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Cendant Mobility answers questions on intercultural training
How are companies using intercultural training?
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After a period in the wilderness following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia is beginning to take HR seriously. Ben Hooson reports
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HR is failing to get the message of its crucial role over to the board. We asked three advertising agencies how they would tackle the issue. By Philip Boucher and Liz Simpson
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Britain
could begin to call up army reservists for military action against Iraq within
the next 10 days, according to... -
HR often feels under-valued as a profession, so how can it successfully be sold to the board? Compiled and written by Scott Beagrie, Philip Boucher, Liz Simpson and Ed Peters
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With 15 years’ military instructor (pilot) experience, and 10 years’
commercial training and development, I find myself redundant at 47.... -
Businesses are bracing themselves for the consequences of war in the Middle
East.
A war with Iraq took a step... -
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Mike O'Connor, director of HR at global eye care company Bausch & Lomb, assesses a recent pan-Europe, Middle East and Africa competency-based development programme, on which participants form multi-national learning sets in order to gain a broader awareness of the business context and to share best practice between all of its subsidiaries
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What long-term safety
implications are there for HR one year on from 11 September? In our two-part
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The
brutal murder of Daniel Pearl and the deaths of 37 other reporters in 2001
highlight how dangerous journalism can... -
Despite the negative publicity of a number of alleged bullying cases, the Army is winning the battle to attract more and better suited recruits to its ranks. Ross Wigham reports from the frontline to find out how the military has changed tactics
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The
Department of Health is considering using London’s military barracks to house
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It
can hardly be classed as just another organisation, but when it comes to
recruiting and developing ‘staff’ and the...