1. Year 13 BTEC Business
Miss Haron

2. Start of lesson drills Planner on the desk Pen/stationary available
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Start of lesson drills
Planner on the desk
Pen/stationary available
Exercise book on the desk
Date and title copied
Unit Employee skills
Ready to learn
Reminder
Unit 16 - Human Resource Management

3. Unit Employee skills
How can businesses identify the employee skills needed to carry out a job?(p2)

4. Today we will cover: First – Homework check
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Today we will cover:
First – Homework check
Add other examples to our notes
Starter – What skills would employers desire?
Main - LO
To understand what skill sets are, how skills are acquired, what a skills audit is used for and how skills can be transferred.
To discuss the impact of technology.
Describe how the skills that employees require to carry out jobs in an organisation are identified
Plenary – Case study
Explain what we are going to go through this lesson
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Starter activity
Draw a mind map of the skills an employer would look for when hiring either:
A builder on a house construction site
A genius support worker at the apple store
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6. Employee skills – an introduction
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Employee skills – an introduction
Skills and talents of employees can add value to a business
Humans, as a resource, need to be used efficiently - like other resources, they need to be paid and planned for
The type of work that an organisation does will affect the level of human skill required (Capital/Labour intensive) and if the job requires high level of education and training (high skilled workforce).
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7. People as organisational resources
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People as organisational resources
Sometimes humans should be treated in an objective way and treated like any other resource
Q – Why is it harder to treat humans objectively than raw materials?
A – Feelings and sensitivity.
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Skill sets
A skills set is the types of skills required to do a job effectively.
Q – Do all jobs need the same skills?
Some jobs will require generic skills
e.g. presenting, time management, friendliness
Some jobs will require job specific skills
e.g. being able to programme HTML code
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Skill sets continued…
The type of work an organisation does will affect the number of human resources needed and the level of human skill required
Capital intensive organisations have a lot of investment in machinery and fewer employees.
E.g. Car manufacturers
Labour intensive organisations need lots of human involvement and less machinery
E.g. Restaurants
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10. How are these skills identified?
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How are these skills identified?
For new workers:
Job/person specification
On existing workers:
Skills audit
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Job Description
Detailed explanation of the roles and responsibilities of the post advertised
Most applicants will ask for this before applying for the job
Refers to the post available rather than the person
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12. Job/persons specification
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Job/persons specification
Sets out the kind of qualifications, skills, experience and personal attributes a successful candidate should possess.
A vital tool in assessing the suitability of job applicants
Refers to the person rather than the post
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ACTIVITY
Find the job description and specification (skills required) for a JD Sports Manager in Romford
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Skills audit
When an organisation assesses the existing skills an employee has and whether these skills match new organisational objectives
Can be used to establish future training needs of employees
Can be done routinely
Specialised software packages called Human resource information systems (HRIS) can keep records of all employees
If the skills audit shows that the current employees have the required skills for the new objectives, new members of staff don’t have to be hired.
e.g. a solicitors may want to know how many employees are training and how many are qualified
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15. HRM can do the following to enhance employee skills:
Conduct regular meetings to establish their training needs (skills audit) and review it regularly
Offer on the job training (shadowing another employee)
Offer off the job training (e.g. Going to college etc)

16. Skill acquisition Learning new skills Employer:
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Skill acquisition
Learning new skills
Employer:
+ve – if employees leave the organisation, other people can do their job
-ve – takes up time and costs money
Employee:
+ve – it can motivate them and make them more efficient
-ve – the employee may not understand why they need the new skill
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17. Skills transferability
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Skills transferability
Some jobs have skills that can easily be transferred from one organisation to another
e.g. Teacher, doctor, quantity surveyor
This makes it easy for employees to leave an organisation so it is important to keep them motivated.
When we can’t employ certain workers from the UK, we can source them from elsewhere in the world if the skills required are transferrable
e.g. checkout worker at Tescos and Sainsburys
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Impact of technology
For some employers, like Ford, new technology has meant that fewer employees are needed
Changes in technology can mean that job specific skills can become generic skills. E.g. companies used to hire “typists” but it is now expected that all employees can type
Working hours have increased due to easier access to communication – employees can be contacted by phone and 24/7
Online sales is growing so less high street stores are needed
Changes of technology don’t always mean less employees are needed. They can mean that different skills are needed.
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19. Plenary – Case study What generic skills does a teacher need?
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Plenary – Case study
What generic skills does a teacher need?
What job specific skills does a teacher need?
How are these skills identified?
Do they require high levels of education?
Is the job labour intensive or capital intensive?
What skills can teachers acquire that they might not have always had?
What makes the job transferrable?
How has technology impacted teaching?
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Homework
Find a job description of a job you would like to do after you leave The Warren
Print it off on ONE page of A4
Due next lesson Wednesday - Period 1 and 2 (English 5)
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