HR strategy

Does HR lead the march or play second fiddle when it comes to business strategy? Karen Dempsey reports on the findings of Personnel Today's exclusive research.

HR has a crucial role to play in helping employers get to grips with the burgeoning complaints culture, a study has suggested.

Duncan Brown, assistant director-general, CIPD, on performance management

Electronics retailer Currys has revealed that its distribution centres are performing at peak levels despite a major change programme that will see 1,400 job losses by this time next year.

The civil service is poorly managed and in desperate need of reform, a major report has claimed.

Communications firm NTL has confirmed that it will outsource or axe 6,000 jobs by the end of 2007 as it completes the integration of rival company Telewest

Vodafone has begun consulting staff on plans to sign a major IT outsourcing deal that will see a number of employees transfer to a third-party supplier

Offshoring is still all about cutting costs, but companies are discovering it can offer value in other ways. Nic Paton reports

Just like the proverbial cobblers' shoes or dentists' teeth, HR can often be guilty of not looking after its own career or developmental needs

When I read the comments by a private consultancy in your 'Investors in People under the spotlight' news story (Personnel Today, 18 April), my first thought was: 'They obviously don't know much about Investors in People (IIP).'

Sainsbury's has completed the insourcing of 470 IT staff, all its IT assets and its third-party contracts from outsourcing supplier Accenture.

Half of London's businesses still do not have plans in place to deal with a terror attack or other emergency.

Arcadia retail group rocked by double resignation from the board.

I find it absolutely amazing that, as stated in your news story (see Three-quarters of HR managers see no link...

Plans for a multi-million pound HR shared-services initiative in the NHS could be delayed because they may be in breach...