HR and the SME growth cycle

HR magazine looks at how important HR is to the burgeoning small and medium-sized enterprise sector and finds that, once the initial cynicism about bureaucracy is overcome, the function can evolve...

51 organisations certified as 'Democratic Workplaces'

Today 51 global organisations have been certified as 'Democratic Workplaces' by WorldBlu, an organisation specialising in analysing democratic cultures.

Less complex businesses are better places for everyone to work

Last September, we unveiled research by then Warwick Business School and now Henley professor Simon Collinson and consultancy Simplicity Partnership. It found the biggest 200 global companies were...

Employee share ownership: John Lewis Partnership "not what it purports to be"

The John Lewis Partnership is a unique and misunderstood model, according to a legal practice that specialises in employee share plans.

Offloading the admin: an HR guide to outsourcing

As head of HR at BP, Nick Starritt oversaw the 400 million-plus deal with Exult to outsource HR. Based on this experience he offers advice to others contemplating the outsourcing route

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A logical next step for HR?

Human resources strategy is about to make a big splash in boardrooms, but in a powerful new disguise. Get ready to meet the director of organisational design. Stefan Stern investigates

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Structures that dont make sense any more

The ideas of a US academic may help employers and employees define new ways of working, says Richard Donkin

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Building the 21st-century company

HR should never be satisfied with its progress David Ulrich argues. There are four core areas which he believes need to be constantly worked on if it is to maximise its contribution to the modern...

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Slim down now and be fit to face the downturn

Be warned. Downsizing is coming your way. Take Indian software workers in Silicon Valley, for example. Once so numerous and prosperous that they formed a cricket league, there are now 50,000 out of...

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