Human Resource Management International Digest: Volume 14 Issue 2

How to make human resources more relevant to corporate financial objectives

The aim of this paper is to focus on the personal financial traits of individuals and shows how they directly affect the financial performance and valuation of an organization.

Winterthur Life meets market challenge head‐on: Award‐winning training helps company to achieve record levels of business

The purpose of the paper is to describe the award‐winning training that Winterthur Life provided for its business‐development managers and outline the performance improvements…

Program boosts the prestige of training at Bentley Motors: Dealership technicians get the skills they need for successful launch of new model

The paper aims to describe the award‐winning training set up by Bentley Motors to ensure that there were skilled people in each dealership to deal with the launch of a new model…

Culture change makes Crusader fit for the future: Training in lean manufacturing helps to transform company

The paper aims to explain how the culture of UK shop‐fitting manufacturer Crusader Displays has been transformed by award‐winning training in the principles of lean manufacturing.

Continuous improvement safeguards factory's future at Innovia Films: Training program helps to change the organizational culture

The aim of this paper is to detail the way in which the Innovia Films workforce at one of its facilities, a cellulose‐film plant at Wigton, Cumbria, UK, has safeguarded the plant…

Nando's tastes success through training: Expanding restaurant firm retains a family feel

This paper aims to examine four programmes that have won National Training Awards for Nando's Restaurants over the last two years.

TDG gets help to deliver the goods: Integrated development program improves competitive edge

The paper aims to describe how Brathay, a people‐development consultancy, teamed up with TDG, a pan‐European supply‐chain solutions provider, on a management‐development framework…

Higher retail standards on shopping centers' lists: Training awards for innovative programs

The paper aims to examine two award‐winning schemes in the UK that aim to provide retailers with skilled employees.

Mid‐Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust reaps the rewards of diversity: Staff‐development program changes attitudes and behavior

Aims to recount how an equality and diversity staff‐development program is helping Mid‐Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust to place increasing value on equality and inclusion, and…

Go, Give and Grow draws brightest and best to P&G: Scheme touches a chord with today's young graduates

Aims to explain how Procter & Gamble's Go, Give and Grow scheme is helping the company to attract the brightest and best graduates.

InterContinental Hotels Group finds merit in pay‐review reforms: Software gives real‐time picture of an evolving process

Aims to highlight the benefits gained by InterContinental Hotels Group from the introduction new software for the merit‐pay review process.

Bells Bakery enters the house‐building business: Company seeks to make affordable homes available to workforce and community

Aims to describes how UK bakery Bells of Lazonby teamed up with a housing association to create more affordable housing in its local community.

Participation and Democracy at Work

Developing women leaders: Abbott turns commitment into action and results

Innovation in learning: Agilent Technologies thinks outside the box

The practices of effective managerial coaches

Employment law outlook

The Only Sustainable Edge

Creating a learning organization within the family business: an Irish perspective

Making a difference through people development

Delivering the mail: General Physics (UK) Ltd

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