As referenced above, many benefits can occur for the organisation if more than one best practice is in place in an organisation, which can provide a compounding competitive advantage to companies who are able to successfully implement multiple best practices. If the business is able to understand and implement those practices that complement each other then it may be successful in securing …show more content…
Careful recruitment - Pfeffer implies that organisations need to use more thorough processes in order to recruit and select exceptional, superior and committed people for the organisation. He also states that the time and money spent on the selection of the right individuals for the job will serve as a basis of continuous competitive advantage. It also has its disadvantages in that being too selective can result in a very similar group of employees being hired, which can be otherwise known as ‘cloning’ according to Marchington and Wilkinson when they talk about selective processes where employees are chosen because of their cultural background and beliefs, and possibly are selected because they have similar traits to people already employed in the organisation. The main objective of careful recruitment is to hire the most suitable candidate for the job vacancy. 3. Team-working and decentralisation – Successful use of team-working has been stressed as a vital part of businesses today. “These are not only accountable and responsible for their organisational area; it also enables a shift from a centralised control function, to a peer based control system”. (Business/Otago,