Study Notes: People Management

HRM - Employee Representation

Employee representation or participation arises when employees are part of a formal structure for involving them in the decision-making process of an organisation.

Of course all businesses communicate with their employees in some way everyday. However, there are some situations when the law requires this communication to take place. The law requires a business to consult with employees on things such as:

• Redundancy programmes
• When employees are transferred from one employer to another (e.g. the sale of the business)
• On changes to pension arrangements
• Proposed changes to working time arrangements

In additional to the mandatory requirements for employee representation, there are several strong reasons why a business should have a formal system of employee representation.  For example, to:

• Make employees' views known to management
• Help strengthen both management's and employees' understanding of workplace issues and other matters affecting the business
• Help create an atmosphere of mutual trust between employees and management and therefore improve workplace relations

The main benefits and drawbacks of employee representation to a business include the follows:

HRM Strategy

HRM introduction  HRM objectives  HRM influences  Hard & Soft HRM  

Organisational Structure

Org charts  Delayering  Span of control  Centralisation & decentralisation  Matrix structures  

Motivation at work

What is motivation?   Theory - Maslow  Theory - Herzberg  Theory - Taylor  Theory - McGregor  

Financial motivation  Pay Package  Time rate  Piece rate  Commission  Performance pay  

Share options  Job rotation  Job enlargement  Delegation & empowerment  

Recruitment & Training

Recruitment intro  Internal / external  Job descriptions  Interviews  Job analysis  

Job advertising  Person specification  Training - intro  Induction training  On-the-job training  Off-the-job training  

Workforce planning

Workforce planning  Flexible working  Benefits & issues  Labour supply  Workforce roles & workload  

Annual hours  Job sharing  Temporary staff  Teleworking   Flexible hours  

Communication

Overview  Barriers  Benefits  Employee Representation