$1.$ Assignment $9\mathrm{.}1($ST$\mathrm{.}5\mathrm{.}6\mathrm{.}8)$

Objective:

This activity has the purpose of helping students explain how conflicting HR systems can sometimes have a negative effect on a firm, identify the role of individually oriented, group oriented, and organizationally oriented $$syndromes of action$$ for employee behavior and explain how the three key principles of congruence can provide a firm with a distinct competitive advantage.

$1.$ How can conflicting HR systems sometimes have a negative effect on a firm? What integrated practices would you recommend for improving absenteeism$?$ Improving performance?

$2.$ Analyze your recommendations with respect to whether these practices are at the individual, group, or organizational level. Are they congruent and what synergies would you expect?

$3.$ Explain how the three key principles of congruence can provide a firm with a distinct competitive advantage. Sustain with examples.