership can have a significant impact, for example a strong leadership within an organisation can suppress high performance working as in essence high performance working requires innovation which with too strong a leader can be inhibited. Furthermore the company and the image that is recognised for the organisation can have an impact on how motivated and attitude of workers, as they may agree or disagree with the views, ethics and goals of the business. Finally the need for worthy workers within human resource management can have a substantial effect positively and negatively. These workers have a significant to human resource planning and can potential be the difference between success and failure in achieving high performance

Belt V and Giles L, discovered that the most effective way to implement high performance working was to use a contingent method, which is the bringing together of different practise that will suit the organisation and enhance the employees effort and develop their skills and abilities to a higher level. Both Skyscanner and Google are aware of this and therefore both organisations have allowed there human resource management to use unique methods to suit the needs of their individual organisations. Google recognises that in order to allow their employees to achieve high performance working they must create an innovative and creative culture that allows them to thrive. The google workplace includes several on sight perks such as free meals, valet parking, creative and interesting decorations as well as areas to relax and participate in social activities with fellow colleagues, therefore creating a positive and relaxed area to work in. the Human resource management in Google like Skyscanner, also offer its employees the opportunity to learn and grow in their abilities and skills. The organisation has a number of internal and external training session in which staff can attend at their own request and therefore contributing greatly to the skills and motivation of staff thus creating high performance working. The organisation also has a system called the ‘bureaucracy buster’, which allows