INCREASING ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: A TEAM PERSPECTIVE IN STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Year 2017, Volume: 4 Issue: 3, 326 - 335, 30.09.2017

Meral Dulger

https://doi.org/10.17261/Pressacademia.2017.710

Abstract

Purpose - Job designs based on individual employees may pose
challenges such as delays, failure to fulfill obligations and/or
misunderstandings that may reflect negatively on performance and ultimately
competitive advantage. Alternatively, this paper proposes teams to efficiently
utilize human resources.  

Methodology - Propositions that can be used as potential research
questions are derived through reviewing the relevant literature. Findings- Instances where individual
employees fall short of considering each and every aspect of a given job are
becoming ever so common. Teams, however, are mechanisms through which different
individuals with different specialties and can come together and this synergy is
coordinated towards a common goal. Accordingly, teams seem to have potential in
efficient use of human resources.

Conclusion- Teams provide an organization and coordination tool
for human resources practices. It is believed that teams have considerable potential
in terms of increasing organizational performance and competitive advantage.
Hence, teams are suggested as mechanisms upon which modern job designs should
stand on.  

Keywords

Team, strategic management, competitive advantage, strategic human resources management, job design

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