The Bristol outlet of home products multinational Ikea has sent several teams of staff from different departments to strengthen and transform their team skills and attitudes with the help of a flock...
Since current BBC director general Mark Thompson announced his resignation in March, there has been a great deal of speculation about who his successor might be. There has also been widespread debate...
Almost half of UK companies have experienced an unexpected change in leadership in the last 12 months with some stating a detrimental effect on business, but according to talent management consultancy...
A study into management by the CIPD has found that three quarters of employers report a lack of leadership and management skills and too many managers have an inflated opinion of their ability to...
The survey found technical skills need to be developed, although 33% of employers in the sector said they have adequate capability for technical skills.
The NHS has put people at the heart of its agenda, as “the architecture of the organisation looks set to change following the Health Bill,” the director of NHS Employers, Dean Royles, told HR.
HR magazine’s 21st year is an apposite time to look back at how the discipline of HR has been transformed since the 1990s, both as a function and in the eyes of the business.
The days of hiring people for a steady job, with a predictable workload, are over. In today’s organisations, change is becoming constant. So much so, that few - if any - leaders can predict what their...
RMS Titanic, the world’s newest and greatest ship, steams across the Atlantic on its maiden voyage with many of the world’s elite on board.
Changes to regulations on corporate governance in recent years mean that the boards of all FTSE 350 companies are now expected to conduct annual evaluation of their performance.
Employers are struggling to hang on to workers, despite the turbulent employment market, with more than 283,000 managers walking away from their jobs in the 12 months to September 2011.
This month Apple’s market capitalisation surpassed US $500 billion. It is only the sixth US corporation to reach this high. The next step for the electronics giant is rapid retail expansion in Europe...
