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Types of Various Work Settings for individual and groups
by Brian
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Learning Goals
• I will be able to explain the types of various work settings and arrangement for individuals and groups.
• I will be able to compare the strengths and weaknesses of each setting/arrangement.
• I will be able to know which work settings suits me best.
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Types of Work Settings
• Individual work settings :-
• Off-site work
• Contract work
• Work schedules
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• Group work settings :-
• - Job sharing
• -Self managed teams
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Off-site work
• The manager allows the workers/ employees to work at home instead of coming to the workplace.
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The Advantage of Off-site work
• Transportation
• More comfortable
• Miscommunication with others.
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The Disadvantages of off-site work
• Doesn’t know what is happening.
• Confuse between when is “work time” and “home time”
• Manager gave too must trust.
• Entails some additional managerial extra time spent on supervision and communication
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Contract Work
• Work accomplished by AGREEMENT for a fixed sum or unit price or for cost plus a fixed fee.
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The Advantage of Contract Work
• Money (profitable)
• More flexibility (time, place and how would they want to work)
• Less involved in the company politics
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The Disadvantage of Contract Work
• Encountering unemployment (once the contract is over)
• Can hardly find a fulltime job in the future.
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Work Schedules
• The time basis on which an employee is paid. A work schedule may be full-time, part-time, or intermittent
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Advantage of Work Schedules
• Increase employee morale, engagement and commitment to a company/an organization
• Reduces employees burnout due to overload.
• Employers allow employees to work when they feel they can accomplish most, feel freshest and enjoy working.
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Disadvantages of Work Schedules
• Needs to adequately manage their time so that the teams target are met with or without their regular presence.
• Risk of burnout if employers couldn’t manage their time well enough.
• Limited child care
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Job Sharing
• Two part time employees joining together to do a full-time job, sharing the money paid for work.
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Advantages of Job Sharing
• Productivity increases
• Continuous job coverage
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Disadvantages of Job Sharing
• Bad partners
• Division of labor
• High administrative costs
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Self managed team
• A self-managed team is a team which members of the team take responsibility for ensuring that the team operates effectively and meets its targets.
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Advantages of Self Managed Team
• Teamwork being used and everyone will gives thoughts which make the idea even better.
• Good in identifying skills weaknesses
• Remain focus on business outcomes.
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Disadvantages of Self-managed team
• Fights might occur because not everyone will agree with each other.
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Which work settings suits you best?
• In my own opinion, I believe that self managed team will come up with the best result.
HOW ABOUT YOU? *RANDOMLY CHOOSING PEOPLE TO GIVE OPINION*
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Questions
• 1. What is off-site work?
2. What is job sharing work?
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Class activity
• Divide among yourself into 5 different groups. Make a T chart. Write the advantages and disadvantages of the groups you are given.
• Job sharing• Off site work• Contract work• Self Managed team • Work Schedule
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Work Cited
• Heathfield, Susan M. Advantages and Disadvantages of Flexible Work Schedules?. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2013.
• Advantages and Disadvantages of Contract Work. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2013.
• Brookins, Miranda. Negatives of Flexible Work Schedules. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2013.