The strengths and weaknesses of employees 50+ in terms of managing individual performance

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to point out the challenges in the performance management of older workers. The awareness of the necessity to develop and implement HRM policy raises questions about the application of relevant practices.Methodology: Literature review, viewpoint.Findings: Both the cognitive and physical  capabilities of employees aged 50 and above can pose some challenges for their employer. The specificity of workers aged 50 and above and the conditions for their effectiveness is the subject of many studies within the frontiers of medical psychology and management sciences. Organizations that make a conscious effort to shape human resource management in the direction of managing their performance must take account of their strengths and weaknesses, especially if they are a significant part of the workforce.Implications for practice: The social and demographic changes that have occurred in Western as well as Polish societies have forced employers to take into account the characteristics of the work of people aged 50+. An employer employing older staff should shape working conditions conducive to stimulating their performance and utilizing their strengths.Originality/value: The article includes recommendations for practical application drawn from theoretical reflections, which can be an inspiration to break stereotypes and contribute to the increase old workers’ performance

MANAGING OLDER WORKER’S PERFORMANCE: A CHALLENGE FOR POLISH ORGANIZATIONS

Purpose: This paper outlines the present and prospective conditions and practices of managing older employees in Poland from a performance management (PM) viewpoint. It sets out a general framework in this regard. There are very few good examples of how to manage this specific kind of workforce from a system-oriented approach. This is why a comprehensive approach is underlined in this paper.Methodology: A holistic understanding of managing employee performance is driven by a three-stage cycle consisting of planning, supporting and assessing performance. It should be tailored to older worker’s needs and be derived from age management assumptions.Findings: This paper points out that older workers are broadly found to be an underestimated workforce with a set of valuable competencies that can still keep up to date with the modern economy. However, to get more out of the workforce it is a must to join a system-based PM framework with more sophisticated managerial competencies, based on a specific mix of soft and hard skills. There are very few complex findings in the Polish literature in this regard. Implications for practice: Poland is now at the edge of introducing a new age management approach with employee performance management practices at its core. In the next 25 years it is a must for Polish companies to teach themselves how to manage the older workforce. Managing the staff in question is not just about meeting the age management guidelines, but translating the concept ideas into a real functioning performance-oriented system, to be put into practice between subordinates and their superiors at the lowest level of the organizational hierarchy.Originality/value: This paper includes proposals and suggestions for practices to be used in managing the performance of older workers, as well as indicating links between employee performance management and different HRM practices. This system-based PM approach is a must to move forward in the twenty first century

Inicjatywy ułatwiające powrót matek na rynek pracy na przykładzie projektu „Matki znów aktywne zawodowo” realizowanego przez Międzynarodową Fundację Kobiet w Łodzi

rozdział z: Dysfunkcje i patologie w sferze zarządzania zasobami ludzkimi, t. 4, red. Z. JanowskaW prezentowanym artykule autorki starają się przedstawić bariery powrotu kobiety na rynek pracy, związane z prawodawstwem, czynnikami natury instytucjonalnej i ekonomicznej, uzupełniając tę analizę o uwarunkowania społeczne, kulturowe i psychologiczne. Za przykład działań próbujących zniwelować wspomniane bariery posłużył projekt realizowany przez Międzynarodową Fundację Kobiet w Łodzi, a skierowany do matek pragnących powrócić na rynek pracy.In this article the authors try to present barriers which prevent women returning to work. These barriers are associated with the legislation, institutional and economic factors, and social contexts. example of trying to overcome these barriers is presented in the article project which was implemented by the International Foundation for Women in Lodz, and directed to mothers wishing to return to work

Kapitał erotyczny składową kapitału relacyjnego organizacji

The article is devoted to the erotic capital of employees treated as part of relational capital. The purpose of the paper is to show that employees’ erotic capital can currently constitute a competitive advantage of a company, and considerations on it should not be limited to an individual perspective (treating erotic capital only as a factor of personal success). There is generally a lack of studies devoted to this issue in Polish literature. The article is exploratory and theoretical. It was created on the basis of an analysis of available publications with erotic capital sought by the snowball method. It has been established that in the organizational perspective, erotic capital is of particular importance for establishing and maintaining relationships with clients and representing the company.Rozdział poświęcony jest kapitałowi erotycznemu pracowników, traktowanemu jako część kapitału relacyjnego. Celem pracy jest wykazanie, że kapitał erotyczny pracowników może obecnie stanowić o przewadze konkurencyjnej firmy, a rozważania nad nim nie powinny ograniczać się do perspektywy jednostkowej (traktowania kapitału erotycznego tylko jako czynnika osobistego sukcesu). W polskim piśmiennictwie zasadniczo brakuje opracowań poświęconych temu zagadnieniu. Praca ma charakter eksploracyjny i teoretyczny. Powstała na podstawie analizy dostępnych publikacji o kapitale erotycznym, poszukiwanych metodą kuli śnieżnej. Ustalono, że w perspektywie organizacyjnej kapitał erotyczny ma szczególne znaczenie dla nawiązywania i utrzymywania relacji z klientem oraz reprezentowania firmy

