The HR profession

Award profile: Fujitsu Services and Baxter Neumann work in collaboration on HR shared services and HR outsourcing projects. Fujitsu Services...

Margaret Kubicek assesses the enduring appeal of Ken Blanchard, who wrote The One-Minute Manager more than two decades ago

Giles Cockman, European learning and development adviser at automotive aftermarket supplier Kent Europe, explains how he deploys coaching and mentoring

A spate of new codes and standards are emerging in the coaching industry in a bid to put it on a more professional footing. Guy Sheppard examines whether the result is likely to cause more confusion for buyers

Whitbread promotes Maria Horn to HR director of its Costa Coffee division

Big moves in three industry sectors

Equal pay deal U-turn Aberdeen City Council has avoided industrial action by doing a U-turn and conceding to union demands...

People with formal management qualifications in the UK do not necessarily have effective management skills, according to a new study

High-street health and beauty retailer Boots has appointed Mike Cutt as director of HR

How longThe course is presented as a series of six study blocks between October and April.  Most study blocks have...

How long? The course takes a year to complete and comprises two semesters, each taken in a different country, with...

Jane Smith, Rose Bevan, Alison Grace and Nick Foster

Angela Edwards has been appointed head of HR at St Basils, a charitable organisation that provides a range of services for young people. She will be responsible for all HR issues across 27 sites within the West Midlands

Gill Hibberd, assistant director (HR) at Hertfordshire County Council, is leaving to head up HR at neighbouring Buckinghamshire County Council...