Excellence Through People
National Human Resource Management Standard
Excellence Through People (ETP) is Ireland's national standard for human resource management.
The Excellence Through People standard is a business improvement tool designed to further an organisation’s performance through its people.
There are two main objectives to the ETP standard:
- To act as a business improvement tool as well as being a driver for change and innovation;
- To promote employee learning, development and involvement in line with the organisation’s goals.
Further information is available on the
Eligibility Criteria and
Assessment of organisations striving for the standard, as well as the
Benefits associated with it. There are a number of different
Levels and simple
Steps to achieving the ETP standard.
Eligibility Criteria
Excellence Through People is available to all types of organisation regardless of size or sector. There are currently 600 organisations, employing in excess of 150,000 people accredited to the Excellence Through People standard. These organisations are representative of the indigenous and multinational manufacturing and services sectors, the public and voluntary sectors.
Assessment Criteria
There are 8 assessment criteria which organisations must satisfy to achieve the Excellence Through People standard:
- Business Planning and Quality Improvement;
- Effective Communication and People Involvement;
- Leadership and People Management;
- Planning of Learning and Development;
- Training and Life-Long Learning;
- Review of Learning;
- Recruitment and Selection;
- Employee Well-Being.