Dealing with pressure and stress as a social competence of a manager developed in distance education

PURPOSE: The purpose of the study is to determine how remote learning affects the development of social competencies, particularly coping with pressure and stress of future managers.DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: The technique of non-standardised written statements was used to analyse the statements of 200 management students.FINDINGS: According to a large group of respondents, future managers learn to cope with pressure and stress better in the remote education situation. On the one hand, this is related to learning by experiencing the stress of remote learning and, on the other, for some respondents, to the possibility of training in more comfortable conditions. Some threats and specific difficulties for the "remote" development of this type of competencies have also been noticed. These include the inadequacy of the remote methods of coping with pressure and stress for the challenges of future stationary work or, according to some of the respondents, too low level of stress during such learning to practice coping skills.PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: The analysis of young people's opinions made it possible to formulate recommendations for remote education, toward including in education programs the specificity of developing social competencies and introducing the issue of remote work hygiene (so that managers can better cope with stressors of this type in their future careers).ORIGINALITY/VALUE: The article presents the original results of qualitative research relating to the possibility of remotely developing social competencies of the future manager.peer-reviewe

catena-Poly[[diaqua­manganese(II)]-μ-pyridine-2,4,6-tricarboxyl­ato-κ5 N,O 2,O 6:O 4,O 4′]

In the title compound, [Mn(C8H2NO6)(H2O)2]n, each pyridine-2,4,6-tricarboxyl­ate (tpc) ligand bridges two MnII ions with the formation of polymeric chains located on a twofold rotation axis. Each MnII ion is coordinated by two O and one N atoms from one tpc ligand, two O atoms from another ligand and two water mol­ecules in a distorted penta­gonal–bipyramidal geometry. The Mn—N [2.243 (2) Å] and Mn—O [2.206 (2)–2.3123 (16) Å] bond lengths are normal. The coordinated water mol­ecules link neighbouring polymeric chains via O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds into a two-dimensional framework parallel to the bc plane

Cooperation of science with the business as a trend in hiring staff

The article focuses on cooperation between business and science, considered as a means of achieving mutual benefits, in particular, supporting business innovation and ensuring their access to potential employees. The authors suggest steps towards closer cooperation between the university and local entrepreneurs on the example of the initiatives of the Faculty of Management, University of Lodz

Bis[4-(4-pyridyl)pyridinium] (4-carboxy­pyridine-2,6-dicarboxyl­ato-κ3 O 2,N,O 6)(pyridine-2,4,6-tricarboxyl­ato-κ3 O 2,N,O 6)ferrate(III) trihydrate

In the title salt, (C10H9N2)2[Fe(C8H2NO6)(C8H3NO6)]·3H2O, the FeIII atom is O,N,O′-chelated by dianionic and trianionic ligands in a slightly distorted octa­hedral coordination geometry. The cations and ferrate anions are linked into a layered structure; the layers are connected through the uncoordinated water mol­ecules into a hydrogen-bonded three-dimensional supra­molecular structure. One of the uncoordinated water molecules is disordered around an inversion centre and was refined with half-occupancy for each position

catena-Poly[[[penta­aqua­cerium(III)]-μ-pyridine-2,4,6-tricarboxyl­ato-κ4 N,O 2,O 6:O 6′] tetra­hydrate]

The CeIII atom in the title compound, {[Ce(C8H2NO6)(H2O)5]·4H2O}n, is N,O,O′-chelated by the carboxyl­ate trianion and is coordinated by five water mol­ecules; a carboxyl O atom from an adjacent trianion bridges the CeIII atom, resulting in a chain running along the a axis. The nine atoms surrounding the metal atom comprise a tricapped trigonal-prismatic polyhedron. The coordinated and lattice water mol­ecules inter­act with each other and with the carboxyl O atoms by O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, generating a three-dimensional network