Management And Administration News
Changing life cycles…
I went to a fascinating event run by the Tomorrow Project last week, looking at people’s changing life cycles and how these affect and are affected by business. A group of employers, employees, academics and futurists spent the day examining three stages of life (early, middle and older), identifying future drivers in each of the life stages, and discussing how business can influence these. The event was held to inform a new book being published next year; however, it made me think about ...
The world of work in 2018
A little while ago, I attended a futures symposium organised by the European Futures Observatory and a network of professional futurists. One of the presentations was based on the newly published report (PDF 991 KB) on what the world of work in 2018 would look like by the Chartered Management Institute. The world of work has changed dramatically in the last decade. The management and leadership skills needed to survive or succeed today are very different from those of a generation ago, and...
Is the face of volunteering changing?
For organisations involving volunteers, you might like to have a look at a new publication from IVR (the Institute of Volunteering Research). The research bulletin is one of a series that IVR is publishing to explore and disseminate aspects of ‘Helping Out: a national survey of volunteering and charitable giving’ . It looks at the ‘changing and non-changing faces of volunteering’ and presents some interesting findings on long-standing volunteers and new or recent recruits. In terms of policy...
Diversity and foundations
One of the frequent comments I tend to make on the site is that some of the developments in the US nonprofit sector might be indicative of what the future looks like in the UK. An emerging argument about diversity and foundations is one such example.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy recently reported that the Californian state assembly has passed a proposal (its not yet been agreed by the Senate) to force the largest nonprofit foundations to disclose the composition of their workforce and...
The voluntary sector workforce: challenges and opportunities
New research from the Workforce Hub and NCVO has revealed a significant growth in the VCS workforce in the last decade. This rate of growth has in fact been at a higher rate than the public and private sectors. However, the '2007 Voluntary Sector Skills Survey’ published in tandem with this reveals a number of challenges for the sector’s employers. One-quarter of organisations report hard to fill vacancies within their organisation and skills gaps in IT, legal knowledge and fundraising. Some ...
Ageing workforce and flexible working
The Department of Work and Pensions has just published a new report investigating how employers are responding to an ageing workforce and to the introduction of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006. The research aimed to explore whether the attitudes and practices of employers might help or hinder Government policies that seek to encourage individuals to stay longer in work and employers to make better use of older workers, with an emphasis on encouragement, rather than compulsion...
Strategy on pay awards
One of the questions we are asked occasionally is what level should salary increases be pitched at for the next financial year? Now, this is arguably a financial/business planning exercise rather than a long-term, strategic planning issue, but some analysis of the wider labour market and its drivers should be part of any strategic plan.
The Labour market driver will address this broader issue, but in the meantime a few pointers might be useful. ONS reckons pay settlements (or, technically,...
What will your volunteers be like in 5 years time?
This month we have published the second in our new series of pocket guides analysing the external environment. This guide looks at six of the most important drivers affecting who your volunteers will be in five years’ time, how they will be managed and what their motivations will be. This guide can help your organisation explore how volunteers and the nature of volunteering is changing, enabling your organisation to better retain, recruit and manage volunteers in the years to come. The guide ...
