THE UK RETAIL SECTOR Retailing is one of the major economic sectors of United Kingdom‚ with retail sales of £221 billion‚ employing around 3 million people and operating over 300‚000 shops. Within the sector there is a scale polarisation at both the business and the store level. The leading retailers are huge‚ multinational businesses which dominate the sector. They operate a range of stores from major hypermarkets and supercentres through to small convenience stores. Retailing is also significant
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Review Questions Topic 2: The Nature of the Employment Relationship 1. Why is the employment relationship interdependent? In order to tap the creative and productive powers of workers‚ employers cannot treat them as any other market commodity. Employees can always bargain with their compliance‚ commitment and effort. Hence‚ to some extent‚ employers must seek a cooperative relationship with their workers in order to gain their consent to managerial directives. Employees‚ on the other hand‚ are also
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On “CRM practices in Retail Sector” Submitted to: Prof. Sushil Chaurasia Tolani Institute of Management Studies Submitted by: Neha Das Retail sector is one of India’s fastest growing sectors with a 5% compounded annual growth rate. Retail is India’s largest industry. It accounts for over 10% of the India’s GDP and around 8% of the employment. Driven by changing lifestyles‚ strong income growth and favorable demographic patterns‚ Indian retail is expected to grow 25%
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Managing Employment Relation Factors on employment relationship The employee relation is a balancing act between what the employee and employer needs. Employees generally want to make enough money to live comfortably and be able to have a good balance between work and home life‚ the employer usually want to make money or provide a good service( depending on the organisation) and to have employees work hard without paying employees too much. There is a fine line between the both of them‚ they
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CHAPTER 8 Employee relations learn ing outcomes After reading this chapter you will: ●● ●● ●● ●● ●● ●● ●● understand the changing nature and continuing importance of employee relations be able to define the differences in the purposes‚ content and operation of disciplinary‚ capability and grievance procedures understand the good practice steps and statutory requirements that ensure the effective handling of conduct or capability cases be able to assess the suitability
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Work‚ Employment & Society http://wes.sagepub.com Employee experience of aesthetic labour in retail and hospitality Chris Warhurst and Dennis Nickson Work Employment Society 2007; 21; 103 DOI: 10.1177/0950017007073622 The online version of this article can be found at: http://wes.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/1/103 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: British Sociological Association Additional services and information for Work‚ Employment & Society can
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Introduction India is in the midst of a retail boom. The sector witnessed significant transformation in the past decade from small-unorganized family-owned retail formats to organized retailing. Indian business houses and manufacturers are setting up retail formats while real estate companies and venture capitalist are investing in retail infrastructure. Many international brands have entered the market. With the growth in organized retailing‚ unorganized retailers are fast changing their business
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Employee Relation Edexcel Level 5 Higher National Diploma in Business – Human Resource Management Assignment Employee Relation By Sakina Taher Human Resources Management Institute‚ 246‚ Nawala Rd‚ Nawala‚ Colombo - Sri Lanka 1 Employee Relation Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................... 3 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................
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Walmart and Employee Relations Rinda L. Lane rindalane@att.net Prof. Jere Ferguson GM591 – Organizational Behavior December 12‚ 2011 Overview The organization that I chose for this project is Walmart where I am employed as a cashier. The focus of the project is employee relations
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in the sector started after the liberalization measures were initiated in 1991 in the country. Several large chains have entered the bandwagon and achieved fair to significant success. Indian retailing has evolved over the past decade‚ from largely an ‘informal’ and disorganized marketplace to an increasingly corporatised industry at least in the urban India. This is the largest among all the industries ‚accounting for over 10% of country’s GDP and around 8%of employment. The Retail Industry
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