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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.
Fostering innovation and changing culture
Written by John Berry on 30th May 2019. Revised 26th October 2020.
1 min read
• Defining innovation and the role of innovation in achieving competitive advantage.
• Understanding how people come to innovate.
• Understanding why it's essential to get the right culture to have employees innovate.
• Defining culture and how to express and drive culture change.
• Determining how to achieve innovation in an organisation.
Setting reward - practicalities of pay and benefits
Written by Sue Berry on 28th May 2019. Revised 26th October 2020.
1 min read
• How people think about pay and reward.
• The link (if any) between motivation and pay.
• Setting out a pay and reward policy, structure and system for a firm.
• How to evaluate jobs and set relative pay.
• The benefit of benefits and the idea of total reward.
Motivating and setting objectives to drive performance
Written by John Berry on 28th May 2019. Revised 26th October 2020.
1 min read
• Defining the performance of a worker in a job and establishing the link between motivation and performance.
• Revisiting the role of the job and job design on motivation.
• Understanding the role of the job description in objective setting.
• Introducing some theory of objectives and the natural human desire to strive to achieve goals.
• learning practical goal setting and introducing the reality of performance appraisal.
