CLIP 97 HR Objectives & Strategy In Action: Part 2 General Mills
9 mins 04 secs This multinational markets famous brands like Betty Crocker & Haagen-Dazs with the help of cross functional teams and a “questioning culture”.
CLIP 98 Voices From The HR Department
8 mins 58 secs The challenge of HRM in companies from General Mills to Sainsbury’s. From recruiting and mentoring people – to disciplining and sacking them.
CLIP 99 Industrial Relations In Action
12 mins 24 secs Case Study. A non-unionised company plans to close a factory. A union intervenes to save jobs. Can the union win statutory recognition?
CLIP 100 Employee Representation & Trade Unions
10 mins 48 secs How employees get their voices heard. Historically trade unions played a key role – what do they do for workers today? Also: the role of ACAS.
CLIP 101 Communication: More Voices
4 mins 31 secs People at the sharp end describe communications issues in the workplace including email overload, Chinese whispers, and bad and good comms.
CLIP 102 Communication In Action
7 mins 50 secs Case study. A company decides to close a factory. But how best to tell the workers? Letters, emails, a mass announcement? What if news leaks out?
CLIP 103 The Culture Of A Workplace
5 mins 53 secs A factory once had a co-operative, family atmosphere. But now morale is low and absenteeism high. What’s happened to its culture?
CLIP 104 Introduction To Leadership & Management
13 mins 56 secs Guide to managers – autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire, paternalistic, Theory X, Theory Y, people & task-oriented. And what makes a leader?
CLIP 105 Leadership & Management In Action
6 mins 44 secs Case study. Stephen is a successful businessman – but what kind of a manager is he? How good is he with people? How do his employees see him?
CLIP 106 Data Protection Case Study: The Worried Employee
5 mins 48 secs Rosie worries she’ll lose her job because of mistakes in her personnel records. But what data does her company hold? Has she a right to see it?
CLIP 107 The Information Commissioner
11 mins 32 secs David Smith explains his role in enforcing data protection law and his powers. Why is data protection important? What are the key threats?
CLIP 108 Workforce Performance In Practice: A Tale Of Two Factories
6 mins 28 secs One of Blakeway’s factories is performing much worse than another. Is this down to a lack of investment and ageing machinery? Or lazy workers?