Mathew Johnson, Eva Herman and Ceri Hughes
The purpose of this paper is to explore the development of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter – a top-down soft regulation initiative that has been framed as a…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore the development of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter – a top-down soft regulation initiative that has been framed as a “movement” to promote good employment across the local area.
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The research draws on 24 semi-structured interviews with policy officers, trade unions, employers and civil society actors and various professional and employer bodies who have been involved in the charter since its inception. The interview data are complemented by documentary analysis.
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The findings underline the importance of institutional factors such as political access points and the mobilising structures of the state in creating a space for progressive employment policies such as charters to emerge. We also find that the framing of the charter as a mechanism to achieve both social justice and improved productivity allows diverse actors to engage, but at the same time this results in a degree of ambiguity over the normative and substantive reference points for “good employment”.
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The article contributes to our understanding of the changing nature of top-down political initiatives that seek to change business practices by engaging a wide range of stakeholders as Allies not adversaries. We argue that while charters are a potentially useful demand side intervention, in the absence of significant workplace or grassroots engagement and without coordinated mechanisms of monitoring and enforcement, their effects on low wage labour markets will be limited.
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Since the launch of ISO‐15489 there have been more opportunities available to records managers to help them align themselves to the strategic direction of their organisation…
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Since the launch of ISO‐15489 there have been more opportunities available to records managers to help them align themselves to the strategic direction of their organisation, raise their profile and increase awareness of their role. This is particularly true in the private sector, where key drivers are increased market share and competitive advantage. Skill sets originally developed for knowledge managers have resonance for records managers too to aid their personal development and as a tool for the strategic development of records management programmes. An example of this is the marketing of records management services, which is a critical opportunity to increase awareness and build profiles, and assist with records management education and adoption. By viewing the records management function as a business serving internal clients, the records manager has an unmissable chance to “sell” those services to clients.
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The purpose of this paper is to share impressions of a witness seminar conference which explored the Essence of Records Management held in May 2006 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to share impressions of a witness seminar conference which explored the Essence of Records Management held in May 2006 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper is based on the concluding remarks made by the author as the conference rapporteur.
Findings
The paper concludes that the witness seminar format of the conference was very successful with much interaction between the speakers and participation from the audience; on the issues explored there has not been a paradigm shift; and that there are important areas which are still to discuss.
Originality/value
This paper shares impressions from a very different conference format which encourages debate amongst experts; it also raises some very important questions and challenges for records managers going forward.