HRM Endterm
HRM Endterm
HRM Endterm
Amazon has run its Mechanical Turk as a marketplace for work that allows requesters to pose
“Human Intelligence Tasks” and pay people to perform them. These are typically simple repetitive
tasks, such as searching for information on the Web, paid a few cents for each successful result. At
the other end of the scale is Innocentive where cash awards of up to a million dollars are given for
successful solutions to research problems. It’s a very attractive model for businesses able to allocate
work across the internet as they can choose suppliers who will perform tasks for a fraction of the
cost of employees. In fact it is quite possible to get the work done at no cost if there are enthusiastic
contributors willing to donate their effort for free.
Netflix expects their staff to be great performers and trusts them to determine their own
work schedules. They don't care about effort; they only care about producing excellent
results. This is illustrated by their “no policy” arrangement for vacations. Since they are
not tracking the hours that people are working, it makes no sense to count the days that
people are on leave. their team are up to date on every project and that their absence will
not in any way damage the business
The most essential aspect of culture is that it is an organization's only long-term point of
differentiation.
Nobody can duplicate your strategy, but no one can copy your culture. The most
successful businesses are those with a culture that has grown to be larger and stronger
than any single person.
If your employees are invested in the company, the strategy is more likely to be
embraced and implemented.