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Low completion rates have helped brand Modern Apprenticeships as a failure and prompted a Government rethink. But one engineering company has calculated the impact of apprentice training on its bottom …
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An insufficient focus on tutoring often results in the quality of online training falling short of learners’ expectations, but a new framework offers help in redressing the balance. By Patrick …
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Success in the new e-economy will depend on a commitment to developing skills, argues Javier Bajer Leading organisations agree that human skills are paramount for success in the e-economy. There …
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Management development programmes should stop shying away from the issue of corporate politics, says David Butcher It is high time that politics took its rightful place as the centrepiece of …
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This month’s reviewers are Jo Somerset, training manager at Manchester City Council currently on secondment to the Prince’s Trust, Helen Whyte, training officer at Britannia Life and George Parker, training …
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Training offers you a quick guide to new products and services being unveiled at the HRD2000 exhibition. By Stephanie SparrowKey themes from the Government’s Competitiveness White Paper will be aired …
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What are the knock-on effects of T&D to the value and reputation of the organisation? How does it impact on share value? How crucial is it to attracting talent? Patrick …
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Thinking of investing in an on-line training system, but don’t know how to choose? Joanna Springer offers a cribsheet of questions to put to potential suppliersBefore you even begin to …
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Training offers you a quick guide to new products and services being unveiled at the HRD2000 exhibition. Key themes from the Government’s Competitiveness White Paper will be aired for discussion …
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What are the knock-on effects of T&D to the value and reputation of the organisation? How does it impact on share value? How crucial is it to attracting talent? Patrick …
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Thinking of investing in an on-line training system, but don’t know how to choose? Joanna Springer offers a cribsheet of questions to put to potential suppliers Before you even begin …
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Jacquie Andrews, senior training consultant at Zurich Financial Services, on a programme that helps sales people face complex selling situations I have always believed that as well as developing practical …
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Employers have been tested to the limit by the Government’s record in publishing new legislation. The consultation paper on the Part-Time Working regulations, promised in December, was finally published in mid-January, giving less than six weeks for organisations to respond officially. We asked the experts how concerned they are about the problem, and what they think should be done about it
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A claim of indirect sex discrimination was upheld when a request for part-time working, due to a reduction in childcare, was rejected. Law firm Eversheds reports on this and a range of other employment law cases that have recently come to judgement
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E-commerce. It’s the business buzzword that is bridging the millennium. But as the pace of change continues to quicken, the electronic revolution is not without its problems for employers. Through a series of light-hearted but real-life scenarios, Colin Tweedie looks at some of the serious issues that can arise