The document summarizes key points from a masterclass discussion on labor markets in the wake of the Great Recession. It focuses on measures governments took to support employment, including providing public employment services, retraining programs, unemployment benefits, and short time work programs. However, these programs did not always help that much. Questions were asked about the impact analysis of the government measures and what more can be done to prepare for potential future recessions.
The document discusses the continued economic decline of Western countries due to global wage disparities between developed and emerging economies. This wage gap results in emerging economies gaining a strong competitive advantage, leading to job losses in Western nations. Governments and citizens in Western countries have responded by taking on excessive debt to maintain unsustainable lifestyles. If left unchecked, these trends of wage gaps, job losses, and growing debt levels will destroy Western economies in the long run. Potential actions to address these challenges include reforming government spending, education systems, tax policies, and banking systems.
This organizational chart shows the leadership structure of VU College. Susan Young is the Dean of the college. There are several Associate Directors who oversee different departments such as Entry & Further Education, Language & Learning, and Learning for Work & Community Service. The college is divided into several Schools each led by a Head of School such as Youth, VCE & Community Education and English Language & Preparatory Programs. Each school contains various program managers who oversee specific programs and services.
Office Depot believes that diversity and inclusion are instrumental to their business success. As women make up over half their customer base, it is important that they provide products and solutions to help women-owned businesses grow. They demonstrate their commitment to empowering women-owned businesses through various organizations and conferences. For suppliers, Office Depot desires unique, value-based products and suppliers that are professional, knowledgeable about their business, coachable, and committed to building relationships over time.
The document provides a training program matrix for Hawthorne Machinery that incorporates dimensions of leadership. The matrix lists various employee development modules and business management modules along with the competencies and dimensions of leadership they address. Some of the modules include communication skills, conflict resolution, customer first, and managing operations. The matrix also includes some recommended business books and tools to support the training program.
Anirudh Chari has over 10 years of experience in management consulting and entrepreneurship. He holds a Masters in Management from IE Business School in Madrid and a B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He is currently working as a senior consultant at KPMG Advisory Services in New Delhi, India.
This document advertises an upcoming conference on indirect procurement and corporate sourcing taking place from February 11-13, 2013 in Charlotte, NC. The conference will feature industry updates, workshops, roundtables, and presentations on strategic procurement transformation, globalization, supplier relations, complex services spend, and category management. It is aimed at professionals in marketing, IT, HR, facilities management, and other corporate functions involved in indirect spending. Attendees will gain insights on best practices and network with over 300 executives from various industries.
The document discusses the benefits of establishing a bespoke Management Academy for an organization. It can help save on employment costs by developing internal talent for senior roles rather than external recruiting. An Academy framework provides individual development plans and nationally accredited qualifications. Case studies show Academies improving performance, developing succession plans, and increased staff retention which offsets the costs. Customized Academies focusing on an organization's specific needs and challenges can produce measurable results.
1. The document outlines the Labour Welfare Fund rules for various states in India, including contribution periods, rates, and submission deadlines.
2. Key details covered include categories of employees covered, applicable establishments, contribution periods and rates for both employees and employers, forms to be submitted, and addresses for fund commissioners.
3. Conditions are specified for cases where an establishment has branches across locations.
The document discusses the continued economic decline of Western countries due to global wage disparities between developed and emerging economies. This wage gap results in emerging economies gaining a strong competitive advantage, leading to job losses in Western nations. Governments and citizens in Western countries have responded by taking on excessive debt to maintain unsustainable lifestyles. If left unchecked, these trends of wage gaps, job losses, and growing debt levels will destroy Western economies in the long run. Potential actions to address these challenges include reforming government spending, education systems, tax policies, and banking systems.
This organizational chart shows the leadership structure of VU College. Susan Young is the Dean of the college. There are several Associate Directors who oversee different departments such as Entry & Further Education, Language & Learning, and Learning for Work & Community Service. The college is divided into several Schools each led by a Head of School such as Youth, VCE & Community Education and English Language & Preparatory Programs. Each school contains various program managers who oversee specific programs and services.
