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The Leader on behalf of the Cabinet to recommend that the Council formally adopts the above documents.

A copy of report HR&OD71 by the Corporate Manager, HR and Organisational Development previously circulated with the Cabinet agenda for the meeting held on 11^th October 2004 is attached.                      (Enclosure)

DECISION:  That the Council formally adopts the People Management Strategy and Workforce Development Plan as submitted.

All members of the Council had been previously circulated with copies of the above two documents which had been submitted to the Cabinet on the 11^th October 2004.  The Leader, on behalf of the Cabinet, recommended that these documents now be formally adopted as policy by the Council.

A member highlighted reference in the Workforce Development Plan to Job Evaluation being identified as unsettling and impacting on staff morale.  He considered that this vindicated the legitimacy of concerns he had expressed in the past.

Report number HR&OD71 by the Corporate Manager, Human Resources & Organisational Development. (attached)

DECISION: That the Cabinet

(1)              endorses the People Management Vision underpinning the draft documents:  “People feel valued and their full potential is harnessed through recognising them as human beings and not simply a resource.  People are proud of the organisation and choose to work for its success”;

(2)              agrees that Human Resources be positioned within the organisation as illustrated on page three of the People Management Strategy i.e. to move towards a more strategic role and become less interventionist by the end of  2005/06;

(3)              agrees the overall structure of the Strategy document and the contents of both the Strategy and the Workforce Development Plan and commends these documents to the Council for formal adoption at its meeting on 28^th October 2004.

Considerations/Reasons for Decision:

(1)         Report number HR&OD71 by the Corporate Manager Human Resources & Organisational Development and appended draft People Management & Workforce Development Strategy.  The Strategy is a base document on which the Workforce Development Plan is based;

(2)         The People Strategy concerns the management and development of members (as leaders) and employees;

(3)         These documents are linked to the Council’s corporate planning arrangements and to the Local Government Pay and Workforce Strategy.  The strategy includes issues of importance which have been identified locally.