How local authorities can create leaner organisations

While the challenges facing the economy are well-known, recent unemployment figures from the Office for National Statistics remind us of the stark reality of recession. The number of unemployed people...

A talent development approach that integrates learning and performance management is needed to retain staff

In today's difficult economic times, employers enjoy the apparent luxury of having many people to choose from every time they advertise a job. The reality is, however, that few of these candidates...

'Work pairings' are Tory Party's answer to young people who have no jobs or experience

The Conservative Party will create 'work-pairings' to allow young people to gain business experience while keeping their benefits, and will create 400,000 apprenticeships and training places to tackle...

Conservative leader attacks size of Met Police's HR department in electoral debate on ITV

David Cameron launched an attack on the size of the Metropolitan Police's HR department, labelling them 'form fillers', in last night's first live electoral debate on ITV.

Gen Y expect an environmentally-friendly workplace with a contemporary feel

Generation Y recruits expect their workplace to feel like home and want an environmentally friendly office - but not at the expense of modern design.

Good project managers are hard to find

Anyone who regularly reads the newspapers or IT magazines will be familiar with the shocking track record of projects that have either completely failed to deliver or delivered late and over budget....

Outsourcing may be a better solution than cutting jobs

As we enter into a new financial year, it is more than likely that 'cost cutting' will remain a buzz word for many businesses for the year ahead - indeed Alastair Darling has just warned us in his...

Cranfield report confirms positive impact Investors in People has on business performance

New research provides evidence of a link between investing in management capabilities and business profitability.

New development programme for National Audit Office managers who aspire to be directors

The National Audit Office has launched a development programme for managers who wish to move onto director level.

Companies are becoming more secretive about their talent management processes

Talent management is becoming less transparent due to redundancies and restructuring, research reveals.

The state we are in: how the field of people and organisational and development has contributed to this and how might it help us get out of it?

The definition of organisational development has evolved over time, from a rather mechanistic, top-down, 'board knows best' approach to the recognition that the organisation is a far more complex,...

Employers are missing out by not building diversity into their talent management strategies, says CIPD

Employers are not up to speed with threading diversity through talent management strategies and are missing out on the benefits of accessing and developing talent from the widest possible pool,...