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Flexible working: the ultimate work/life balancing act
Christopher Bruton, Published on 07/05/2018
» Work/life balance and the relative importance of harmonising family responsibilities with earning a living wage have become issues of primary importance in many developed countries. Employers and employees have found innovative ways of ensuring that successful careers can be combined with lives enriched by recreational activities, parenthood, family activities and the care of elderly family members.
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Human resource wish-list for 2018
Christopher Bruton, Published on 03/01/2018
» Wouldn't it be wonderful if all our New Year wishes could be granted in the next twelve months? Actually the wishes expressed below could all become realities, or, at least, a start made on them, if government policy-makers have the determination to address these issues. Our New Year wishes for 2018 fall into three categories: some that would enhance the skills of young people entering the labour force; some that would benefit those already in the labour force; and finally some that would benefit those in the evening of their working lives or beyond.
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Women at Work: Asian trends
Christopher Bruton, Published on 26/06/2017
» According to Thai tradition, women are the hind legs of the elephant. The front legs provide leadership and direction, but strength and stability are at the hind legs. The elephant cannot move forward without support of both front and hind legs working in harmonious combination.
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Workplace Cooperatives: a sound way to save
Christopher Bruton, Published on 13/12/2016
» Recently, we featured the pioneering work of iCare Benefits, a zero interest cost employee benefits program. This scheme now serves over 3.1 million workers in more than 1,300 factories in an increasing number of countries, including Thailand. However, even before iCare Benefits reached Thailand, there were already worker cooperatives undertaking savings schemes. These worker cooperatives now have the opportunity to work together with iCare Benefits, joining alongside factory managements and trade union local branches to provide cost-effective benefits for workers.
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Career transition: keeping skills within the workforce
Christopher Bruton, Published on 14/11/2016
» Even highly successful companies often downsize or change the structure of their workforces. This can happen because of new technologies, change of nature of operations, mergers and acquisitions or other reasons. When such staff structural modifications take place, best practice companies will turn to career transformation specialists for what are often called out-placement or off-boarding services.
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Mobilising senior citizen manpower
Christopher Bruton, Published on 25/10/2016
» We have previously discussed Thailand's ageing population and the need to extend the working life of the active population. Older workers can be successful, effective workers. But they need special management skills, motivation and guidance for both employers and workers in order to gain maximum benefit. Research by Britain's University of Leicester (Vanessa Beck and Glynne Williams: Managing Older Workers) provides valuable insights into strategies for success.
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Human Development: how advanced is Thailand?
Christopher Bruton, Published on 27/06/2016
» Economic development is one thing, human social development is another. The new popular concept of "gross national happiness", is perhaps too vague and subjective to be meaningful for international comparison. The United Nations Development Progam (UNDP concept of "human development" may work more effectively. This has been around for just 25 years, since 1990, and claims to concentrate upon the "richness of human lives" rather than the "richness of economies".
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