NVQ3 TASK B 206 Handout This handout has been designed to assist you during this staff induction, It should be used as a guideline, and read in conjunction with the rest of your induction folder contents. Agreed ways of working, means that this company, managers, colleagues and yourself, are bound to work to an agreed set of guidelines, policies, practices and procedures that have been prepared and designed to incorporate the whole company, and to bring consistency to the team as a whole. Limitations are set out within your job role description. Please identify these limitations, and ensure that you work within this role. Amongst the company's policies and procedures, you will find such guidelines, as 'equality and diversity'., and 'dealing with harassment and bullying at work' These policies exists to enable all employees to work cohesively.
This will help reduce prejudice, eradicate discrimination and promote equality for service users and for staff. In seeking to limit, reduce and remove anti discriminatory practice there are a number of strategies that can be used at varying levels ego local, nation or international. These come into play where discriminatory practices are possible or where they have been clearly evident and are used to counter act these practices. At the national level there are a number of types of possible intervention including using Conventions, such as the Human Rights Act, Policies and legislation, such as the Equality Act and more general regulations and guidance. Below these can sit Code of Practice / Conduct, which guide professionals in their practice, as well as, organisational policies and procedures, which set the tone for how the organisation positively promotes individual rights, acts as an advocate for those service users and staff who may need a voice and also gives direction to the day to day work and how this practice should be.
Ethics Game Reflection Garry Frazier ETH/316 September 19, 2012 Jeffrey Wisdom Ethics Game Reflection Recently two ethical games were played for the purpose of helping the modern employee recognize certain criteria’s in making ethical decision in the workplace. Examples of these criteria’s are identifying the issues, the steps that were taking when addressing those issues, what perspectives did the person use when making the decision, how did the steps influence the final decision, and finally can the concepts from a hypothetical simulation get applied to everyday work life in reality. The first simulation was called the Mysterious Roses, and from the exercise along with skimming the text, the understanding is that an employee has a dilemma, on whether or not to
Identify the main reasons for reviewing working methods, products and / or services in a business environment. The main reason why a business should review working methods, products and / or services are to ensure that they are keeping in line with other businesses. An example of not keeping up with the times is HMV. Change can cause added pressures to the business. However there are changes that would have a small affect on the business.
On the other hand, in external staffing objectives, Tanglewood stores should conduct job analysis and available formal job specifications that it can use to guide it in establishing qualitative objectives. In addition, the company can utilize current employees, acquiring additional employees by their friends to fill into gaps; also the company can recall former employees or transfer employees from other departments. Although this is not long-term benefits for the Tanglewood, it can be helpful in seasonal hiring for store
Employees should feel that the company they work for cares about their personal life as much as they care about them being at work and providing the employees with these particular benefits shows this. Create a strategy for ensuring that the Geico plan addresses all of the advantages. The first plan to the strategy would be to get a team together from different departments of the company to come up with ideas from the employees that would interest them. Once the ideas have been gathered, have a meeting with company members to see which ideas can be implemented into the company without causing a high financial strain. The second part of the strategy would be to gather information from other companies to see what made their programs successful and comparing those ideas with ideas the members of the team that have already been put into place.
UNIT 20- RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION WITHIN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 4.1 Evaluate the recruitment and selection methods and criteria used in own setting The recruitment and selection methods used at Brecon road Previous experience – This is what level of previous experience a candidate must have. This should be done in a way so that it does not discriminate against the younger or older employees; therefore it should not say how long this previous experience took place for. • Title of the job– This is really important because the title gives away what the job entails in a few words. The reference number is for the business as it makes it easier for the business when a person is applying for a job. • Location in management line – This shows the
Next, specify the range of employee discretion and allowing employees to become a part of the business will help the employees understand why the company has to make decisions for individual jobs. Finally, informing individuals when delegation occurs, and establish excellent feedback channels will both help accomplish the task delegated successfully (Robbins and Coulter, 2012, p. 281-282). Assignment Clarification In clarifying the assignment, it is important that a delegator understand what they are asking someone else to do and to whom it will present. Anne knew that Ricky was more than capable of completing the task. However, Anne did not consider what other projects Ricky might already be working.
1. In relation to your chosen workplace / place of learning, provide examples of policies / codes of conduct that encourage and / or protect equality and diversity. Equality and Diversity are important in the Workforce as they underpin how an organisation delivers its services and helps to develop its workforce. Equality is based on the legal obligation to comply with anti-discrimination legislation. Equality protects people from being discriminated against on the grounds of group membership i.e.
Those charged with recruiting people to posts in work organisations take a crucial ‘gatekeeper’ role; only those people selected for employment can be led, managed and developed. So in the most fundamental sense the decision to employ (or not) underpins the whole area of managing people. Issues associated with exclusion from the workplace also highlight the need for professionalism, fairness and ethical behaviour on the part of those engaged in this activity. Recruitment and selection also has an important role to play in ensuring worker performance and positive organisational outcomes. It is often claimed that selection of workers occurs not just to replace departing employees or add