...This is author version of article published as: Price, Robin A. and Colley, Linda (2007) Assessing HR Strategies for Retaining and Aging Workforce. In Proceedings 15th International Employment Relations Association Conference: Working Lives, Working Choices, pages pp. 1-18, Canterbury, England. Copyright 2007 (please consult author) ASSESSING HR STRATEGIES FOR RETAINING AN AGEING WORKFORCE Dr Robin Price, Queensland University of Technology Dr Linda Colley, Griffith University Contact Details Dr Robin Price Lecturer School of Management Queensland University of Technology 2 George Street BRISBANE QLD 4000 r.price@qut.edu.au Telephone +61 7 31382790 Fax +61 7 31381313 Dr Linda Colley Adjunct Lecturer Department of Industrial Relations Griffith Business School Griffith University NATHAN QLD 4111 1 ASSESSING HR STRATEGIES FOR RETAINING AN AGEING WORKFORCE Abstract An ageing workforce is an issue faced by governments and employers in most western countries (OECD 2005). The generally accepted definition of an aged worker is someone aged 45 years and over (Brooke 2003). At the level of the organisation, a range of HR strategies are recommended to deal with an ageing workforce, including attracting younger workers and retaining ageing workers for longer. Recruiting younger workers changes the demographic structure of the workforce, and is not the focus of this paper. Here we identify potential strategies derived from the literature that could be adopted to retain an existing...
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...a post industrial nation as seen in steep declines in national industry so far as in manufacturing, resource collecting, and other goods producing labor. An explanation of how work has changed in Canada due to globalization, politics, and technology is seen to have guided service sector employment to the fore front of Canadian society. Higher education will be seen as a key factor to future “good” employment. BODY Industrialization refers to the technical aspects of the accumulation and processing of a societies resources. Industrialism is defined as a social or economic system built on manufacturing industries (Oxford Dictionary). Has Canada become a post-industrial society? I would sure have to say so! Canada of course still has aspects of manufacturing and resource processing across its vast provinces, but technology is quickly creating a new society of higher educated workers selling their knowledge of computers, not just the hardware and circuitry, but also the software and 01010’s that comprise the interfacing with the hardware. Of course that just scratches the surface of technology but at least you are now pointed in the general direction of where and how work will be done. To understand fully where we are today let’s look at the characteristics of an Industrial society and that of a post-industrial society, one that is leaving and entering a new age, much as industry did to agriculture. An industrial society...
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...Introduction The study discussed in this paper is attempting to determine if there is a connection between age and gender and these individuals’ well-being and satisfaction as it relates to their job. This study included both men and women of various ages, various educational differences, and of various work or job positions within the corporate and industrial realms. This study is a quantitative study that investigates an avenue to develop a plausible explanation for the connection between age and gender and these individuals’ job well –being and satisfaction. In addition, the study looks for this connection to be a generalized concept that can relate to other individuals in other regions and places. We will look at how the study advances the knowledge base for this type of research, this study’s contribution to theories, the procedure of data collection and if this is appropriate for this type of study, the methodology used for this study, and assess the validity and reliability of the information and the research study. Ethics will be another concept that will be examined. Ethics is a very prominent aspect of research and this study involves human participants so these individuals’ rights are of utmost importance. Lastly, the overall scientific merit of the study will be examined and how the study meets the criteria of a good research study. Advancing the Knowledge Base The topic that is covered by this study has been the source of research studies for many years...
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...harm on people. One of the many reasons that government exists is to look over the wealth fare of its citizens. Think of some of the things that a company must put on their products, labels on alcohol and cigarettes tell the dangers that come from using them, and all foods packages must have the ingredients printed on them. The government also sets up programs like family first to help people in need. Even in high school a person needs four years of gym. Peter Drucker touches this subject in his essay “The Age of Social Transformation” as he talks about a changing society. The government made the decision that using the knowledge that Monsanto found was the right thing to do for the farming industry. The best times will come when the knowledge that people have is used to enhance their lives. What good is knowledge if it is not used? There is no point in learning new things if the only reason for learning them is to prove a point or to know more than someone else. Knowledge should be used and the...
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...Black Air: Industrializing Europe With the onset of the industrial revolution, there were many positive results and many negative ones. Some of the positive results included population growth, the creation of cities, and an overall improved standard of living. The negative consequences often included damaging affects to the environment and the health of the workers: depletion of resources, deforestation, carbon and other gas emissions, depletion of oxygen in the atmosphere, pollution, and human health issues relating to these environmental devastations. These interactions and their consequences played a major role in today’s modernized Europe and the environment. Human-Environmental Interactions in Industrial Europe The Industrial Revolution...
