Flexible working practices: techniques and innovations
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Inst. of Personnel and Development
1998
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| Physical Description: | XV, 328 S. graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 0852927444 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Acknowledgements ix
Prologue xi
1 INTRODUCTION 1
Dutton Engineering - The context of flexibility -
References
2 ANNUAL HOURS 17
v Introduction - Background - The context for annual
hours - How a scheme works - Key benefits of the
scheme - Difficulties encountered - Variations in
schemes - Success rate - Annual hours at Siemens
GEC - Annual hours at Queen s Hospital - References
and further reading
3 LONGER HOURS, SHORTER HOURS:
INNOVATIVE FORMS OF PART-TIME WORKING 37
Introduction - The origins and development of
part-time working - Katherine Woodward: portfolio
worker - Categories of part-time working -
Zero hours - Job sharing - fob sharing at University
College Hospital - fob sharing at Luton Borough
Council - The legal situation relating to part-time
working - References and further reading
Italics refer to case-studies
VI CONTENTS
4 PREDICTING THE UNPREDICTABLE:
MEETING THE ORGANISATION S NEED TO
RESPOND FLEXIBLY 61
Introduction - Temporary employment and
short-term contracts - Xerox Limited, Mitcheldean
- Birds-Eye Walls - Cable and Wireless - Legal
issues in temporary employment - Key factors in
using complementary workers - Shiftworking
- References and further reading
5 TELEWORKING AND VIRTUAL BUSINESS
TEAMS 91
Introduction - The rise of teleworking - Costs and
benefits of teleworking - Teleworking assists
relocation at Mobil Oil - Some legal aspects of
teleworking- Co-operative Bank s Teleworking
Agreement - Resistance to teleworking -
The empowerment potential of teleworking
- Introducing teleworking and managing the
teleworkers - Teleworking and hot-desking at Herts
County Council - Teleworking, motivation and
virtual business teams - Location-independent
working (LIW) at Royal Mail - References and
further reading
6 MULTI-SKILLING AND FLEXIBLE WORKING 125
Introduction - Flexing the employee contribution
through multi-skilling - Breaking down skill
barriers at SmithKline Beecham - Valuing and
rewarding a multi-skilled workforce - Multi-skilling
and multiple career paths - Achieving multi-skilling
through teamworking, real or virtual - A flatter
structure at the Nationwide Building Society -
Restructuring at Bayer Diagnostics - Practical
considerations for introducing multi-skilling -
References
CONTENTS VII
7 OUTSOURCING 145
Introduction - The drive to outsource in the private
sector - Outsourcing to the Astron Group -
Compulsory competitive tendering: the UK
experience - Difficulties in the outsourcing process -
Issues to be considered when outsourcing -
References and further reading
8 CALL CENTRES 165
Introduction - Flexibility or the new Taylorism? -
Advantages of call centres - Operating a call centre
- Innovations - Operate directly, or outsource? -
References and further reading
9 FLEXIBLE REWARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS 175
Introduction - Competency-based pay - Skills-based pay
- Skills-based pay at SKF (UK) - Performance-related
pay - Performance-related pay in R. Smart , Retailer-
Broadbanding - References and further reading
10 PAYING FOR TEAM FLEXIBILITY 199
Introduction - Profit-related pay - Gainsharing -
Gainsharing at the Royal Naval Armament Depot,
Beith - Team-based pay - References and further
reading
11 FLEXIBLE BENEFITS 217
Introduction - What flexible benefits mean -
Practical issues - What s in it for the employee? -
What s in it for the employer? - So what s the catch?
- The successful scheme - Flexible benefits at the
Mortgage Corporation - References and further
reading
/ 12 FAMILY-FRIENDLY POLICIES 229
: v- Introduction - Flexitime - Flexible working hours -
2, Employment break - Career breaks at Commercial
I Union - Childcare provision - Supporting carers,
VIII CONTENTS
elder-care - The legal situation - Abbey National -
References and further reading
13 FLEXIBLE WORKING THROUGH
EMPOWERMENT 255
Introduction - Why go for empowerment? - What
empowerment means to some organisations - Is
empowerment just good HR practice? - Varying
degrees of empowerment - Introducing
empowerment: some practical steps -
Entrepreneurial commitment, engagement and high
performance through empowerment - Empowerment
benefits experienced at Tesco - References and
further reading
14 FLEXIBILITY AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL
CONTRACT 279
Introduction - The changing employment contract
- Management needs to act - So what is this
psychological contract? - Action to enhance the
quality of the psychological contract - References and
further reading
15 SELLING THE IDEA OF FLEXIBILITY 295
Introduction - Choosing the location and form of
flexibility - Selling the benefits of flexibility -
Handling typical objections to flexibility - Preparing
for the journey towards flexibility - References and
further reading
16 EUROPEAN LEGISLATION ON FLEXIBILITY 307
Introduction - Possible future measures - References
and further reading
17 TWO CASE-STUDIES 311
Whitbread Beer Company - Lundbeck A/S
Index 320
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