Stephen Overell
About Stephen Overell
Back to the future of work
After countless predictions of times of change, is the future of work still a permanent job, or more of a half-way house?
Why HR is right on the button
HR is the most complex and interesting of all managerial disciplines - that's why it goes in for bouts of introspection
HR message gets through at last
The Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS) is quite simply the most authoritative statement on life at work in the UK...
You should reap what you sow
The origins of human capital management lie in the realisation that investing in people yields greater profit than machines
Don’t be mad at machines
Britain's economic record of the past five years, unlike our arch-rivals, shows technology really does have a creative streak
The work-life fallacy
It seems that women are having second thoughts about the wisdom of working and raising a family
Throw away the manual
We need to overcome both contempt for new jobs in the service sector and the worship of old-style manufacturing
Dealing with hard reality
The 'business case' for diversity is a lot more doubtful than campaigners pretend. That still leaves the moral case
Academic reward in the firing line
Nottingham University is the site of an experiment in performance related pay that could have profound consequences for the life of academics. Stephen Overell reports
Dear Charles, you were wrong
Were we conned by predictions about the end of work as we know it? An open letter to social philosopher, Charles Handy
Is HCM dead in the water?
It promised so much, but amounted to so little. The Accounting for People report has simply let the HR profession down
Staff under the microscope
Eighty years on from the Hawthorne experiments, the secrets of employee motivation remain as mysterious as ever
UK leaves appeals on shelf
Anyone who feels oppressed by the volume of tribunal claims should take a quick look across the English Channel
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Middleman takes centre stage
The trend for outsourcing has created a dramatic increase in ‘middlemania‘ – and it’s a disease that is infecting all...
