Substandard management skills are harming the UK’s productivity levels, according to a survey of 700 managers by Future Foundation.The survey,...
Productivity
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Senior managers across the country expect huge increases in productivity in the next five years, but have accused their peers...
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Union warns of job losses as Barclays prepares to restructure IT operations
by dan thomasby dan thomasThe jobs of hundreds of staff and contractors at Barclays are at risk under plans by the bank to restructure...
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Pubs and hotels group Whitbread plans to create about 8,000 jobs and to quit its London head office.The company said...
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The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a deal for an HR administration system that is set to save the...
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A quarter of recorded pay deals in the year to August 2004 have an element based on merit or performance, according to new research.
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Sainsbury’s staff have reportedly criticised a plan to reward them with ‘gold stars’.The move is one of a number of...
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Benjys, the budget food and drink retail firm, is planning to open 150 new stores across the UK. It will...
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Eighty years on from the Hawthorne experiments, the secrets of employee motivation remain as mysterious as ever
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Christmas – ’tis the season to be jolly. Autumn – ’tis the season to go on strike. But just when...
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People with good health can be 20 per cent more productive than their less healthy colleagues, according to initial findings...
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After several years in decline, global information agency Reuters is at last getting back on track. Global HR director Mark...
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Last year, Toyota overtook Ford in terms of vehicle sales - and it says much of the drive behind its success is down to its staff management.
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Appreciative Inquiry offers organisations a more positive approach to problem-solving. In the first of a three-part series, we put the method into context for the people development professional
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TNT Express is winning worldwide recognition for its people development initiatives. HR director Maureen Rooney explains why
here’s a lot...