The Human Resource Management Procedures - 1467 Words

The International Academy The University of Essex one of the UK’s leading academic institutions and has international reputation for high quality research and teaching. It has three faculties that bring schools, departments, centres and institutes. Faculty of humanities has eight schools, centres and departments; one of them is International Academy. International academy offers courses at pre-undergraduate, undergraduate and pre-masters levels. It bring together all the teaching services and programmes which have been developed for students who have a range of non-standard qualification, often from overseas but also from Europe and the UK or have not met entry requirements for a particular degree. This paper will discuss the†¦show more content†¦It also offer English language and teacher education programmes. Their innovative courses are popular with both international and UK students because of supportive and international learning environment. Organisational structure and culture Each business has each own organisational culture and structure Culture can be described as ‘the way we do things round here’. In other words, it is attitudes and behaviours shown within the workplace. (Marcouse, 2008) According to Needle (2004), â€Å"Organisational culture represents the collective values, beliefs and practices of organizational members and is a product of such factors as history, product market, technology strategy, type of employees, management style, national cultures and so on†. The culture of the business has many aspects that they are fundamental to its success or failure. First are the business values. The challenge is to develop a set of values that employees can feel proud of. It should motivate them to work towards the organization’s objectives. In obedience to University of Essex website, the success of university depends on all staff having the relevant skills, knowledge and experience to undertake their roles effectively. The main values of IA are communication, quality, respect, student centeredness, support and transparency (See appendix 1) IA staff keep language clear and simple without dumbing down the content, and keep tone friendly and accessible,