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EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGH PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IN HEWLETT PACKARD

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

With Large number of companies assaulted by the economic conditions of the world, the commitment from leaders and employees might seem like increasingly precious resources. According to Beer (2009) the commitment and performance of employees and leaders in organizations are essential elements of success of the organization irrespective of the health of economy.

There are large numbers of studies and models that uses a wide range of terms that heightens the number of factors surrounding high performance management. For example, high performance work systems (Danford et al., 2004); high involvement work systems (Harmon et al., 2003); high commitment management (Baird, 2002) and similar formulations (see Table 1), represents studies and variations that are associated with the concept. The high performance companies are firms designed and led by their founders or by transformational CEOs, those who take charge of a company in a crisis, to achieve sustained high commitment from all stakeholders: employees, customers, investors, and community. These firms stand out by having achieved long periods of excellence. (Beer, 2009).

This study will contribute to the development of pool of information for the organizations on the role of high performance management and its impact on the employees within the organization.

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

The study will discuss “the effectiveness of high performance management in an organization”.

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

The study will be conducted under the following objectives:

1. To study the role of high performance management in an organization.

2. To study the effectiveness of high performance management in Hewlett Packard.

3. To discuss the impact of high performance management on the employees of Hewlett Packard (HP) Company.

METHODOLOGY

Design of the study

The research design will follow experimental research methodology....