Do High Performance Work Systems contribute to the thrivability of an organization?

Thomas Wallner-Drewitz

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Abstract

High Road to Innovation approaches in general and High Performance Work Systems (HPWSs) in particular are considered to have great potential to generate competitive advantage in terms of productivity and innovativeness. High Performance Work Practices (HPWPs) entail a transformation to a holistic organization that features self-managed team-work, flat hierarchical structures, job rotation, performance-related wages or workforce empowerment to create an organization based on employee involvement. Scientific discussion of HPWSs has not referred much to systems theory, although systems theory (in particular the complex adaptive systems perspective) might provide fruitful insights into the underlying principles and structural conditions of HPWSs. In this paper we present our research on HPWSs and our endeavor to include systems theory in this work. Furthermore we describe a possible effect of HPWSs on the organizational culture and decision making, in particular with regards to sustainability issues and corporate ethics.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEuropean Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research (emcsr) 2012 book of abstracts
Pages425-428
Publication statusPublished - 2012
EventEuropean Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research (emcsr) 2012 - Wien, Austria
Duration: 10 Apr 201213 Apr 2012
http://www.emcsr-conference.org/

Conference

ConferenceEuropean Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research (emcsr) 2012
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityWien
Period10.04.201213.04.2012
Internet address

Keywords

  • High Performance Work Systems
  • High Performance Work Practices
  • systems theory
  • complex adaptive systems
  • sustainability
  • thrivability
  • frames
  • values

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