Working Practices

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Flexible Working

A flexible working environment has different types of work areas within it:

1. Hot Desk- a workstation, equipped with standard equipment, which may be used by employees who need to visit the organisation to undertake some work

2. Touch-Down Areas – used by employees who require to make a brief visit to the office eg to send an email or fax

3. Carrels – small booths where an employee works on his/her work, allows privacy to work undisturbed

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Alternatives to 9-5, permanent contracts

1. Job-sharing – employees share a full-time job between them. Each employee is paid a proportion of the full-time salary. Not suitable for all types of employment eg senior management posts

2. Flexitime – employees are given some flexibility in organising their starting and finishing times – allows employees to start/leave early or late or take a longer lunch-break. Should improve timekeeping, rush-hour traffic can be avoided.

3. Homeworking/Teleworking – employees work at home for some or all of the time. Suitable for jobs where an employee spends a great deal of time working on a computer. Work which is undertaken at home and transmitted to the employer using ICT equipment and phone links is known as teleworking.

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Flexible Work Practices

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Flexible Work Practices1. Impact on Organisation/Employer

reduced build up of stressrefreshed workforceimproved moraleincreased productivity.

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Outsourcing

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Outsourcing is when an organisation allows some of its non core

activities to be carried out by an outside company.•Allows organisation to concentrate on their core activities.

•Organisation doing the outsourced work will have more expertise and produce more professional work.

•Fewer staff needed.

•Can save organisation money.

Career Breaks

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Someone taking time out of their career to do something else but with the intention of resuming their career at a later date.Advantages to an employee of taking a career break:

•Time and space to explore other options knowing their career can restart at a later date.•Refreshed and energised to restart their career.•Improved morale.

Revision Questions

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Revision Question 1

Explain what is meant by the term homeworking?

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When would you use the term teleworking?

Revision Question 2

Your organisation is considering introducing flexible working -

Suggest one advantage to an employee of teleworking

Suggest one advantage to an employer of teleworking

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Revision Question 3

What does the term job-share mean?

What does the term flexitime mean?

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Revision Question 4

What is hot desking?

Workers may require quiet areas within the office to carry out complex work. What could the employer provide to allow the worker to be undisturbed.

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Revision Question 5

Describe what is meant by a career break.

Describe 2 benefits to an employee of taking a career break.

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Revision Question 6

Describe what is meant by outsourcing.

Describe 2 benefits to an organisation of outsourcing an activity or job.

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