HR strategy

Employee suggestion schemes have come a long way from anonymous postboxes – they can be a great way to involve individuals and teams in improving an organisation’s performance. Here’s how toget the best out of them

Trade and industry secretary, Alistair Darling, has called on countries to fight protectionism and accept globalisation as "a force for good".

John Lewis is to break a 140-year old tradition of only having 'insiders' on the board by recruiting two external non-executive directors.

Public sector employees are least engaged.

Outsourcing call centres loses allure for Powergen as it brings jobs back to UK from India.

Sir Digby Jones calls for action to implement shared-service HR across central government.

Guess who?...is the most powerful figure in HR? With employment policies and practices changing all the time, there’s plenty of opportunity for HR to prove its worth in business, government and even on the global stage. So who are the new faces and who’s out of the spotlight? Personnel Today counts down the top 40 power players for 2006. Compiled by Scott Beagrie and Sue Weekes.

China has been hailed as the economic powerhouse of the future. But the gleaming façade masks serious shortcomings that HR departments will have to sort out if UK companies want to thrive in the Far East.

Unilever’s large-scale HR outsourcing deal with Accenture will not signal a rush by other companies towards signing similar contracts, experts predict.

UK business is betting on the World Cup to boost productivity.

Burger giant turns 'McJob' to its own advantage in ad campaign at Picadilly Circus.

Consumer goods manufacturer Unilever has signed a global outsourcing deal with Accenture to provide a broad range of HR services

Consumer goods multinational Unilever saved 100,000 and boosted productivity by 3% at one of its manufacturing sites last year by rolling out a change management programme

The trend for employers to move towards HR shared-service centres is driving healthy growth in the HR consulting market, new figures have shown

Despite being under pressure by a fourth government review, British Transport Police staff continue to stay buoyant