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Professor C.E.M. Joad was a somewhat eccentric British philosopher and broadcaster who achieved a high level of popularity through his regular appearances on The Brains Trust - a 1940's antecedent of Any Questions. Most of his answer to questions...

Published 3 Feb 2010 8:43 AM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Hard HR Strategy, Understanding HR Objectives and Strategies, HR Case Studies, Competitive Organisational Structures

The Arnold Schwarzenegger Business Lesson: Judgement Day for a blame culture

Fascinating. Just watching people blame each other is enough to establish a culture of blame in an organisation. The current edition of New Scientist reports on an article snappily entitled, “Blame contagion: The automatic transmission of self-serving...

Published 12 Jan 2010 7:13 PM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Soft HR Strategy, Developing and Retaining an Effective Workforce, Competitive Organisational Structures

Transparency or Voyeurism? How much do I need to know?

It probably started with the Daily Telegraph’s exposure of the abuse of the UK parliamentary expense system, but we do seem to be in danger of indulging in an orgy of public striptease, slowly revealing the most intimate details of our wages and salaries...

Published 15 Nov 2009 7:33 PM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Hard HR Strategy, Developing and Retaining an Effective Workforce, HR Case Studies, Competitive Organisational Structures

The cost of poor HR: €1 billion and 25 lives

Regular readers of HR Case Studies will be familiar with the shocking series of suicides at France Télécom which have taken place while the Company has been implementing a modernisation drive. Since February 2008, there have been 25 suicides and a further...

Published 30 Oct 2009 10:11 AM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Hard HR Strategy, Effective Employer/Employee Relations, HR Case Studies, Competitive Organisational Structures

Royal Mail dispute: what's all that about then?

Is it just me, or are you also in the dark over what the Royal Mail strike is actually about? OK, it’s obvious that management of Royal Mail want to “introduce modern working practices” (whatever that actually means) and striking staff feel the need to...

Published 29 Oct 2009 9:32 AM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Effective Employer/Employee Relations, HR Case Studies, Competitive Organisational Structures

The tragic cost of company restructuring at France Telecom

The female employee of France Telecom’s Orange subsidiary who threw herself out of a fourth floor window last week was the company’s 23rd suicide in the last 18 months. She had just attended a meeting to discuss a reorganisation of the customer service...

Published 15 Sep 2009 10:53 AM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Hard HR Strategy, Soft HR Strategy, Effective Employer/Employee Relations, HR Case Studies, Competitive Organisational Structures

Another U-turn on HR outsourcing

Outsourcing much of the transactional work of the HR department has been fashionable with many organisations over the last decade, especially when combined with the transformation of the remaining HR professionals into Business Partners. But not all companies...

Published 9 Sep 2009 8:09 AM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Hard HR Strategy, Understanding HR Objectives and Strategies, Outsourcing, HR Case Studies, Competitive Organisational Structures

For Teachers Only!

Morning all! In case you're looking for some last minute ideas before the new term gets underway, and have only just stumbled across the HR Case Studies website, to avoid you drowning in the items on here, here are a few suggestions and ideas to get...

Published 31 Aug 2009 12:06 PM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Developing an Effective Workforce, Understanding HR Objectives and Strategies, Effective Employer/Employee Relations, HR Case Studies, Competitive Organisational Structures

Ryanair and Virgin: Compare and Contrast!

Blaming the decision on Manchester Airport's refusal to lower its charges, Ryanair is either closing or switching nine of the 10 routes that currently operate from Manchester, with a loss of up to 600 jobs in the area. This news once again brings...

Published 24 Aug 2009 9:17 AM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Hard HR Strategy, Outsourcing, Effective Employer/Employee Relations, HR Case Studies, Competitive Organisational Structures

BT hangs up on graduate recruitment

Click The challenge of finding a job for the UK's graduate population has just got harder as telecommunications giant BT has taken the decision to pull the plug on its graduate recruitment scheme. They also have no current plans for re-entry into...

Published 23 Aug 2009 8:32 AM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Developing an Effective Workforce, Hard HR Strategy, Developing and Implementing Workforce Plans, HR Case Studies, Competitive Organisational Structures

Problems for Royal Mail

Click This week will see further strike action by members of the CWU (Communication Workers Union) within Royal Mail as a result of disagreements over job cuts and reductions in service. As ever, there are two sides to every dispute. The Trade Union believes...

Published 18 Aug 2009 5:20 PM by HR Case Studies