Management
The new employee relations agenda
- Published on 7 Sep 2012
- Mark Van Buuren
The previous article in HR Pulse discussed employee relations as a strategic priority. Following this theme, the role of the employee relations function and the agenda it focuses on, needs to adapt. This is in order to provide a new framework within which to set the employment relationship as a strategic priority, which provides for competitive advantage.
Is employee relations really that simple?
- Published on 6 Sep 2012
- Leigh Daubermann
"We came to mourn and show solidarity with the poor... people who put their lives on the line digging the precious minerals hidden beneath this soil… we pray that the events that led to their death will bring some change, especially for those left behind, orphans, widows and co-workers." – Methodist Bishop Paul Verryn.
Preparing for the 2020 Workplace
- Published on 28 Aug 2012
- Natalie Maroun
While local organisations continue to tackle diversity issues along the lines of race, gender, sexual orientation and physical disability, there is another, often overlooked element that is very much part of the diversity mix: age diversity.
How to get to understand your organisation
- Published on 8 Aug 2012
- Terry Meyer
Ask most people what they think an organisation looks like and they will provide you with an organogram. Organisations need structures. They inform everyone who reports to whom, what each person’s role is in the organisation, and it provides a logical way of assigning work.
People management: Art or science
- Published on 27 Jul 2012
- Otto Pretorius
Considering the definition of the word ‘art’, one is confronted with several meanings describing human activities varying from decorative to performance art and from the written word all the way to construction. What seemed interesting is that most definitions referenced human responses: love, hate, like, dislike and many other reactions mainly describing polarities in opinion.
