Rob Meakin, personnel director, Rover Group
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Rover Group personnel director Rob Meakin believes that the key aspect of personnel management is to foster the achievement of a business' strategic objectives through efficient use of employees. He feels that competitive advantages based on technology can not be sustained, so a competitive edge must be gained through people. Rover has high productivity levels and is introducing new working systems developed in conjunction with Warwick University based on small groups of around 80 employees and a production manger responsible for personnel, material flow, and production quality. Meakin says this will give Rover a flatter operational structure and fewer seniority levels. There is a great deal of strategic planning on manpower and skills at Rover, including an education partnership that builds enterprise centers on each work site, a compact with 15 schools, and an award for quality in work experience.
Publication Name: Personnel Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5761
Year: 1990
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David Duffield
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National Westminster Bank (NatWest) Group Personnel general manager David Duffield has recently taken over this post after spending 23 years with NatWest in a variety of jobs. Duffield hopes to help the personnel department cope with bank-wide changes sparked by competition and deregulation. One area where the department has already made improvements is in the area of employee rewards. NatWest's reward system was restructured offering wider-spaced promotions which enable high achievers to continue in positions for longer periods of time. Additionally, emphasis is now being placed on performance in order to establish a performance-based corporate culture. Duffield also believes the issues of changing demographics and the upcoming unification of Europe in 1992 to be important topics to be considered within his department.
Publication Name: Personnel Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5761
Year: 1989
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Taking a charitable view
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Asda Group decided to concentrate its 1988 charity fund-raising effort on a company-wide level. Managing director Graham Stow headed a steering committee composed of company marketing and public relations experts and selected representatives from Asda's stores nationwide to oversee the year-long campaign. Special events were planned at local stores and the head office kept track on the continuing progress made in each locale. The campaign was a great morale booster for the company staff and it raised over 750,000 pounds sterling for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and 250,000 pounds sterling for Help the Aged in Scotland.
Publication Name: Personnel Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5761
Year: 1989
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