Office Depot believes that diversity and inclusion are instrumental to their business success. As women make up over half their customer base, it is important that they provide products and solutions to help women-owned businesses grow. They demonstrate their commitment to empowering women-owned businesses through various organizations and conferences. For suppliers, Office Depot desires unique, value-based products and suppliers that are professional, knowledgeable about their business, coachable, and committed to building relationships over time.
The document provides a training program matrix for Hawthorne Machinery that incorporates dimensions of leadership. The matrix lists various employee development modules and business management modules along with the competencies and dimensions of leadership they address. Some of the modules include communication skills, conflict resolution, customer first, and managing operations. The matrix also includes some recommended business books and tools to support the training program.
Anirudh Chari has over 10 years of experience in management consulting and entrepreneurship. He holds a Masters in Management from IE Business School in Madrid and a B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He is currently working as a senior consultant at KPMG Advisory Services in New Delhi, India.
This document advertises an upcoming conference on indirect procurement and corporate sourcing taking place from February 11-13, 2013 in Charlotte, NC. The conference will feature industry updates, workshops, roundtables, and presentations on strategic procurement transformation, globalization, supplier relations, complex services spend, and category management. It is aimed at professionals in marketing, IT, HR, facilities management, and other corporate functions involved in indirect spending. Attendees will gain insights on best practices and network with over 300 executives from various industries.
The document discusses the benefits of establishing a bespoke Management Academy for an organization. It can help save on employment costs by developing internal talent for senior roles rather than external recruiting. An Academy framework provides individual development plans and nationally accredited qualifications. Case studies show Academies improving performance, developing succession plans, and increased staff retention which offsets the costs. Customized Academies focusing on an organization's specific needs and challenges can produce measurable results.
1. The document outlines the Labour Welfare Fund rules for various states in India, including contribution periods, rates, and submission deadlines.
2. Key details covered include categories of employees covered, applicable establishments, contribution periods and rates for both employees and employers, forms to be submitted, and addresses for fund commissioners.
3. Conditions are specified for cases where an establishment has branches across locations.
The document summarizes the key details regarding the Labour Welfare Fund Act applicable in various states in India, including:
- The categories of employees that are applicable in each state
- The contribution rates for employees and employers in each state
- The periodicity of contributions and due dates in each state
- The address details of the relevant commissioners/authorities to whom contributions must be paid in each state
1) SMART Holdings USA is a global consultancy offering sustainable and socially responsible services and solutions.
2) Curtis Ostler, a SMARTvt leader, was appointed Director of the Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce and a major university.
3) John Driscoll, a SMARTvt member and US Army Major, joined the corporate management team of Otis Elevator in Rhode Island and Eastern Massachusetts.
This document provides details on labour welfare funds for various states in India, including:
1) Andhra Pradesh - The fund applies to establishments with 20+ employees. Covered employees contribute 2% of wages and employers contribute 5% annually by December 31st.
2) Chhattisgarh - The fund applies to all employees except managers earning over Rs.1600/month. Covered employees contribute 6% of wages and employers contribute 18% twice yearly by July 31st and January 31st.
3) Goa - The fund applies to establishments with 5+ employees. Covered employees contribute 30% of wages and employers contribute 90% twice yearly by July 31st and January 31st. All
Amenazas y Oportunidades en el Mercado Papelero ArgentinoLeo Piccioli
Presentación en el Congreso de la Cámara de la industria de Librería, octubre de 2012, en Mar del Plata.
Describe las 7 tendencias de cambio que afectan al mercado.
This document discusses employee engagement and the Engage for Success initiative. It provides context on the importance of employee engagement compared to the 20th century command and control model. It then outlines the Engage for Success project including practitioner community groups, events, challenges, and ways to get involved through mentoring, buddying, and open days. The goal is to help organizations improve employee engagement and learn from one another.
