Business Theme 1 - 1.4.1 Approaches to Staffing

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Staff as an Asset
Businesses who value staff and try to meet their needs
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Staff as a Cost
Staff viewed as costs and minimised as much as possible
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Outsourcing
Employing another person or business to carry out work which was originally carried out in the business
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Zero-hours contract
A contract which guarantees hourly pay and work type but does not guarantee work
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Off-shoring
Carrying out work overseas
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Workforce Planning
Thinking ahead to plan for any market changes so that the business has adequate amount of skills and staff to cope with change
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Multi-skilling
Training up staff to enhance their skills set in the business
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Part-time Staff
Those who generally work for less than 30 hours a week
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Individual Approach
Negotiations between an employee and an employer representative
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Collective Bargaining
Negotiations between employer and a representative of an employee union
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Redundancy
When there is no work to do so the job no longer exists
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Dismissal
Worker is no longer capable of doing the job or is dismissed for misconduct
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Core workers
The main bulk of the business consisting of full time and part time workers
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Flexible workers
To meet fluctuating demand consisting of seasonal, temporary and casual workers
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Peripheral workers
Not direct employees consisting of people such as agency workers
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Staff viewed as costs and minimised as much as possible

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Staff as a Cost

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Employing another person or business to carry out work which was originally carried out in the business

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Card 4

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A contract which guarantees hourly pay and work type but does not guarantee work

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Card 5

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Carrying out work overseas

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