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Calculate holiday entitlement and holiday pay
Guidance for employers on how to calculate holiday entitlement, calculate holiday pay, and what to do with untaken leave.
Managing staff performance
Establishing clearly defined objectives and appraisal systems can help employees and improve business performance.
Managing staff holiday entitlement: five top tips
Follow these tips to help you successfully manage each worker’s holiday entitlement.
Agreeing performance objectives with staff
Objectives should be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-based (SMART).
Carrying out the performance appraisal
Appraisals can be between an employee and their line manager or conducted using a 360-degree system.
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.
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.
Best practices in business management
Find examples of management best practice and tools to help you manage performance and staff across your business.
Best practices in operations management
How to improve your operational performance by introducing best practice methods and processes across your business.