Nathaniel Koloc’s blog, Let Employees Choose When, Where, and How to Work, reminds me of the idea, Human Resource Management, which we learned in class 19. In Nathaniel’s blog, he indicates that both employees and company itself can benefit from giving employees the chance of deciding when, where, and how they want to work, and he includes some data to support this as well. I totally appreciate this idea.
Both class notes and this blog are more focused on the benefits that the companies get from implementing this idea. This blog actually makes me think deeper into the reason why productivity of workers increases after they are offered the freedom of choice:
Basically, this policy shows the employers’ respect and appreciation to the employees, thus the employees have more sense of self-satisfaction when they work, and this can actually contribute to the efficiency of their work. Besides, more freedom also means more responsibilities over the tasks they are assigned, and it is very likely that they finish the work exceed expectations.