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11. Training, the Bottom-Line (2001)
Canada's Food Retail and Wholesale Sector
Authors: Kirk Falconer, Canadian Labour and Business Centre
Collection: Research Materials
This report presents a brief summary of the results of the research on the of the business performance impacts — or return on investment (ROI) — of training.
The discussion is organized as follows:
• An introduction to the issue, including what defines business performance impacts/ROI that may me attributable to training;
• Recent evidence concerning the relationship between business trainers and performance, based on industry surveys in Canada and the United States;
• An overview of current company level practices with regard to formal training evaluation and the degree to which performance results are captured. This is supplemented by several case examples drawn predominantly from the food retail and wholesale sector;
• Some brief reflection on how these findings relate to specific human resource issues and training strategies in Canada's food retail and wholesale sector.
Added: 2007-05-01
12. Volunteer Management Resource Guide For Literacy Programs (1997)
Authors: Joanne Kaattari, Leila Downie
Collection: Research Materials
Volunteer management is a key component of community-based literacy programs. There were 9,600 volunteers in Anglophone community-based literacy programs in Ontario in 1995-1996 (6,900 tutors, 2,700 other volunteers). These volunteers were managed by a total of 344 paid staff. Program leaders need the skills and tools to effectively manage volunteers in today's rapidly changing environment.
This research and resource document includes:
1. a list of volunteer management training opportunities in Ontario
2. a list of organizations involved in volunteer management
3. a list of volunteer management websites
4. recommendations to the Ministry of Education and Training on the volunteer management needs of literacy programs
5. Ontario Works resources for literacy programs
6. draft specialized quality standards for anglophone community-based literacy programs
7. results of the Volunteer Management Survey, and
8. a volunteer management bibliography.
Added: 1999-11-29
13. Where Did All the Workers Go? The Challenges of the Aging Workforce (2001)
Authors: Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission, Canadian Labour and Business Centre
Collection: Research Materials
This report concludes that both labour and management are waking up to the fact that they will face very real problems if they fail to start planning now to replace the loss of experience and skills from retiring workers. Forward planning by both unions and companies will have to address the skills needs of both companies and workers in terms not just of current needs but also of what skills portfolio would be appropriate in the future. It will be important for companies and unions to be forward looking and begin the process of developing strategies before the wave of retirees hits their particular workforce. The increasingly recognized importance of skills as a key inhibitor to a firm’s competitiveness will help these participants focus on this issue.
Added: 2007-06-20
14. Workplace Health Works! - Halifax (2003)
A Seminar on Innovative Workplace Health Practices
Series: Workplace Health Works!
Collection: Research Materials
Issues of workplace health and wellness are an ongoing priority for the Canadian Labour and Business Centre (CLBC). The CLBC and its Board of Directors believe that approaches which promote workplace health and wellness are in the best interests of both employers and workers – a clear ‘win-win’. In particular, in a period of anticipated growing skill shortages, those employers who pay attention to workplace health issues will have a competitive advantage over others in recruiting and retaining workers with much-needed skills.
As part of its efforts to improve our collective understanding of healthy workplace concepts and to promote healthy workplace practices more broadly within the business and labour communities, the CLBC carried out 13 case studies on the safety and health initiatives of 13 Canadian workplaces. The cases were selected because their approaches to workplace health are innovative and effective in improving workplace safety and health, and in improving business performance. It was felt that the case study approach would be a persuasive way to promote these practices and encourage their adoption by other organizations.
The document also includes:
- Background information;
- Regional seminars on workplace health;
- Halifax seminar on workplace health;
- Program overview: Halifax seminar;
- Summary of seminar proceedings; and
- Participants' assessment.
Added: 2007-07-17
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