Age matters : employing, motivating and managing older employees

• Main Authors: Smedley, Keren (Author), Whitten, Helen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Gower, c2006
• Subjects: personální management; lidský kapitál; stárnutí obyvatelstva; stárnutí obyvatelstva > Velká Británie > země Evropské unie; osoby středního věku; profesní uplatnění; diskriminace v zaměstnání; ageismus; ageismus > Velká Británie > země Evropské unie; celoživotní vzdělávání; personnel management; human capital; population aging; population aging > Great Britain > European Union countries; middle-aged persons; employment; discrimination in employment; ageism; ageism > Great Britain > European Union countries; permanent education; příručky; handbooks, manuals, etc
• ISBN: 0566086808
• Physical Description: vii, 351 s. : il. ; 31 cm

Table of Contents:

• Age discrimination : the next diversity issue
• The Age Discrimination Regulations 2006
• Demographic changes
• Understanding your older workforce
• Changing attitudes and stereotypes
• People management
• Managing continuous change
• Health and wellbeing
• Recruiting and selecting older workers
• Performance management
• Lifelong learning
• Leadership, promotion, career development and succession planning
• Intergenerational working
• New ways of working
• Retirement, pensions and employment issues
• Awareness-raising session : influencing senior managers
• Awareness-raising session : cascading awareness on age discrimination throughout the organisation
• Implementation : one-day training programme to introduce age-inclusive working practices into your organization
• Implementation : two-day training programme to introduce age-inclusive working practices into your organization
• Monitoring and evaluating progress.