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...The Civil War was the catalysis for transforming America into the industrialized capital of the world and forever changing the American landscape and the people. The Civil War “as destructive as it was”, laid the foundation for Americas’ future success. I. Three influences between 1865 and 1920 that affected America A. The Industrial Revolution took place over more than a century however, the period from 1859-1873 has been characterized as the most fruitful and dense in innovations in American history (Mowery and Rosenberg, 1989, pg2). The growth was astounding. America, during this period was characterized by seemingly boundless economic expansion and the emergence as new world power. War needs had enormously stimulated manufacturing, speeding an economic process based on the exploitation of iron, steam, and electric power, as well as the forward march of science and invention. In the years before 1860, 36,000 patents were granted; in the next 30 years, 440,000 patents were issued, and in the first quarter of the 20th century, the number reached nearly a million. (Dickenson). B. Industry existed in the United States prior to the Civil War but agriculture had represented the most significant portion of the American economy. After the war, small businesses grew larger. The facilities that were built by the opposing Civil War forces to support their war effort were now being revitalized. Most factories were purchased by local businessmen throughout the North...
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...The Age of Social Transformation by Peter F. Drucker Critic Paper Basically, this article of Drucker describes the rise and transformation of “knowledge society”. The twentieth century has seen more common and radical social transformation than any other time in history, the labor and politics of the developed countries now are completely different in terms of processes, problems and structures from the past century. In his article, in the first part of it, it is explained that the work-force, society and politics has change qualitative and quantitatively. Changes occurred from the farmers and domestic servant. Before World War I, Farmers are the largest group compare to servants. Farmers and domestic servants were everywhere. After World War II, farmers are middle sized group but nowadays, farmers are only 5% of workforce and the servants are dead because of the rise of blue-collar worker. And from the rise to fall of blue-collar worker, the rise of knowledge worker occurred. In the part of The Emerging Knowledge Society, formal education enables work & social position, education will become center of the society but the knowledge in application is effective only if it is specialized. Knowledge society is the organization that performs. The Employee Society, traditional work for a “master” but nowadays, the “boss” is an employee as well. In the Social Sector, the traditional communities are family, village, and parish. And who takes care of social tasks? Not...
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...Labor Code: Knowledge Level Among Employees and Managers of Selected Cooperatives in Aklan An Undergraduate Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the College of Business and Management West Visayas State University La Paz, Iloilo City In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor in Cooperatives Management by Lady Cristy O. Estanislao Lyzette Z. Zaspa March 2014 Chapter 1 Introduction to the Study Chapter 1 is divided into five parts: (1) Background and Theoretical Framework of the Study, (2) Statement of the Problem and the Hypothesis, (3) Significance of the Study, (4) Definition of Terms, and (5) Delimitation of the Study. Part One, Background and Theoretical Framework of the Study, gives the overview of the research problem and the theories upon which and the research problem is anchored. Part Two, Statement of the Problem and Hypothesis, identifies the main problems, which the study hoped to answer and hypothesis to be tested. Part Three, Significance of the Study, presents the possible contributions and the specific applications and knowledge that will be gained from the results of the study. Part Four, Definition of Terms, contains the conceptual and the theoretical definition of key terms to be used in the study. Part Five, Delimitation of the Study, specifies the scope and coverage of the study. Background and Theoretical Framework of the Study Labor rights is a very broad issue, however it can be simplified as the protection and respect of...
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...registered nurse and how this may be expected to change over the next ten years; in order to do this it will explore the past history of nursing, their working conditions, challenges and achievements. Following this brief historical overview , a detailed view of modern day nursing will be the key focus of the paper, with particular relation to the latest professional battle of the 2012 Enterprise bargaining agreement and the Australian government’s planned policies for Australian nurses and what this means for their future. Nursing began in the homes of families as an intuitive and untaught way of caring for sick family members, with the role being given to women based on their care experience and observation. Throughout the dark and middle ages (500 AD to 1400 AD) this ‘care’ later developed a religious aspect, and nursing became an expression of Christianity and seen as ‘acts of mercy’ (D’antonio 2007). This ‘care’ aspect of practice still exists strongly in modern nursing today. However, the nursing reputation took a turn for the worst during the renaissance period (1500 AD to 1850 AD) when nurses were considered ‘wayward’, and the role of nursing was given to women of low social and legal status and was used as an alternative to imprisonment, it was also seen that women that were financially poor and single whom had no family or hope of marriage became nurses(D’antonio 2007). In 1836 Pastor...
