Exam 16: Implementing HR Strategy: High-Performance Work Systems

Achieving horizontal fit means testing to make certain that all of the HR practices, work designs, management processes, and technologies complement one another.

The primary principles that underlie a high-performance work system are egalitarianism and engagement, shared information and trust, knowledge development, and performance-reward linkage.

To encourage employees to pursue job outcomes that are in alignment with an organization's goals, managers should link rewards to performance.

A company that is outlining its strategy and vision of the future is at which step in implementing a high-performance work system?

Efforts to achieve vertical fit help focus the design of high-performance work systems on strategic priorities.

To invest in employee knowledge development, all of the following HR practices would be appropriate EXCEPT

Nikki is conducting a process audit. Which of the following questions is she NOT likely to include?

The internal elements of a work system that must be considered to achieve horizontal fit include all of the following EXCEPT

Tina has been charged with determining whether a high-performance work system has been implemented as designed. She should conduct a process audit.

Egalitarian work environments reduce or eliminate __________, while increasing or improving __________.

Involving employees in decision making and giving them the power to act tends to decrease employee engagement.

In an environment of shared information, the richest communication occurs face to face.

One way that a firm can achieve egalitarianism is by adopting an open pay plan.

Management at ViviTech is looking for ways to increase the power of the firm's employees. They should consider all of the following EXCEPT which?

Connecting rewards to organizational performance ensures

Employment stability, team-based behaviors, and strategy-focused behaviors are used as part of an HR Scorecard to assess

What are the critical issues involved in implementing a high-performance work system?

ViviTech has embraced the principle of shared information. This indicates that they are shifting away from the mentality of command and control toward one more focused on employee commitment.

Now that ViviTech has implemented a high-performance work system, the firm is able to combine the talents of employees to quickly assign them to new assignments. This demonstrates the criterion of being valuable.

ViviTech wanted to implement a high-performance work system that would combine the talents of employees and rapidly deploy them in new assignments with maximum flexibility. Which criterion was ViviTech focusing on?