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?
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.
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?
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?
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
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:
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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