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  • It’s lonely at the top

    The recent recall of millions of their vehicles worldwide because of safety concerns has understandably led to not only a battering of Toyota’s reputation but also a drop in morale in the company’s workforce. Recently, Toyota president Akio Toyoda exchanged his business suit for a worker's uniform...
    Posted to Graham S (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-03-2010

  • Brits: Your employer owes you over £5,000 for unpaid overtime

    According to figures published by the TUC, if you're an average Brit putting in unpaid overtime you would only start being paid from today if you'd done all your unpaid work at the start of the year! However, if you're one of those who clock up over 10 hours a week, you'll have to wait...
    Posted to Graham S (Weblog) by Anonymous on 26-02-2010

  • Shell shareholders are revolting!

    Readers of HR Case Studies will already be aware that there have been a number of pay protests at company annual meetings in recent months, raising concerns over the level of executive remuneration including excessive bonuses. Shareholders have made their feelings known at the annual general meetings...
    Posted to Graham S (Weblog) by Anonymous on 16-02-2010

  • Let me through I'm a paramedic (wearing inappropriate footwear)

    What a weird world we live in! As readers of HR Case Studies already know, American HR Managers are kept awake at night by the thought of bare legs , but here in the United Kingdom the most significant business issue to be occupying the minds of management strategists isn’t Business Process Re-engineering...
    Posted to Graham S (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-02-2010

  • I won't be in work today because my mother-in-law didn't die at the weekend as expected

    Apparently today is National Sickie Day; the day of the year when most employees are likely to ring in and lie through their teeth about why they won't be in work. Seems that 350,000 employees are expected to ring in and make their excuses today, and the likely cost to the economy could be in the...
    Posted to Graham S (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-02-2010

  • Performance Management Case Study

    Here's a post that is mainly for those Business Studies and HR teachers who read HR Case Studies. The attached case study describes a common situation where a newly appointed manager needs to be set performance management objectives by his line manager. As is frequently the case, there are probably...
    Posted to Graham S (Weblog) by Anonymous on 31-01-2010

  • Ten things you can buy with about £220

    A Citizen Men's Eco-Drive Titanium Perpetual Calendar Chronograph Watch A 32K iPod Touch A Dewalt DC925KA XRP Combi Drill A TomTom GO 950 LIVE Satellite Navigation System A pair of Oakley Juliet Sunglasses with Carbon Frame and Polarised Black Iridium Lens A decent exercise bike One bottle of Chateau...
    Posted to Graham S (Weblog) by Anonymous on 29-01-2010

  • Goldman Sachs, Wayne Rooney and The Talent Myth

    My heart bleeds for the soon-to-be impoverished partners at Goldman Sachs. Although many executives working in Britain ranked below partner-level earn much more than £1m each, the 100 UK-based partners are capping their 2009 pay and bonuses at £1m each. Hard times indeed. But if Wayne Rooney and a select...
    Posted to Graham S (Weblog) by Anonymous on 25-01-2010

  • What happens when your employees are not engaged: They lick your chicken.

    An unlicked chicken Here’s a challenge for those of you involved in Employee Engagement: could you have succeeded with this guy who used to work in my local Asda store? Film of supermarket worker Adeel Ayub who worked in the Asda store in Fulwood, Preston was posted on YouTube by one of his “friends...
    Posted to Graham S (Weblog) by Anonymous on 22-01-2010

  • New role models for HR professionals: Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall

    Shame on you People Management magazine! In the current online edition of the CIPD's flagship publication, there's a report on (yet another!) workplace survey, this time one undertaken by that well known player on the field of Human Resources, Lloyds Pharmacy. According to the survey HR professionals...
    Posted to Graham S (Weblog) by Anonymous on 21-01-2010
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