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Performance Appraisal: A key tool in management success
Written by John Berry on 6th May 2017. Revised 27th October 2020.
34 min read
In the 1980s, a fairly standard form of appraisal emerged that aimed to assess current performance, improve the individual's performance in the immediate future, set and review performance objectives and assess training and development needs. This paper considers development since then considering applicable research and theory. It concludes that despite methods allowing performance appraisal to become more complex, the themes from the 80s persist today.
A Practical Approach to Managing Work Based Stress
Written by John Berry on 5th May 2017. Revised 27th October 2020.
11 min read
This article proposes a practical approach to managing of work based stress. It suggests use of the HSE Management Standards to describe six forces that need to be balanced. It then elaborates this to include these forces in a feedback model to suggest a method by which managers can actually manage reduction in stress through control of stressors and increase in coping.
Practical Use of the HSE Management Standards Indicator Tool
Written by John Berry on 2nd May 2017. Revised 27th October 2020.
6 min read
The Health and Safety Executive has published a framework covering six areas that might result in an employee or employees suffering stress at work (the HSE Management Standards). These are things like lack of control over work and lack of management support. As we note in articles on our site, this framework is a good way of thinking about stress.
Employment Contracts in Not-for-profits
Written by John Berry on 26th August 2020. Revised 27th October 2020.
4 min read
Many people work for not-for-profit organisations. So, the question arises, should employment contracts be any different, or in some way be weakened or watered down in those organisations? There are several key clauses that might change. We discuss how the confidentiality and intellectual property clauses might change. And we debate the use of the contract to set the organisation look and feel.
How do I Write a Modern Slavery Statement?
Written by Sue Berry on 30th April 2017. Revised 27th October 2020.
3 min read
The Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires businesses with over £36m global turnover to make an anti-slavery and human trafficking statement. Check out how this act might impact your own business. And find out what you need to include in your statement.
Establishing the manager-employee relationship
Written by John Berry on 30th May 2019. Revised 26th October 2020.
1 min read
• Introduction to management - interventions, outcomes and the use of a feedback model to drive action.
• How firms come about and the role of entrepreneur, leader, manager, contractor and employee.
• Understanding contracts and the nature of the various contracts available to the manager.
• Introducing the psychological contract and the way social action changes contractual relations.