The document outlines a castle complex redesign initiative that will take place from August 2012 to July 2012. It involves pre-planning, defining needs, ideating solutions, prototyping ideas, testing prototypes, and implementing changes by July 2012. Community engagement and input from students will be incorporated throughout the process. The redesign team is listed and will guide the initiative through research, planning, and implementation.
The document outlines the roles and processes in Scrum, including the Product Owner who manages the Product Backlog of requirements, the Scrum Master who ensures the Scrum process is followed, and the self-organizing Team who works in Sprints to complete tasks from the Product Backlog. Key Scrum events include Sprint Planning meetings where the Team selects work for the upcoming Sprint and daily Stand-Up meetings where the Team coordinates work. The goal is for the Team to deliver working software functionality every Sprint through an iterative process of designing, coding, testing, and refactoring work items.
Impact Magazine: Spring 2011 | School of Business and Economics, Michigan Tec...Lynn Makela
Impact is the School of Business and Economics semi-annual publication. It illustrates how our students, alumni, faculty, staff, School, and University are changing our world.
Solitaire Creative Services is an award-winning advertising and marketing firm that offers a wide range of services for small and medium-sized businesses, including print, digital, and promotional design as well as media planning, public relations, and web development. They work with clients to create comprehensive marketing strategies and produce high-quality advertising materials to help businesses effectively promote their brand. Solitaire Creative has extensive experience developing successful advertising campaigns for both local and national clients.
Watson Batty Architects Residential Team ApproachRichardMerrills
Watson Batty Architects has over 40 years of experience providing architectural services. They have a residential team with experience in public, private, and affordable housing projects ranging from minor refurbishments to large master plans. Their team of architects and technical staff have expertise in design, sustainability, community consultation, and project delivery.
This document promotes marketing services from Innovators Warehouse to help inventors market their products and patents. It offers three marketing packages ranging in price from $995 to $6,995, which include services like creating sell sheets, microsites, and full marketing prospectuses. The company promises to connect inventors with the right companies to get their ideas noticed and get started on marketing. It emphasizes its expertise in patent marketing and getting inventions into the hands of potential licensees.
Presentation given by David Rose at the second JISC Emerging Practices workshop (2012/07/03).
http://emergingpractices.jiscinvolve.org/wp/doing-ea-workshop-2/
This document provides information about industrial symbiosis projects in various countries:
- Finland has an ongoing industrial symbiosis program led by Motiva and SITRA to reduce waste and encourage resource sharing.
- Success stories from Romania and Brazil describe specific industrial symbiosis partnerships that saved forests and reduced costs.
- China highlights a project where a sewage treatment plant partners with a company to process sludge into protein products.
- Additional examples show partnerships in the UK, South Africa, Hungary, and other countries that divert waste, reduce costs and emissions, and create economic benefits through industrial symbiosis.
The document discusses the evolution of the liaison and customer support services at the University of Salford's Information and Learning Services (ILS) unit from 2003-2009. It describes how ILS initially organized its liaison function by faculty and outlines the tools and processes it developed over time, including a service desk, relationship management skills, and customer account planning. It also notes some lessons learned along the way and that the journey of improving liaison and support is still ongoing. The overall goal of the liaison and support unit is to ensure ILS services and resources meet customer needs and that customers have the knowledge and skills to make full use of them.
Connection of Minds heeft op de stand van ACS audiovisual op event 12 mindmaps gemaakt van sprekers in het live programma. Deze mindmap gaat over het interview met eventplanner.
Connection of Minds heeft op de stand van ACS audiovisual op event 12 mindmaps gemaakt van sprekers in het live programma. Deze mindmap gaat over het interview met Twoppy.
The document summarizes the key details regarding the Labour Welfare Fund Act applicable in various states in India, including:
- The categories of employees that are applicable in each state
- The contribution rates for employees and employers in each state
- The periodicity of contributions and due dates in each state
- The address details of the relevant commissioners/authorities to whom contributions must be paid in each state
1) SMART Holdings USA is a global consultancy offering sustainable and socially responsible services and solutions.
