Confederation of British Industry (CBI)

The CBI's mission is to help create and sustain the conditions in which businesses in the United Kingdom can compete and prosper for the benefit of all. The CBI is the UK's top business lobby organisation. Our specialist services and unmatched influence with government, policymakers, legislators, and unions mean we can get the best deal for business at home and abroad.

http://www.cbi.org.uk/ndbs/staticpages.nsf/StaticPages/home.html/?OpenDocument

Trade Union Congress (TUC)

With member unions representing over six and a half million working people, we campaign for a fair deal at work and for social justice at home and abroad.

http://www.tuc.org.uk/

Resolving disputes (ACAS)

Acas stands for Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service. We aim to improve organisations and working life through better employment relations. We help with employment relations by supplying up-to-date information, independent advice and high quality training, and working with employers and employees to solve problems and improve performance.

http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1461

Trade Unions

History of trade unions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_union

Also: http://www.unionhistory.info/timeline/timeline.php

General:
http://www.thesite.org/workandstudy/working/workersrights/tradeunions

Advantages/Disadvantages of:
http://www.economicshelp.org/2007/04/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-trades.html

Government advice:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/TradeUnions/index.htm

ATL (Association of Teachers and Lecturers):
http://www.atl.org.uk/

NUT (National Union of Teachers):
http://www.teachers.org.uk

Life without trade unions, eg. working in Dubai (Panorama programme - slumdogs and millionaires):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jqgww

Mindmap for Workforce planning

http://www.mindomo.com/view.htm?m=d1f499a3ca9d4b669db554728872abbb

Prep for w/c19th Oct

Complete Case study questions 1 and 2 p. 257 Workforce planning at Cameco. For this Thursday 22nd. Please email and save as Word 97-2003 document (i.e not the new .docx file).

AS HRM material you need to be aware of

Improving organisation structures:
http://www.mindomo.com/view.htm?m=717a615ca064493787ca2774ac7957dd

Motivating employees:
http://www.mindomo.com/view.htm?m=065fd5e17ea64c2f9cc03b237eee7db5

Recruitment, selection and training:
http://www.mindomo.com/view.htm?m=c3f1da49874e4581bc96747ddbec53a0

Measuring workforce effectiveness:
http://www.mindomo.com/view.htm?m=e0a29489653a44d295d8d1c80587594f