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    Pan-European survey finds HR in large firms is improving business focus

    by Mike Berry 25 Jan 2007
    by Mike Berry 25 Jan 2007

    HR is ramping up its role in large companies while transforming the way it delivers its services to organisations, according...

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    HR manager is first to be banned from being pension fund trustee

    by Greg Pitcher 23 Jan 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 23 Jan 2007

    An HR manager who overstated the value of board members’ pension holdings by up to £13.4m has become the first...

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    CEO is ‘much easier’ role than HR director, says Carphone Warehouse HR director

    by Georgina Fuller 23 Jan 2007
    by Georgina Fuller 23 Jan 2007

    It is “much easier” to be a chief executive than an HR director, according to Richard Smelt, group HR director...

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    Chief executives slam HR over talent shortages and high wages

    by Greg Pitcher 23 Jan 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 23 Jan 2007

    Chief executives are putting personnel issues at the top of their agenda for 2007 – but fear that HR professionals...

    • HR practice
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    Staff engagement: A question of motive

    by Personnel Today 23 Jan 2007
    by Personnel Today 23 Jan 2007

    What motivates staff and how can HR manage and make the best of staff engagement? We brought together HR, academia and motivation specialists from a range of industries to find some answers.

    • HR practice
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    Spotlight on: jargon

    by Personnel Today 23 Jan 2007
    by Personnel Today 23 Jan 2007

    There are many weird and wonderful aspects to starting a new job, but one of the most annoying, according to...

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    If only work could engage staff as much as Big Brother

    by Karen Dempsey 23 Jan 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 23 Jan 2007

    It can be hard enough to motivate your staff at the best of times. But it gets even harder when...

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    Xchanging completes purchase of joint HR company

    by Mike Berry 22 Jan 2007
    by Mike Berry 22 Jan 2007

    Outsourcing firm Xchanging has completed the purchase of Xchanging HR Services, its jointly-owned company, from defence and aerospace giant BAE Systems....

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    Tesco includes its own staff in plans to build affordable housing for key-workers alongside new stores

    by Mike Berry 16 Jan 2007
    by Mike Berry 16 Jan 2007

    Tesco is planning to make homes available for its staff to combat the lack of affordable housing in London. The...

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    Are employees businesses’ greatest asset, or just their cheapest?

    by Tony Pettengell 16 Jan 2007
    by Tony Pettengell 16 Jan 2007

    Until it accepts that people are not our greatest asset, the HR community will struggle to influence business leaders.

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    Business leaders believe annual staff cull would boost organisational performance

    by Personnel Today 16 Jan 2007
    by Personnel Today 16 Jan 2007

    An overwhelming majority of UK senior executives believe being able to sack a fixed number of staff every year would...

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    Giving staff time to think creatively can pay dividends

    by Personnel Today 16 Jan 2007
    by Personnel Today 16 Jan 2007

    Thinking space: A small but growing number of organisations offer staff formal 'ideas time' outside of their normal duties. What does this mean for productivity and morale? Virginia Matthews finds out.

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    Vote with your feet to stem the flow of offshored jobs

    by Personnel Today 16 Jan 2007
    by Personnel Today 16 Jan 2007

    Tony Blair says offshoring to India is an opportunity, not a threat (Personnel Today, 5 December), but what are the...

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    John Lewis Partnership names its personnel director as new managing director

    by Mike Berry 15 Jan 2007
    by Mike Berry 15 Jan 2007

    Andy Street, personnel director at John Lewis, has been named as the company’s new managing director.He will replace current MD Charlie Mayfield,...

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    Staff at TV Licensing vote for strike action

    by Mike Berry 12 Jan 2007
    by Mike Berry 12 Jan 2007

    Workers in TV Licensing’s headquarters in Bristol have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action in the aftermath of Capita’s controversial decision...

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