This chapter seeks to review the thoughts of other experts on industrial relations practices in state owned organisations. The purpose is to have a reference in terms of what others believe and perceive in relation to industrial relation and its practices in state owned organizations using Ghana as a case study. State-Business Relations and Economic Performance in Ghana by Charles Ackah‚ Ernest Aryeetey‚ Joseph Ayee & Ezekiel Clottey In their executive summary‚ Charles Ackah‚ Ernest Aryeetey‚ Joseph
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Assessment 4DEP – Activity A CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development and is a means of supporting people in the workplace to understand more about the environment in which they work‚ the job they do and how to do it better. As an initiative‚ CPD was largely unknown until at least the 1960s. Professional bodies only started to take systematic steps to ensure their members continue their development on an ongoing basis within the last ten to fifteen years of the twentieth century. Recognition
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CIPD Foundation in HR and LD Practice Learning resources 4DEP Developing yourself as an effective human resources or learning and development practitioner Here are some suggestions for suitable resources for this unit. The list is indicative only and should not be considered as prescriptive or exhaustive. Essential reading 1. CURRIE‚ D. (2006) Introduction to human resource management: a guide to personnel in practice. London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. (New edition:
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Employee engagement is considered one of the more contemporary human resources management practices. There are numerous benefits to these practices. It ’s value is in fact a much debated topic not only within academia but also within the business world. Numerous major blue-chip corporations have adopted practices concerning employee engagement; amongst them (Gray‚ 2013)Sainsbury and BAE Systems. The impact of which have also extended into the public sector namely the NHS. Bearing in mind that recently
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Managing Employee Retention and Turnover Employee retention has always been an important focus for human resource managers. Once a company has invested time and money to recruit and train a good employee‚ it is in their own best interest to retain that employee‚ to further develop and motivate him so that he continues to provide value to the organization. But‚ employers must also recognize and tend to what is in the best interest of their employees‚ if they intend to keep them. When a company
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Impact of Technology on Employee Relations January 19‚ 2012 [pic] Fig 1. Technology affects Structure affects Employee Relations 1. How Technology impacts organization structure? Employee relations involve multiple layers of communication‚ from employer-employee relations to interactions among the workforce itself. To understand the effect of technology on employee relations we have to understand how the structure of an organization changes with the type of technology being used
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Understand the purpose of an organisation and its operating environment. 2 Understand the structure‚ culture and functions of an organisation. 3 Understand how HR activities support an organisation. 1 Equivalents in Ireland = 5; Scotland = 6 1 CIPD unit 3HRC - Version 2 17.03.10 Unit content Indicative content is provided for each of the learning outcomes of the unit. The content is neither prescriptive nor exhaustive but should enable achievement of the learning outcomes. 1 Understand
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How to be a good employee In today’s society‚ it is very challenging to find good employees. Good hires are not happening by accident or luck anymore. Yet‚ employers also recognize that valuable employees are quickly becoming rare commodity. There is a lot of confusion these days whether a person is competent or not. Most times‚ employers don’t know what kind of workers they have hired until it is too late. Hiring the wrong people may lead to a serious disaster. Some skills are universal to every
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Employer-Employee Relations � PAGE �4� Employer-Employee Relations in Northrop Grumman Aisha Holmes‚ Tisha Merchant‚ Michael Rhodes‚ Kimberly Steele‚ Kim Walton‚ and Joy Williams MGT 434 Dr. Larry Lovejoy March 23‚ 2008 � Employer-Employee Relations in Northrop Grumman Employer and employee relations have many different ways in which organizations understand laws and guidelines set forth by governing bodies in the respective area and within the entire nation (Bennett-Alexander‚ & Hartman
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CIPD INTERMEDIATE CERTIFICATE - HR MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT HAMMERSMITH CAMPUS Modules Credit Rating Wednesday Evenings (18.00 – 21.00) Sat/Sun Weekends (09.30 – 16.30) Wednesday Evenings (18.00 – 21.00) Sat/Sun Weekends (09.30 – 16.30) 26/01/13 27/01/13 2012 5BIC Business issues and the contexts of human resources 6 26/09/12 03/10/12 10/10/12 17/10/12 24/10/12 HALF TERM 13/11/12CIPDEvent 14/11/12 21/11/12 28/11/12 05/12/12 12/12/12 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR 09/01/13 16/01/13 23/01/13 30/01/13
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