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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 …
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US management guru Michael Porter told delegates at the CIPD annual conference yesterday that common HR approaches such as adopting best practice or core competencies usually do nothing to improve …
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Workplace stress has its roots in the end of long-term employment, Cary Cooper, professor of organisational psychology at UMIST, will say today."There is no psychological contract between employer and employee," …
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The Government has signalled that it may be ready to extend paid paternity leave, following a review into balancing work and family commitments.In a speech to the National Family and …
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Paul Kearns questions commonly held views on what constitutes a strategic approach to HR
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New regulations have come into force today covering the circumstances in which an employer can record or monitor communications without the consent of the employee or other party. The Telecommunications …
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HR jobs in recruitment and consultancy enjoy a boom HR SURVEY OF APPOINTMENTS TRENDS – Commentary October 2000 Overall picture The millennium year has seen a growth in advertised personnel …
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The number of advertised personnel posts has grown by over a third in the last 12 months – meaning there are now ten times as many jobs in the sector …
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The Football Association should take a scientific approach to selecting the next manager of the England football team by analysing leadership skills in the same way as top companies, Hay …