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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
Race and colour are no longer a disadvantage in Britain, according to UK Communities Secretary

In a speech to be given later today to mark a decade of the Race Relations Amendment Act, Communities Secretary John Denham will say that the government has made significant progress in tackling racism, and that poverty and class are now more likely to...

Published 14 Jan 2010 10:56 AM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Hard HR Strategy, Understanding HR Objectives and Strategies, Developing and Implementing Workforce Plans, HR Case Studies
Need a pay rise? Beat the bankers to Bucharest!

It seems a while since we had an “ a new report claims” article, so let’s remedy that before the weekend. Apparently, in real terms, UK managers' salaries are amongst the lowest in the world, according to a report quoted in this week’s Management...

Published 11 Dec 2009 10:07 AM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Hard HR Strategy, Developing and Retaining an Effective Workforce, HR Case Studies
Why do 53% of small businesses fail? Because of poor people management.

The Financial Times has recently reported that the number of new businesses being registered in the UK is surprisingly on the increase. An average of 47,500 small businesses have set up new bank accounts each month of this year so far – compared to an...

Published 8 Dec 2009 9:30 AM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Hard HR Strategy, Understanding HR Objectives and Strategies, Soft HR Strategy, Developing and Retaining an Effective Workforce, HR Case Studies
The future of HR in just three words

OK, HR Professionals: (especially those of you powered up on your return from the CIPD Conference!) Here's your opportunity to address the youth of the nation! Many of the readers of HR Case Studies are teachers of Advanced Level Business Studies...

Published 20 Nov 2009 8:44 AM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Hard HR Strategy, Understanding HR Objectives and Strategies, HR Case Studies
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
BMW Links Executive Pay to That of its Line Workers

While the salaries of UK FTSE-100 chief executives are rising twice as fast as salaries for shopfloor workers , in Germany, BMW has become the first major company to link the bonuses of its top managers to those of its assembly line workers. The company...

Published 27 Oct 2009 11:37 AM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Hard HR Strategy, Effective Employer/Employee Relations, Developing and Retaining an Effective Workforce, HR Case Studies
Targets made easier to hit for UK Chief Executives

Why does this not surprise me? Despite the country being in the depths of recession, the chief executives of Britain's top companies earned the same amount in the past year as they did during the booming economic times in 2006. According to pay specialists...

Published 27 Oct 2009 9:08 AM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Hard HR Strategy, Recession, Developing and Retaining an Effective Workforce, HR Case Studies
"Surf's Up!" says Harriet.

Harriet Harman, the UK minister for women, has told a Treasury Select Committee that a lack of women at the top of City firms is due to "institutionalised gender discrimination" and that action is needed to end the "nightmare" of male...

Published 21 Oct 2009 9:07 AM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Hard HR Strategy, Developing and Retaining an Effective Workforce, HR Case Studies
France Télécom halts restructure amid suicides

HR Case Studies readers 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 series...

Published 20 Oct 2009 4:17 PM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Hard HR Strategy, Understanding HR Objectives and Strategies, Developing and Retaining an Effective Workforce, HR Case Studies
Mind your language!

Stupid. Unjustified. Unreasonable. Wrong. With language like this characterising the current impasse between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) the suggestion that the conciliation service ACAS should be invited to mediate between the...

Published 19 Oct 2009 12:35 PM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Hard HR Strategy, Effective Employer/Employee Relations, HR Case Studies
One in three UK firms impose pay freeze

According to research published by Incomes Data Services (IDS), one in three UK firms has imposed a pay freeze on its workers this year. The areas in which pay freezes are most common are the motor industry, construction, chemicals, road and air transport...

Published 5 Oct 2009 10:06 AM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Hard HR Strategy, Developing and Retaining an Effective Workforce, HR Case Studies
Watching the nation grow older

The link below opens up an interactive and thought-provoking chart illustrating how the population of the UK is gradually growing older. The application allows you to choose which demographic indicator you wish to explore – from the percentage of the...

Published 1 Oct 2009 5:06 PM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Hard HR Strategy, Developing and Implementing Workforce Plans, Developing and Retaining an Effective Workforce, HR Case Studies
Calls for France Télécom boss to resign as suicides reach 24

Regular readers of HR Case Studies will already be aware of the tragic cost of company restructuring at France Telecom, where there has been a rising number of suicides over recent months. The blame for these alarming statistics has been placed at the...

Published 29 Sep 2009 10:00 PM by HR Case Studies

Filed under: Hard HR Strategy, Understanding HR Objectives and Strategies, Developing and Retaining an Effective Workforce, HR Case Studies

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