Human Resources Management (MHM3781) Assignment 2 CASE STUDY FLEXIBILITY & PLACE OF WORK First Capital, a large banking and financial services company, "has launched a pilot giving more than 1,000 employee's choice as to where they'd like to work. Basically, most staff involved in the program now works away from the office much of the time. When they do come to the bank, most just look for an empty workstation to use that day, rather than having office space dedicated only to their own use.Sound complicated? Here's how it works: staff in the Richmond, Saldana area can elect to work in the same office every day. Or, they can work at home or at a customer's office one or two days a week. On the other days, they find an empty cubicle at First Capital to plug their laptops into. Finally, some employees can work almost entirely at home, getting all the technology they need plus an N$1,000 furniture allowance to ensure a good, ergonomically sound home office. And the bank can consolidate its real estate portfolio dramatically, gaining the ability to house 800 employees in space that previously accommodated 300. Questions 1) What is workplace flexibility? (4 marks) 2) Do you agree with the flexible patterns of work in this organization? If yes, discuss flexibility in relation to finances and office space, supervision and ergonomic factors in comparison to the traditional work pattern. (20 marks) 3) Identify and explain the telework patterns in this case. (6 marks) 4) Discuss the following flexibilities in relation to COVID 19 with relevant examples within Namibian context. (12 marks) Functional flexibility Numerical flexibility Temporal flexibility Organizational flexibility 5) Do you think as an HRM student at, workplace flexibility should continue at UNAM? Motivate your answer. (8 marks)