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Is Flatter Better? Delayering the Management Hierarchy
Kettley P | Jun 1995 | Institute for Employment StudiesCentral to the new model of organisation in the 1990s was a flatter structure, achieved by a reduction in the number of layers in the management hierarchy. Such a structure became synonymous in popular management theory with bureaucracy busting, faster decision making, shorter communication paths, stimulating local innovation and a high involvement style of management.
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Employee Morale During Downsizing
Kettley P | Jun 1995 | Institute for Employment StudiesThe experience of living with the possibility of redundancy, and watching others leave, has become part of the working experience of many UK employees. Whatever the corporate rationale, this 'downsizing' is a personal rather than a bottom-line issue for those who survive it and who are ultimately responsible for the newly structured business's future success. Talk of 'survivor syndrome' in the popular press has highlighted the dangers of generating a new breed of alienated employee, devoid of loyalty and commitment. How can employers maintain employee morale in times of such change?
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Teachers: Recruitment and the Labour Market
Court G, Morris S, Reilly B, Williams M | May 1995 | Institute for Employment StudiesThis report looks at the relationship between the supply of teachers to the teaching profession, the state of the labour market and pay levels. It comprises a review of existing information on the supply of teachers, and the findings from a statistical modelling exercise looking at some of the influences on the proportion of graduates entering teaching between 1986 and 1992. This publication is no longer available.
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Employment of Homeworkers: Examples of Good Practice
Huws U, Podro S | May 1995 | International Labour OrganizationThis working paper provides an overview of the most important aspects of the employment and working conditions of homeworkers, including home-based teleworkers, and of the legal provisions that exist in different countries. It also gives concrete examples of how such provisions can best be applied in practice or, in the absence of specific regulations, of what would constitute good practice.
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TECs and Equal Opportunities
A Report to the G10 Special Needs and Equal Opportunities Sub-Group
Meager N, Court G | Nov 1992 | Training and Enterprise CouncilThis publication is no longer available.