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Henley Management College is launching an incubator service this week (October 30) to encourage internal corporate e-business start-ups and retain key executives.Andy Gaule, a spokesman for Henley-Incubator, said it was …
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The future belongs to "fleas" – individuals doing their own thing – rather than large corporate "elephants", according to business academic and social philosopher Charles Handy.In a speech that ranged …
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Personnel professionals will increasingly need to manage people working outside their organisations, CIPD director general Geoff Armstrong said in his closing remarks to delegates today."We are talking about the field …
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Only seven per cent of recent graduates are motivated by money when they choose their first job, even though 47 per cent finish their studies £3000 in debt.The Graduate Recruitment …
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The Health and Safety Executive has named and shamed hundreds of organisations and individuals convicted of health and safety crimes during the past year.This puts into place the commitment in …
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The Health and Safety Executive has named and shamed hundreds of organisations and individuals convicted of health and safety crimes during the past year.This puts into place the commitment in …
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HR is failing to address the transition from traditional corporate structures to the network-based companies of the new economy.Management guru Professor C K Prahalad told delegates at the CIPD conference …
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In the week the CIPD launched a report on work/life balance, delegates at the annual Harrogate conference suggest the event should be moved to avoid the clash with half-term"Half term …
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Euro-sceptic former chancellor Lord Lamont denounced the European Charter on Fundamental Rights as a lawyers’ charter at a CIPD conference debate on Europe yesterday.Speaking at the Harrogate conference, Lord Lamont …
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Too many HR managers are "lumbering along" doing a lot of best practice work but with no clarity of strategy. That was the alarming message given by Professor Michael Porter …
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Companies failing to appoint strong leaders could end up facing the same disastrous situation as Marks and Spencer, a leadership expert has warned.Alan Hooper, director for Exeter University’s Centre for …
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The new draft data protection code ranges across personnel issues and HR managers would be wise to study it carefully. Stephen Overell reports Have you ever had the urge to test …
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The Health and Safety Executive has published new research which looks at how employers can tackle work-related stress in their organisations.The research report, Organisational Interventions for Work Stress: A risk …
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The development of e-business will increasingly be led by HR professionals, according to Dr Laurence Lyons of Henley Management College.But they need to stake their claim for the ‘strategic high …
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There is a clear association between better people management and development policies and business outcomes such as productivity, growth and profitability, research launched today at the CIPD national conference confirms.A …