Current Issues In Motivation (cont. Motivating a Diverse Workforce (cont.) Flexible Working Schedule (cont.) .flexcible work hours (fexctime-employees required to work a specific number of hours a week but are free to vary those hours within certain limits system entails common core hours when all employees are required to be on the job -starting,ending,and lunch-hour times are flexible job slbaring-two or more people split a full-time job o tellecommuting -employees work at home and are linked to the workplace by computer and modem ©Prentice Hall,2002 16-36 Motivating a Diverse Workforce (cont.) – Flexible Working Schedule (cont.) • flexible work hours (flextime) - employees required to work a specific number of hours a week but are free to vary those hours within certain limits – system entails common core hours when all employees are required to be on the job – starting, ending, and lunch-hour times are flexible • job sharing - two or more people split a full-time job • telecommuting - employees work at home and are linked to the workplace by computer and modem Current Issues In Motivation (cont.) © Prentice Hall, 2002 16-36