Critical analysis of the effectiveness of employee involvement and participation.
Critically evaluate the effectiveness of different methods, of employee
involvement and participation. In your answer consider the impact of
organizational context on choice of method and the advantages and disadvantages
for the key actors in Employment Relations.
1. Please refer to relevant academic literature in the answers and use
examples drawn from organizational case studies and current affairs to illustrate
the answers.
2. “Employers are making increased use of medication and other forms of alternative
dispute resolution to resolve workplace conflict”
Critically discuss and evaluate this statement against the use of formal conflict
resolution approaches such as Discipline and Grievance procedures.
3. Riverside in an international beauty retailer famous for ethically sourced products.
It operations in 20 countries internationally and is owned by a US parent
company. The UK operation consists of 150 retail stores, a retail stores, a head
office and distribution centre. The 150 retail stores are situated in different
locations in the UK and range from large stores with 30 employees in each to
smaller stores with a minimum of 10 employees. The HR Director is concerned
about the high level of labour turnover of retail Sales Assistants, which is
currently close to 50% and there appears to be high levels of disengagement from
retail sales assistants with their job roles. There are no engagement initiatives in
place currently in the retail stores, though there is an annual online engagement
survey completed in the head office and distribution centre. Riverside’s US parent
company is pushing for an improvement to labor turnover to reduce costs.
Remarks: thinking about company size
Elaborate the redundancy date, how the manager operate
Applied the theory
Talk about the aftermath of redundancy
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