What role, if any, does work/life balance play in the success of an organization? Explain.

Work-life balance is one of the most important issues facing employers and managers today. Employees at all levels are no longer willing to trade their quality of life in order to get a decent standard of living. Work/life plays a vital role in success of an organization. Work–life balance is having enough time for work and enough to have a life thus the work life balance. Baxter gives this facility to their employees. The employees mange their time in their life as well as their work, in this case the organization has no objection with their employees and vice versa.

How does diversity in an organization affect the organization’s work/life balance? What ethical considerations exist that may drive the organization to be more work/life balanced?

In the business world, the term "organizational diversity" refers to the concept of hiring many different kinds of people with as many different backgrounds and experience as possible. Work/life balance is part of the culture at Baxter. Managers and employees share responsibility in managing the daily demands of a career and family and are provided with a guidebook that encourages discussion and problem-solving strategies for work/life conflicts. In Baxter most of employees are not belong to one culture but they all share their problems with each other.

How can organizations develop a culture that supports work/ life balance?

In an organization diversity is the point that supports work/life balance. When top level managers shared their personal responsibilities with employees and employees shared their personal family responsibilities with managers they create diversity in an organization. They share their work with each other and also manage their time of work and personal life.

What role does human resource play in making sure work/ life practices are effective?
The success of any such initiative ultimately depends on employee and his/her boss’s commitment and HR professionals can play a vital role in this process through a variety of interventions. There has to be clear communication from the HR professionals in any employer branding campaign about the work settings to set realistic expectations from the employee’s side.
HR’s role can fall in to five brackets Policies, Benefits & facilities, Training, Change Management, and Counselling as shown in the figure.

HR gives permission to employees that they manage their work time according to their personal life.
Take a look at the Baxter Web site “Careers” section (wwwbaxter.com). What does Baxter do that seems to support the goal of work/life balance?

Baxter provides an online proposal kit for the employee to request a more flexible schedule. Baxter has acquired several companies from other countries in recent years and is in the process of spreading family-friendly benefits such as alternative work arrangements, dependent care, counselling resources, adoption assistance, back-up/emergency child care, and lactation rooms to their non-United States subsidiaries. The commitment to balance seems to permeate the culture all the way to the top. Baxter support life /balance work through alternate work arrangement offered to its employees and although provide the most appropriate alternate work arrangement suitable to its employees and show some of the work/life programs and resources which are available either globally or are available in the United States helping its employees to now well services offered under such system