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...Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper The role of science and technology education at network age population for sustainable development of Bangladesh through human resource advancement Gazi Mahabubul Alam Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. E-mail: gazi.alam@um.edu.my. Tel: +6037967 5077. Fax + 603-7967 5010. Accepted 25 September, 2009 Education is supposed to play a vital role for the development of a nation. Many countries made progression through education. Nevertheless, some of them also failed to retain the development achieved since these countries failed to supply required skilled workforce for emerging economics caused by globalization and rapid change of economic pattern. This now forces policymakers to prioritize the production of skilled manpower that can contribute for sustainable development. The countries that achieved sustainable development have given a high priority to science and technology education in formulating education policy. Bangladesh has no more alternatives in order to gain development, except properly utilizing its population. Bangladesh’s economy and human development could have grown faster than its actual progression in the last 25 years (that is, since independence in 1971), if it had earlier taken substantial steps in educational development. This paper has defined a ‘network age population’ for Bangladesh. This paper also suggests that this population is required to provide science...
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...Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper The role of science and technology education at network age population for sustainable development of Bangladesh through human resource advancement Gazi Mahabubul Alam Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. E-mail: gazi.alam@um.edu.my. Tel: +6037967 5077. Fax + 603-7967 5010. Accepted 25 September, 2009 Education is supposed to play a vital role for the development of a nation. Many countries made progression through education. Nevertheless, some of them also failed to retain the development achieved since these countries failed to supply required skilled workforce for emerging economics caused by globalization and rapid change of economic pattern. This now forces policymakers to prioritize the production of skilled manpower that can contribute for sustainable development. The countries that achieved sustainable development have given a high priority to science and technology education in formulating education policy. Bangladesh has no more alternatives in order to gain development, except properly utilizing its population. Bangladesh’s economy and human development could have grown faster than its actual progression in the last 25 years (that is, since independence in 1971), if it had earlier taken substantial steps in educational development. This paper has defined a ‘network age population’ for Bangladesh. This paper also suggests that this population is required to provide science and...
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... The decision was made to collaborate with Oracle to develop a single ERP solution to replace all current systems. The project was a success and was followed by replacement and standardization of all company’s platforms and applications worldwide. Further to this project, Cisco web-enabled all its applications, resulting in customer service, HR and supply chain efficiencies. Cisco’s success continues and is being made possible by its growth through acquisitions and strategic alliances (such as that with KPMG). The company is where it is today largely due to its effective integrated Internet business systems, resulting in great efficiencies for the company and its various stakeholders. 1) Cisco – Information Age Company. Cisco is far from being an Industrial Age Company. The main reason for this is that the company has been able to...
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...Industrial Revolution In the previous class, we learned the changes of the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution had changed literally everything. Lives changed, roles changed, education changed, homes changed, health changed, romance changed; everything had changed. The elements of the home changed in quite a few ways. The home was always filled with the people that lived there because they spend their time at home. The home was made of things that you could find locally or that you could make by hand. Houses were made out of mud, wood, and straw. The family had basically slept in the same bed for less consumption of space and for warmth. Not only did they live with the entire family, however they lived with fleas, rats, and lice. This allowed diseases to be spread and in effect, the population was very little because of the severity of the diseases. After the Revolution, the home is filled with less people because the people transport to other places. The home is filled with things that you can find all over the world. Houses are made out of steel frames, wood, glass windows, and very sturdy materials in addition to the idea that specialized workers made your home. The refrigerator and toilet were invented and people slept in different beds causing an increase in the population due to the decrease in disease. The elements of man and woman had changed as well. Man and woman married each other for survival. Man and woman needed each other for...
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...Africa’s history is unlike any other. Africa made discoveries technological advancements in a different sequence then western civilizations. For example, the Iron Age came before the Copper or Bronze Age unlike many other societies. This puzzles many because it would seem to be very difficult to make the advancement in Iron that Africa did without any major prior knowledge on metals. Iron is the backbone in defining Africa because of the historical and cultural influence through the Iron Age, civilization advancements, and technological discoveries. The Iron Age was a catalyst in the advancement of Africa as a whole. However, the origin of this Iron Age still remains a mystery. The large amount of information points to several possible origins...
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...and communities. The school district tries to avoid gender socialization. Males and females are put into specific statuses and roles, which make human societies stratified by gender. People use to think that women and men where totally separated, but recently discovered that this isn’t true. And that these differences were based on biological and psychological differences. It was discovered that gender roles are strongly influenced by culture. Gender inequality can be traced back in time. In Europe, the courtly love specified that women wasn’t allowed to engage in warfare or politics. They couldn’t compete with men in any way that led them away from doing what women was to do in those days. In the more modern industrial society, boys and girls are put into separate categories: masculine and feminine. When they get older the men enjoys more wealth, prestige, and leisure than women do. Sexism is an ideology that justifies prejudice or discrimination based on sex. Violence and harassment are two ways that sexism is expressed. It used to keep women in their place, in order to keep male power. The women’s movement arose in the mid 1960’s out of already existing women’s organization. A lot of victories was won during the movement in the 1960’s and 1970’s. The victories changed the way men and women thought about gender roles....
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