2) Curtis Ostler, a SMARTvt leader, was appointed Director of the Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce and a major university.
3) John Driscoll, a SMARTvt member and US Army Major, joined the corporate management team of Otis Elevator in Rhode Island and Eastern Massachusetts.
This document provides details on labour welfare funds for various states in India, including:
1) Andhra Pradesh - The fund applies to establishments with 20+ employees. Covered employees contribute 2% of wages and employers contribute 5% annually by December 31st.
2) Chhattisgarh - The fund applies to all employees except managers earning over Rs.1600/month. Covered employees contribute 6% of wages and employers contribute 18% twice yearly by July 31st and January 31st.
3) Goa - The fund applies to establishments with 5+ employees. Covered employees contribute 30% of wages and employers contribute 90% twice yearly by July 31st and January 31st. All
Amenazas y Oportunidades en el Mercado Papelero ArgentinoLeo Piccioli
Presentación en el Congreso de la Cámara de la industria de Librería, octubre de 2012, en Mar del Plata.
Describe las 7 tendencias de cambio que afectan al mercado.
This document discusses employee engagement and the Engage for Success initiative. It provides context on the importance of employee engagement compared to the 20th century command and control model. It then outlines the Engage for Success project including practitioner community groups, events, challenges, and ways to get involved through mentoring, buddying, and open days. The goal is to help organizations improve employee engagement and learn from one another.
The document outlines a castle complex redesign initiative that will take place from August 2012 to July 2012. It involves pre-planning, defining needs, ideating solutions, prototyping ideas, testing prototypes, and implementing changes by July 2012. Community engagement and input from students will be incorporated throughout the process. The redesign team is listed and will guide the initiative through research, planning, and implementation.
The document outlines the roles and processes in Scrum, including the Product Owner who manages the Product Backlog of requirements, the Scrum Master who ensures the Scrum process is followed, and the self-organizing Team who works in Sprints to complete tasks from the Product Backlog. Key Scrum events include Sprint Planning meetings where the Team selects work for the upcoming Sprint and daily Stand-Up meetings where the Team coordinates work. The goal is for the Team to deliver working software functionality every Sprint through an iterative process of designing, coding, testing, and refactoring work items.
Impact Magazine: Spring 2011 | School of Business and Economics, Michigan Tec...Lynn Makela
Impact is the School of Business and Economics semi-annual publication. It illustrates how our students, alumni, faculty, staff, School, and University are changing our world.
Solitaire Creative Services is an award-winning advertising and marketing firm that offers a wide range of services for small and medium-sized businesses, including print, digital, and promotional design as well as media planning, public relations, and web development. They work with clients to create comprehensive marketing strategies and produce high-quality advertising materials to help businesses effectively promote their brand. Solitaire Creative has extensive experience developing successful advertising campaigns for both local and national clients.
Watson Batty Architects Residential Team ApproachRichardMerrills
Watson Batty Architects has over 40 years of experience providing architectural services. They have a residential team with experience in public, private, and affordable housing projects ranging from minor refurbishments to large master plans. Their team of architects and technical staff have expertise in design, sustainability, community consultation, and project delivery.
This document promotes marketing services from Innovators Warehouse to help inventors market their products and patents. It offers three marketing packages ranging in price from $995 to $6,995, which include services like creating sell sheets, microsites, and full marketing prospectuses. The company promises to connect inventors with the right companies to get their ideas noticed and get started on marketing. It emphasizes its expertise in patent marketing and getting inventions into the hands of potential licensees.
Presentation given by David Rose at the second JISC Emerging Practices workshop (2012/07/03).
http://emergingpractices.jiscinvolve.org/wp/doing-ea-workshop-2/
This document provides information about industrial symbiosis projects in various countries:
- Finland has an ongoing industrial symbiosis program led by Motiva and SITRA to reduce waste and encourage resource sharing.
- Success stories from Romania and Brazil describe specific industrial symbiosis partnerships that saved forests and reduced costs.
- China highlights a project where a sewage treatment plant partners with a company to process sludge into protein products.
