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    • HR Technology

    If HR cannot get basics right it should hang head in shame

    by Personnel Today 17 Jul 2007
    by Personnel Today 17 Jul 2007

    I read with interest ‘HR must restore value of transactional activities’, outlining the debate at the recently held Personnel Today...

    • HR strategy
    • Letters
    • Human capital

    HCM is not a ‘derogatory’ term when properly applied

    by Personnel Today 10 Jul 2007
    by Personnel Today 10 Jul 2007

    For two weeks in succession, your ‘Top Job’ contributors have cited the term ‘human capital management’ (HCM) as their most...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Proposed new equality Act discriminates on penalties

    by Personnel Today 10 Jul 2007
    by Personnel Today 10 Jul 2007

    Richard Kenyon points out to us (Legal Opinion, Personnel Today, 3 July) that the proposed Single Equality Act does not...

    • HR strategy
    • Letters
    • Human capital

    Vitriolic response fails to engage with wider debate

    by Personnel Today 10 Jul 2007
    by Personnel Today 10 Jul 2007

    I take great exception to the manner of R Gilmour’s ranting response (Letters, Personnel Today, 12 June) and in particular...

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    HR staff must not go into denial when status quo is challenged

    by Personnel Today 10 Jul 2007
    by Personnel Today 10 Jul 2007

    I found R Gilmour’s response (Numbers don’t add up when you are dealing with people, Letters, Personnel Today, 12 June)...

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    • The HR profession

    Effort required if you want full CIPD membership

    by Personnel Today 3 Jul 2007
    by Personnel Today 3 Jul 2007

    Your correspondent Graham McCullough must be in a different organisation to the one I am a member of. He says...

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    • Letters
    • Religion

    Apocalyptic vision is only partially correct

    by Personnel Today 3 Jul 2007
    by Personnel Today 3 Jul 2007

    Tony Pettengell may be right to worry about some of the things he mentions in his ‘Apocalypse now…’ article (Personnel...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Letters
    • Religion

    Attack on religions designed to provoke intolerant reaction

    by Personnel Today 3 Jul 2007
    by Personnel Today 3 Jul 2007

    As I sit here reading Tony Pettengell’s ‘Off Message’ article entitled “Apocalypse now…” (Personnel Today, 5 June), I can’t work...

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    Camaraderie is great but where’s the teambuilding?

    by Personnel Today 29 Jun 2007
    by Personnel Today 29 Jun 2007

    Undoubtedly, a day practising circus skills, undergoing a treasure hunt or learning a new instrument can be hugely enjoyable and...

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    Jobs are preserved during extended paternity leave

    by Personnel Today 29 Jun 2007
    by Personnel Today 29 Jun 2007

    Having been part of the taskforce that helped the DTI formulate the Work and Families Act, there are a couple of...

    • HR practice
    • Letters
    • Line managers

    Best practice is buying into a shared vision

    by Personnel Today 29 Jun 2007
    by Personnel Today 29 Jun 2007

    Managers not only need to coach their staff and set clear goals (‘360-degree feedback analysis reveals manager shortcomings’, Personnel Today,...

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    • Wellbeing

    Smoking ban: reader responses

    by Personnel Today 26 Jun 2007
    by Personnel Today 26 Jun 2007

    How is the imminent smoking ban affecting the HR community? What concerns has it been raising, and what are HR...

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    • Race discrimination

    Target-failing police force is totally missing the point

    by Personnel Today 19 Jun 2007
    by Personnel Today 19 Jun 2007

    While I realise that the police force is unrepresentative of the wider community and failing to meet its diversity targets,...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Letters

    Reading the Mail is no bar to understanding diversity

    by Personnel Today 13 Jun 2007
    by Personnel Today 13 Jun 2007

    To the person who finds it ironic that HR is entrusted with the diversity agenda (Have a Rant, Personnel Today,...

    • HR practice
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    • Line managers

    Who will do the motivating if we don’t have managers?

    by Personnel Today 12 Jun 2007
    by Personnel Today 12 Jun 2007

    While I wholeheartedly endorse Michael Millar’s sentiments about managers and their various foibles (Off message, Personnel Today, 22 May), he...

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