Opinion

HR Hartley on human capital management

It should have been HR’s defining moment. At last there was a chance to demonstrate the link between people policies...

HR Hartley on the pitfalls of being part of the forgotten majority

I have been reading with interest recent articles in Personnel Today about enormous HR departments. In some cases, the size...

We've had quite a rash of maternity and paternity leave which, even with the best of interim cover, has left all sorts of cracks

Two major organisations make the headlines this week with moves that stress the importance, recognition and ever-growing status of the...

Recent articles in the national press about offshoring would seem to suggest that someone, somewhere, is driving a public relations...

Over the Christmas break, Alan Johnson, the work and pensions secretary, went to stay with Gordon Brown and his wife...

Those of you in any doubt as to the importance of HR should take a look back at the week’s...

I should have spotted the warning signs in the MD’s office.
Just before Christmas he installed a desk-top fountain, replaced...

Professional agenda – Alan Bailey, head of sales, Xchanging HR Services

Don't let big business hijack your sexuality

Sue Weekes asks a handful of readers to outline their career aspirations

The rise of the manager during recent decades proves that command-and-control is alive and well in UK workplaces

The general election is likely to see all major parties promising policies to improve voters' work-life balance