- Additional examples show partnerships in the UK, South Africa, Hungary, and other countries that divert waste, reduce costs and emissions, and create economic benefits through industrial symbiosis.
The document discusses the evolution of the liaison and customer support services at the University of Salford's Information and Learning Services (ILS) unit from 2003-2009. It describes how ILS initially organized its liaison function by faculty and outlines the tools and processes it developed over time, including a service desk, relationship management skills, and customer account planning. It also notes some lessons learned along the way and that the journey of improving liaison and support is still ongoing. The overall goal of the liaison and support unit is to ensure ILS services and resources meet customer needs and that customers have the knowledge and skills to make full use of them.
Connection of Minds heeft op de stand van ACS audiovisual op event 12 mindmaps gemaakt van sprekers in het live programma. Deze mindmap gaat over het interview met eventplanner.
Connection of Minds heeft op de stand van ACS audiovisual op event 12 mindmaps gemaakt van sprekers in het live programma. Deze mindmap gaat over het interview met Twoppy.
Week van de inspiratie 2011 Megabrainstorm World of Minds
megabrainstorm over tijdens de Week van de inspiratie 2011. moderatie Tim Cremers (Timboektoe) LiveMindMappin door Alexis van Dam (Connection of Minds)
This document discusses the pros and cons of flexicurity, a policy approach that aims to balance flexibility in the labor market with security for employees. It touches on several topics:
1) Different types of flexible labor contracts that have risen in the Netherlands like fixed-term contracts, 0-hour contracts, agency work, and self-employment.
2) Issues with a lack of job security and employers not taking responsibility for employees with highly flexible workforces.
3) The need to limit different contract types and provide more opportunities for permanent contracts to give workers stability in wages, equal treatment, and opportunities for permanent education.
4) The concept of "flexicurity" which aims to enhance both flexibility
The document discusses the role of temp agencies in facilitating a sustainable labor market that balances flexibility and security. It notes that temp agencies have evolved from being seen as "outlaws" to becoming important labor market developers that can help connect different parts of the labor market. Temp agencies are now seen as providers who can help solve the paradox between flexibility and employee security by acting as brokers and directing workers to available jobs. For a sustainable labor market, temp agencies should focus on inclusiveness, equal opportunities, fair dismissal laws, and reasonable access to work.
The document summarizes key points from a masterclass on regulating the triangular employment relationship between temporary workers, temporary employment agencies, and client companies through labor law and social dialogue. Some main topics discussed include collective bargaining approaches at the enterprise or sector level, challenges with overlapping union representation, and ensuring equal treatment and protection of temporary agency workers compared to permanent employees. International standards from the ILO and EU directive on temporary agency work were also referenced in terms of their core principles and countries' implementation records.
1) Partnerships between labour market actors are necessary to improve cooperation and define complementary services, but must be developed based on national and local specifics.
2) Both public and private employment services have roles to play, and new service delivery methods should seek cost efficiency while optimizing impact and enhancing resource use.
3) The EU-level PARES initiative aims to foster dialogue between actors to help define different types of cooperation and transitions in changing labour markets.
The document discusses regulating private employment agencies that operate across borders within the EU. It notes there are an estimated 6,000-10,000 agencies currently operating with varying levels of regulation between countries. Reinstating a registration system and applying general principles at the EU level could help address issues like a lack of transparency, unfair competition, and worker exploitation. However, implementing directives uniformly across all member states poses challenges given differences in national laws and situations.
The masterclass discussed how technology is rapidly changing and predicting the future by inventing it. Speakers explained that with imagination, one can turn junk into inventions to create new opportunities. Attendees asked questions that were mapped out clockwise from top to bottom to summarize the key topics and conclusions.
1. Paul
Swaim
Sr. Economist Employment Analysis
Support labour demand Speaker and Policy Division
Provide the people without jobs >1 year OECD
Need social protection Labour markets in the wake of the
Government support "Great Recession".
