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正确答案：At present almost all employees of ANN Ltd. work from 9:00 to 5:00. A handful of them work from 9:30 to 5:30 Many staff though not all are unhappy with this and prefer a more flexible arrangement. For the company itself this dissatisfaction among staff leads to low morale and reduced productivity. It also makes it harder to attract and retain good staff.Some of the employees of ANN Ltd. are working mothers and would like to be able to take their children to and from school. Some particularly the older employees have sick or elderly relatives who make demands on their time which do not fit comfortably with their working hours.Given the number of staft asking for more flexible working hours and the importance of staft motivation it seems sensible to adopt some kind of flexible approach to identify the factors involved in introducing flexible working hours and to examine advantages and disadvantages of it. The system of limited flexibility should be introduced to ANN Ltd. now retaining the option of increasing flexibility later if this seems appropriate. Staft can start work any time between 8.00 and 10.00 am and work through for eight hours. This would not solve all employees' problems but it would solve most of them. By doing so the staff can work according to the schedule and make their personal lives well-arranged as well.
At present, almost all employees of ANN Ltd. work from 9:00 to 5:00. A handful of them work from 9:30 to 5:30 Many staff, though not all, are unhappy with this and prefer a more flexible arrangement. For the company itself, this dissatisfaction among staff leads to low morale and reduced productivity. It also makes it harder to attract and retain good staff.Some of the employees of ANN Ltd., are working mothers and would like to be able to take their children to and from school. Some, particularly the older employees, have sick or elderly relatives who make demands on their time which do not fit comfortably with their working hours.Given the number of staft asking for more flexible working hours, and the importance of staft motivation, it seems sensible to adopt some kind of flexible approach, to identify the factors involved in introducing flexible working hours, and to examine advantages and disadvantages of it. The system of limited flexibility should be introduced to ANN Ltd. now, retaining the option of increasing flexibility later if this seems appropriate. Staft can start work any time between 8.00 and 10.00 am and work through for eight hours. This would not solve all employees' problems but it would solve most of them. By doing so, the staff can work according to the schedule and make their personal lives well-arranged as well.