Disaster Planning Author: John Taylor Publisher: Croner Pages: 74 Price: £20 ISBN: 1855246961 Buy this book at Amazon This book offers information and advice to managers on creating and maintaining an effective disaster plan. It is well  More...
24 October 2006 08:00

Far from having risk-averse workplaces and living in an over-protected society, celebrity scientist Susan Greenfield predictsa future of screen-bound workers and clumsy geeks. Most people in the UK won't argue with the idea that we are living in a c  More...
03 October 2006 08:00

I have worked for a multinational company for several years and have been involved in the people side of a number of acquisitions. I really enjoyed the challenges of managing HR through change, and would like to pursue this in a more focused way. What is the market like for senior change management roles, and are there ways I can improve my chances?  More...
05 September 2006 00:00

The Exceptional Manager Authors: Rick Delbridge, Lynda Gratton andGerry Johnson Price: £25 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pages: 264 ISBN: 0199292221 Buy this book at Amazon With such a colourful cover, one would expect a book cro  More...
25 July 2006 00:00

Lessons have been learned from the "terrible" murder of Asian teenager Zahid Mubarek, the Prison Service's director of personnel has insisted.  More...
04 July 2006 08:00

Sir Digby Jones calls for action to implement shared-service HR across central government.  More...
14 June 2006 08:26

Consumer goods multinational Unilever saved 100,000 and boosted productivity by 3% at one of its manufacturing sites last year by rolling out a change management programme  More...
07 June 2006 09:00

The publication last week of two reports into the 7 July terrorist attacks in London, coupled with the findings of the 2006 Business Continuity Management survey, serve as a timely reminder of the importance of business continuity planning. Threats   More...
16 May 2006 08:00

Three out of four companies are unprepared for the impact that losing staff will have if disaster strikes.  More...
16 May 2006 08:00

Half of London's businesses still do not have plans in place to deal with a terror attack or other emergency.  More...
03 May 2006 09:50

As everything turns digital, the role of IT staff just gets bigger. So you'd better start being nice to them.  More...
18 April 2006 08:00

US management 'gurus' make a fortune on the HR speaking circuit. But what real value do their words of wisdom have for HR professionals?  More...
11 April 2006 00:00

Questions have been raised about the cultural compatibility of French cosmetics giant L'Oeral and UK retailer The Body Shop, which have announced plans to merge in a deal worth £652m  More...
29 March 2006 08:00

It would seem tough times are ahead at telecoms company Cable & Wireless.  More...
07 March 2006 08:00

HR managers retaining staff contact details at home to enable communications in the event of a crisis is a good recommendation ('Coping with the big bang', Personnel Today , 24 January). However, this method of getting a message across is fairly cumbers  More...
21 February 2006 08:00

Policy clinic: your regular update on policy. In an uncertain world it is important for every business to plan how it would recover from a disaster - natural or man-made, says Matthew Yates  More...
08 February 2006 08:02

Modernising the heavily unionised, male-dominated fire service is a colossal challenge. Can HR take the heat? Virginia Matthews finds out  More...
07 February 2006 08:00

Britain's top financial institutions are "well prepared" to cope with a terrorist attack or natural disaster in London, a survey has concluded.   More...
14 December 2005 13:00

BT is set to start one of the biggest change management programmes ever in the telecoms sector  More...
06 December 2005 08:11

Public sector bodies in New Orleans are to lay off 3,000 people after Hurricane Katrina left the city in financial turmoil.  More...
06 October 2005 11:43