Human Resources Conflict

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Human Resources Conflict

In this section I will be identifying possible areas of conflict

between the various human resources functions in Southgate College.

The human resources functions are: Selection

Recruitment and Training

In Southgate College the recruitment process for teaching staff can

take a long time there are several reasons for this:

1.Some skills are in very short supply such as electrical

instillation, plumbing and construction and also motor vehicle

maintenance. This is because these skills earn far more money in the

labour market than if people with these skills be paid if they came to

work at Southgate College as a teacher.

2.Owners of these skills would be expected like all teachers in

further education, to undergo 2 years training part time for the

certificate of education, which is a government requirement. But many

plumbers and electricians are already well qualified and resent the

fact that they have to do another period of training 1 day a week for

a job in which they earn far less money than if they stayed as

plumbers and electricians without the qualifications. So it will be

better for the plumbers and the electricians to carry on doing there

own jobs rather than becoming a teacher. This is the reason why these

courses are hard to come by. So as this shows the rapid decrease in

staffing in these occupations has lowered the amount of teachers to

teach these courses. This has now forced many colleges to stop these

courses as there is better money for them in their own profession

rather than teaching it. The main problem with this is that all the

staff have to undergo the 2-year training course for the CoE this is a

waste of time and effort for this type of job. They already know how

to teach their profession so this leads them not to teach and stay

where they are.

If Southgate College chooses not to train its workforce it will be

faced with additional recruitment costs. This is because when

skills are required existing employees will have to be made redundant.

The importance of Training and Development at Southgate College is

that If they neglect and do not train the staff it you will be

caught out in the end either by staff leaving due to low moral;

Southgate college may not perform at its peak because staff may not

know how to use equipment properly or are not sure what the correct

procedure is or your business falls behind because either you or your

staff have not been given the opportunity to update their skills or

knowledge within the college.

Recruitment and Appraisals

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