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BS3916 Thinking about Management

BS3916 Thinking about Management. 8: Employee Development. BS3916 Thinking about Management 8: Employee Development.

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BS3916 Thinking about Management

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  1. BS3916 Thinking about Management 8: Employee Development

  2. BS3916 Thinking about Management8: Employee Development • Employee development i.e. spending on the training needs of employees so as to bring benefits both to the organisation and to the employees is still typically seen as a cost (e.g. there may be a staff development budget which is cash limited) • Therefore development is not seen as the investment that it is

  3. BS3916 Thinking about Management8: Employee Development A definition of employee development might be: ‘part of HRM that involves the planning and management of people’s learning – including ways to help them manage their own – with the aim of making learning processes more effective, increasingly efficient, properly directed and therefore useful’Reid and Barrington(1999): Training Interventions: Managing Employee Development, London, IPD

  4. BS3916 Thinking about Management8: Employee Development Talking point…  You are manager of a group of 5-6 recent Graduates in a market research agency. You have a training budget of £3,000 each year. One of the ‘bright young graduates’ asks for help with tuition fees for a MBA that would cost approximately £2,500 per year for each of two years. How do you resolve the problem ?

  5. BS3916 Thinking about Management8: Employee Development Learning Styles Kolb (1974) argues that four stages influence learning: • experience • observation and reflection • theorising and conceptualisation • testing and experimentation

  6. BS3916 Thinking about Management8: Employee Development Honey and Munford (1986) defined four major categories of learning styles: • activist • reflector • theorist • pragmatist Which correspond to the four stages of ~ concrete experience ~ observation and reflection, ~ formation of abstract concepts ~ testing implications of concepts in new situations

  7. BS3916 Thinking about Management8: Employee Development What features are detrimental to the development of workers in a workforce ? • Belief that employees can add nothing to decision making • Belief that in order to change an individual’s performance they have to be ‘topped up’ with new skills/knowledge like an ‘empty bottle’ • Expectation that mangers are only responsible for tangible issues such as achieving volume/quality • ‘Partnership’ only thought to apply to a customer and its supplier, not the rest of the organisation

  8. BS3916 Thinking about Management8: Employee Development Themes for effective career self-management: • Focus on life rather than occupation • Career as a her-and-now issue (a major task is coping with change and re- interpreting past experiences to be relevant) • Emphasis upon choice as well as planning (how much freedom does have an individual have to align personal/departmental goals) 4. Emphasis on learning process rather than outcomes(Learning how to learn)

  9. BS3916 Thinking about Management8: Employee Development Appraisal + view : ~ helps to reward and motivate individuals ~ aligns organisational and individual goals • view : ~ seen as an annual ‘ritual’ ~ In the case of Performance Related Pay may be counterproductive ~ Introduces ‘hierarchies’ into teams

  10. BS3916 Thinking about Management8: Employee Development SMART system of objectives agreed between manager and employee: • Specific ( or Stretching) objectives • Measurable • Agreed/Achievable • Realistic • Time-bounded

  11. BS3916 Thinking about Management8: Employee Development Key features of appraisal: • Emphasis upon performance improvement • Forward looking and not backward looking • Adequate preparation on both sides

  12. BS3916 Thinking about Management8: Employee Development The Interview: • Appraisee does most of the talking, so that it becomes self-appraisal • Keep the whole year under review • No surprises to be launched • Sensitivity to other’s concerns • Test understanding

  13. BS3916 Thinking about Management8: Employee Development 360-degree feedback  Another approach to performance review is designed to give a complete multi-rater assessment from: • managers • those in the team • Colleagues • project workers etc.

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