1.4.1 Approches To Staffing 👩‍🏭

Question 1

What are the two ways staff may be seen as toward the business ?

Answer 1

As an asset- Value their employees and have concerns of their welfare

 or a cost -Want employees to complete as much work as possible

Question 2

What are the examples that show how we can make our employees an asset?

Answer 2

Have developed training
appropriate numeration
job security
more autonomy
participate in decision-making
good working conditions
Chances Promotion

Question 3

What are some ways a business may treat their employees like a cost

Answer 3

Paying minimum wage

having penalties for being late recruitment low quality recruitment 

Using financial incentives to increase productivity

minimal legal rights

Question 4

What is a Flexible workforce?

Answer 4

Can respond In quantity and type of changes in market demand

Question 5

What are flexible hours workers?

Answer 5

Workers that can choose when they work their hours

Question 6

How many workers that have flexible hours help the business be flexible?

Answer 6

Help extend opening hours

Question 7

What are the positives of having workers with flexible hours?

Answer 7

Can save costs As hours vary with demand

can help meet employee legislation

give more autonomy and freedom increase morale

Question 8

What are the negatives of having workers with flexible hours?

Answer 8

Less rigid hard to manage

lose customers if reduced hours

have to set an additional administrative workers to set up flexible working

Question 9

What is multitasking?

Answer 9

Process of enhancing skills of employees

Question 10

How many multitasking help the business be more flexible?

Answer 10

Helps the business deal with a variety of issues as employees have a range of skills

and helps the business be more efficient 

Question 11

What are the positives of multitasking?

Answer 11

Helps free up time for managers

And utilise their workforce more efficiently which reduces labour costs and increase productivity

Question 12

What are the negatives of multitasking

Answer 12

May require significant investment

workers expected to know additional things and work harder without extra pay

May not be appropriate for all job roles, especially those that require a high level of expertise

Question 13

What are part-time workers?

Answer 13

Workers that do not work more than 30 hours a week

Question 14

What are temporary Workers?

Answer 14

Because that do not have a permanent contract with the business

Question 15

How many part-time workers help the business be flexible

Answer 15

Employed during the week during peaks of demand

Question 16

How temporary workers help the business be more flexible?

Answer 16

Can help to meet changes in demand

Question 17

What are the positives of part-time and temporary workers?

Answer 17

This additional option of working allows businesses to retain talent and meet talent

Workers can work when the most productive no distractions

Question 18

Our negatives of part-time or temporary workers

Answer 18

Harder to monitor

and they may be a challenge of communication as they are not always There

Question 19

What is outsourcing?

Answer 19

Getting people to carry out tasks for you that is originally carried out by people employed by the business

Question 20

Why does outsourcing make the business more flexible?

Answer 20

It’s to focus on core abilities and carry out other work

Question 21

What are the positives of outsourcing?

Answer 21

Lower costs
and capacity is increased
and access to specialist skills that may not be available

Question 22

What Are the negatives of outsourcing?

Answer 22

Staff may resent outsourcing because jobs maybe threatened

loss of control reliance is placed on suppliers

Question 23

What is homeworking?

Answer 23

Undertaking regular work at home

Question 24

What are the positives and negatives of homeworking

Answer 24

high morale at home however communication may be affected

Question 25

How many homework and make the business more flexible?

Answer 25

Easier to access workers on their skills

Question 26

What is the distinction between dismissal and redundancy ? 

What are the two types of redundancy? 

Answer 26

Dismissal is when something is done wrong - Gross conduct , punctuality
You are not entitled to pay

Redundancy - as when there is no work for them to do and you don’t require their services

Voluntary redundancy- retirement

• compulsory- member of staff must leave the job if they have an employment contract the entitled to pay out

Question 27

What are the two ways an employer can resolve issues with their employees?

Answer 27

Individual approach- Managers meeting directly with staff members

collective approach- Involves a representative from employees meeting on behalf of all employees ( trade union) 

Question 28

What is May there issues over between employers and employees ?

Answer 28

Pay
leadership
working conditions
Other employee promotions
holiday request

Question 29

What are the positives and negatives of the individual approach?

Answer 29

Positives - private honest and confidential

May be able to obtain an individual resolution

Feel more valued as their opinions are heard

Negatives- time-consuming
Lack of transparency can create tension between staff

Question 30

What are the positives and negatives of the collective approach?

Answer 30

Positive - deals with all employees together so quicker

Employees hold more power as a group

Transparent- the process has consistent outcome

Negative-certain policies have to be followed

A lack of resolution may impact employers lead to a strike

Question 31

What is training?

Answer 31

The process of increasing the knowledge and skills of workers so they are better
Able at performing their job

Flexible so that they can do more than one job

improving standard of work

assistant in recruiting

Question 32

What are the advantages of having a flexible workforce?

Answer 32

Allows business to expand and contract with your response to change make it more agile

Cheaper to employ temporary workers

Easier to operate more efficiently

Question 33

Negatives of a flexible work force ?

Answer 33

Core workers want to be part of a stable team - unable due to temporary workers - low moral and efficiency of orders

Lack to communicates

Low value outsourcing

Question 34

Why may employer and employee relationships be at conflict ? (4)

Answer 34

Rates of pay - employers want to reduce costs and wages but employees want substantial pay to raise living standers

Into of new tech - employers want to raise efficiency - however employees may resist to new practices and fear loss of jobs

Flexible working - able to manage more efficiently- however may be unpopular

Working conditions- employees want good but is expensive for employers

Question 35

What are the four ways to develop a flexible workforce?

Answer 35

Multi skilling
Part time and temporary workers
Outsourcing
Flexible hours and homeworking