Section C: Case Study (40 marks) Answer ALL Questions Case material "My job is great, but I can't understand why management won't allow flextime. After all, I often work on a laptop in the office! I could just as easily be working on the same laptop at home without interruptions from my colleagues. I know I'd be more productive. How can I convince them to let me?" Sophia The following is the reply from a social media addressing to Sophia's concem. Dear Sophia, We can't help but wonder two things: 1) is the ban on working from home a company policy, or your manager's policy; and 2) do you want flextime, or telecommuting? If you work for Yahoo! for instance, you may not be able to convince anyone to let you work from home after CEO Marissa Mayer's very public decree against the policy. If the ban is your manager's policy-or even your division's policy-in an organization open to alternative work arrangements, you just may be able to get your way. Research indicates that employees are most likely to be granted work from home privileges as a result of a direct sympathetic relationship with their managers (not as a result of a company policy). Employees are also more likely to gain acceptance for partial than for full telecommuting (either flextime or by alternating days). It helps if you have a legitimate need to be home and if you do knowledge-based work. John, for instance, telecommutes 2 days a week as a manager for accounting firm Emst & Young, and his wife Christina telecommutes on 2 different days, so they can oversee the care of their infant If it sounds like flextime depends on favoritism, you might be right. It's also, however, a reflection of the state of telecommuting. When you're ready, discuss your request with your manager. Remember, pitching the idea of telecommuting is the same as pitching any idea-you've got to think about what's in it for your employer , not for yourself. Question CI (20 marks) - Word Limit: 500 Discuss how various Alternative Work Arrangements can be used to motivate employees at work, illustrate with examples. Question C2 (20 marks) - Word Limit: 500 Align with the intrinsic motivating rewards, how the organization can use Job Design to motivate employees? You may apply the Job Characteristics Model (JCM) to your