Develop a position paper to present to staff

The purpose of this task is to 'sell' a new policy. You are required to prepare for a meeting

with staff by developing a position paper to assist in persuading staff to adopt working

from home arrangements and to negotiate specific arrangements.

In developing your position paper, you should ensure that you provide a clear and

accurate overview of working from home arrangements and supporting arguments,

especially expected resistance from stakeholders.

To prepare you position paper, you will first of all need to:

Review the long-term employee relations objectives for the company in Employee

Relations Strategic Objectives to identify alignment of objectives with working from

home arrangements.

Research the benefits of working from home arrangements to employers, providing at

least two examples of companies who have adopted these arrangements and

outcomes.

Identify options for introducing working from home arrangements for IPSO Appliances

based on your research.

Identify potential obstacles to the introduction of arrangements and solutions to

address these.

Identify possible resistance to the changes and strategies that you can use to

overcome resistance to change. You will need to demonstrate use of these strategies

in your presentation.

You position paper should, as a minimum, addresses the following:

Rationale for the introduction of working from home arrangements based on the

company's current situation.

An explanation of how the working from home policy aligns with the objectives in the

employee relations plan.

Persuasive arguments as to the benefits of working from home arrangements for

employers.

Details of the companies that you have identified and the working from home

arrangements they have adopted and outcomes.

Options for introducing working from home arrangements for IPSO Appliances.

Obstacles to the introduction of arrangements and solutions to address these.

Ensure that you use non-technical terms to take account of the fact that staff are likely to

have varying understanding of working from home arrangements.

Use Position Paper Template to guide your work.