P-E Corporate Services SA (Pty) Ltd Management Consultants

HANDLING LABOUR RELATIONS IN A COMPLEX LEGAL AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

"What you need to ask is not whether we're winning our cases in the CCMA, but why they're there in the first place"

Traditional approaches to Labour Relations have focussed on winning wars, and by winning, to imply that the other side "lost." We have in our 20 years in the field recognised that labour relations is in fact not about Power and its use, but about co-operation and information.

With an increasingly challenging legal and business environment, and increasing consciousness in the labour market, traditional forms of labour relations are providing more of the same. We know that if you continue to do what you have always done, you will continue to get what you have always got!

This programme debunks the myth of power in labour relations and provides a highly effective and non-threatening perspective to managers in organisations to rethink their labour relations practices.

Context:

Labour Relations is not primarily about managing problems, but preventing them
Labour Relations is not about rights and obligations, but about achieving goals
Labour Relations is not about the People in the Business it is about the People for the Business
Labour Relations is not about managers versus the workers - it's about managers and their workers versus the market!

What Participants will learn:

To redefine a context for Labour Relations in the new business and legal environment.
To develop an understanding of the objectives of labour relations in a Business and position labour relations as part of their Business Strategy.
To interpret labour legislation in its proper and defensible context - without having a legal degree!
How to marginalise the use of power in the relationship.
To define and implement strategies and practices in discipline.

Target Audience:

Human Resources Managers and Practitioners
Production Managers, Finance Managers, Customer Service Managers, Logistics Managers, Factory Managers, Transport Managers, Site Managers
Small Business Owners who are accountable for their companies' success
Strategy staff
Firstline Managers / Supervisory staff