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Holiday pay on termination of employment
Calculating holiday pay when workers leave your employment.
Advantages of performance appraisals
Performance targets and appraisals identify areas for improvement and increase efficiency and employee performance.
Recruiting people with disabilities
How employers can adjust and take positive steps to recruit people with a disability.
Protect your retail business from crime
Guidance on the types of crimes a retail business may be at risk of, strategies for deterring crime and sources of help and advice for preventing retail crime.
Visual merchandising: retail branding and signage
Your brand should be clear, concise and visible throughout your business.
Advantages and disadvantages of visual merchandising
There are advantages of using visual merchandising in your business but you should also be aware of some possible drawbacks.
Help and support to prevent retail crime
Find organisations and initiatives that offer advice and support to help protect your retail business from crime, such as the PSNI and Retailers Against Crime.
Retail business security measures
Ways to protect your retail business from the risk of crime, including securing your premises, avoiding fraudulent payments and reducing shoplifting and theft.
Top tips to reduce shoplifting
Ways to protect your business from shoplifting - including store design, staff training and CCTV.
Types of retail crime
The types of crime that retail businesses may face include shoplifting, money fraud, checkout fraud and burglary.
Reasons for changing your organisational structure
Understand what triggers organisational change in business, the common causes and early signs of change.
Organisational structure by geographical area
Pros and cons of geographical organisational structure for businesses that have offices or units in different geographical locations.
Decentralised organisational structure
Understand the features, advantages and disadvantages of a decentralised organisational structure, and when to decentralise decision-making.
Organisational structure by function
Pros and cons of functional organisational structure and dividing your business into specialised departments such as IT, marketing or operations.
Organisational structure by product
Pros and cons of product organisational structure or organising your business in separate divisions based around specific products or services.
Matrix organisational structure
Definition and types of matrix organisational structure, its advantages and disadvantages, and use of matrix management in business.
Best practice in business
Find out how introducing best practice and better ways of working can help your business grow and adapt to change.
Best practices for sales and marketing alignment
Understand the key processes and tools needed to achieve best practice and alignment in sales and marketing.
Best practices in HR and people management
Examples of HR best practice and the importance of following tried and tested best practices for managing staff in your business.
What is best practice in business?
Understand what best practice means in business, and how it can impact your business operations, competitiveness and profitability.