Keep jobs Important Topic
employers
Relocate job
Buy-in unions to not to protected the system
Denis
Total employment was changing Pennel
Public employment services Masterclass Moderator
Retraining programs
Alexis van Dam
Improve skills unemployed Type of retooling/
Mindmapper World of Minds
Training program can't cope with reskilling
large stream of attendees
Important
No clear answers Q: What is the impact analysis on the
Question
measures taken by government
Mindmap Summary of the masterclass
Retraining contains
Legend Questions asked by attendees
Re-employment
Clockwise
Reinforce labour demand Read mindmap
From top to bottom
Resize jobs due to shorten work time
Be ready to manage
Job counseling
What did
a big recession
Unemployment benefits International Confederation of Private
governments do Employment Agencies,
Saving jobs Short time work
Sometimes it didn't program Staffing industry
help that much 46 countries
USA didn't invest Amount of budget spend to 10 million agency workers
much in system re-employ people varies
Working together with OECD
Employment more volatile Start Impact of crisis
More temporary jobs Look forward
Aim
Growth on temorary workers till 2007 high Flexibility in market
Since 2009 its recovery Effects
Integovernment organisation
Sack people
Solution Economisc issues by governments
Or cut down on hours
EU USA, Asia, Australia
Well adapted to flexibilty
Social dialogue
Labour markets
Ideal mechanism
New technologies
They need to keep up Social protection
system Flexibility
Degree flexibilty vs social protection/ Crisis What's happening
support systems
Generous social protection system New forecast
OECD outlook Dramatic change
Crisis in 2008 the worst since 1930's
Banking crisis Is the worst kind
Forecast was less optimistic then the reality Master class 4: Labour In 2008 the situation
Spain: 21% markets in the wake of Steep falll in trade
Peaks in looked bad
Estonia: 20% unemployment the "Great Recession"
Ireland: 15%
Economic crisis wasn't so deep
Turkey: 10%
Overall Taken into account large fall of GDP
Slovakia: 9% Pre crisis Resilient
Spain: 8% Top3 Flexibility
High enemployment
Labour markets
Spain: 20% (same) Take a long time to bounce back
Ireland: 15 (same) Latest Unemployment 1990 - 1995 increase from 3% to 18%
Is bouncing back rate 1995 - 2008 slow decrease to 6%
Estonia: 14% (-6%)
2008 increase to 9%
Small effect Netherlands High
Labour
Unemployment levels varies amongst EU countries unemployment
markets Social benefit system: genereous
due to
A drop op 4% GDP is a bad recession Social protection system
Consequentions Example Flexibility
Amount of hours worked dropped Currently
drop in GDP Finland Unemployment services
Output per worker dropped
Employers went to great effort to keep workers
GDP Bad recession Bad for employment
Cutting jobs
Lessons Recovery of employment level takes
Sharing work
Solutions Public Policy longer then the decline
Employers & Unions
worked together
Less experience
What happend Changed their system
Youth
duringrecession See graph European Became more resilient
Save more money countries Different from USA
Stock market
Crisis was a good stress test
Lay off during crisis at 57 now 60
Greying off working Older
Issue for governments
population
Retirement is expensive
Who lost jobs?
Public pension system
Layed off Low skilled
Due to colapse in industry
Men where hit harder
then women
Men are more likely to work in industry
Costly
People >1year unemployed
Issolation Germany
No high increase/ decrease
Crisis
Immigrants High increase due to
Lots of contruction
Spain
Unemployment >12 months is 8%
Unemployment
Increase productivity
rate
Smaller group that works harder
High increase due to crisis
Unemployment >12 months is 3% Usa When business conditions go bad
Services based economy USA productivity Analyse the effect on flex work
Variations in productivity Temporarily export
Q: is there a flex market went bad
worker security Germany Kept skilled workforce
index?
Look at productive workers
Questions Situation
Each country Based
needs specific upon Type of workforce
measures
Work
2011-05-19 Ciett2011 World Employment Conference | LiveMindMapping by World of Minds, more info see: www.connectionofminds.com/ontmoet