Shamrock Organisation

• May be good for the business but not necessarily the staff
• Developed by Charles Handy
• Handy developed the theory that businesses should have core, flexible and contractual fringe workers to increase flexibility
• Core workers are those professional, permanent employees who are essential to the day to day running
• Contractual fringe workers may be individuals or businesses that the company can outsource work to or contract in to complete specific tasks
• Flexible workers are the part-time, temporary and seasonal workers - they tend to be low-level, temporary tasks that they complete