Making Veolia fit for the future

At environment services company Veolia, sustainability is core to every part of the business, even HR.

Implications of open innovation trends for HR

Open innovation is changing how organisations think about the next big idea. But what are the implications for HR? Should the function get involved in the complex people management implications?

Open innovation: A brief history

The history and future impact of open innovation

The value of the dual operating system

We need organisational structures that combine hierarchies and networks

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

Features

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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