ILO:
a) Staff as an asset; staff as a cost
b) Flexible workforce:
o multi-skilling
o part-time and temporary
o flexible hours and home working
o outsourcing
c) Distinction between dismissal and redundancy
d) Employer/employee relationships
o individual approach
o collective bargaining
a) Staff as an asset; staff as a cost
b) Flexible workforce:
o multi-skilling
o part-time and temporary
o flexible hours and home working
o outsourcing
c) Distinction between dismissal and redundancy
d) Employer/employee relationships
o individual approach
o collective bargaining
Staff: Asset or Cost?
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Douglas McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y
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23 Staff as an asset or a cost REC
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Assess the benefits of considering staff as a cost for a manufacturing company like Foxconn? (extension: assess the benefits of Apple outsourcing to Foxconn?)
This man worked undercover in a Chinese iPhone factory
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Assess the benefits of Zappos approach to staff as an asset? (10/12 marks)
What type of firms and industries are more likely to use this approach? Zappos is a weird company -- and it's happy that way
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Flexible Working
Watch the relevant theory videos before considering the case studies.
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Flexible Working
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Flexible working. Sounds great, but is it actually working?
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Case Study
How would flexible working look different at John Lewis compared to a Ford production plant and why? How could it be similar?
Assess the significance of flexible working for the long term success of a company like John Lewis?
Assess the significance of flexible working for the long term success of a company like John Lewis?
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Creating a flexible working culture at John Lewis Partnership and Ford UK
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Kate Hardcastle MBE - John Lewis - Dame Sharon White - 04-02-20 - The Customer Whisperer
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Dismissal v Redundancy
Watch the following theory videos. Ensure you can explain what the term means and what the process would need to look like and why?
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Legal Advice on Unfair, Constructive and Wrongful Dismissal
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Things to Know about Being Made Redundant
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Business Strategy - Retrenchment
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Case Studies
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Explain the importance of employment law during a dismissal? (4 marks)
British Airways Employee Sacked for Having a Man Bun | Good Morning Britain
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Assess the impact of redundancy on Tesco's profitability? (10/12 marks)
Tesco to cut 4,500 jobs across 153 stores | ITV News
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Employee and Employer Relations
Watch the following theory videos:
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Employer Employee Relations
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A Short History of Trade Unions
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Trade Unions in the UK
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Why aren't young people joining trade unions?
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