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The High Court in London has granted an injunction blocking the RMT union’s proposed strike by London Underground staff next Monday. London Underground management had applied for the injunction, arguing …
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Staff at Tesco are set to benefit from the largest payout in UK corporate history when two of its Save As You Earn schemes mature. More than 33,000 staff, who …
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Monthly e-mail surveys are sent to 1,000 BBC staff to monitor the effectiveness of the director general’s organisational changes and the corporation’s internal communications strategy. At the Measuring the Value …
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The correct role for e-learning is to support a variety of training experiences, says Paolo Barone New learning technologies (or e-learning as it is now known) hold out the promise …
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Boeing is backing a £15 million manufacturing and research park to be built in South Yorkshire that is set to create 7,000 jobs. The Aerospace Manufacturing Research Centre and 100-acre …
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Dairy Crest, the UK dairy foods manufacturer has announced it will axe more than 900 jobs following its merger with rival Unigate in July last year. The jobs will go …
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At least 9,000 jobs are set to be lost across the country if Lloyds TSB’s takeover bid for Abbey National is successful. Lloyds TSB pledged to keep the Abbey National …
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The European Computer Driving Licence is going down a storm. But what is its true value? Simon Kent reports In May 1998 a new IT qualification was launched in the …
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Paul Stafford has won awards for his work on morale and skills at the Inland Revenue, yet remains anxious about measuring the value added. Lucie Carrington reports The Inland Revenue …
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More than a quarter of employers in the IT industry think skills shortages are destroying the health of the bottom line. They know that training is the obvious answer, so …
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Bob Nelson, controller at BBC Training and Development, says organisations shouldn’t get too clever about learning If one more person says to me that e-learning is the answer to everything, …
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This month’s news Personal gain motivates the urge to learn Managers are likely to rate personal career plans as the primary influence on their development needs, in preference to the …
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What’s the difference between a leader and a manager? Very little, reports Lucie Carrington as she listens to research being carried out in the field Our obsession with what makes …
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An expert panel of judges has been lined up to assess all the entries to this year’s TD2001 Award. Their interests and specialist areas reflect the entire gamut of business …
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Have any of your team-building exercises ever been thwarted by awkward characters? Richard Wilkes looks at how team leaders can overcome difficult personality types and become more effective. Today’s organisations …