Human Resource Management International Digest: Volume 16 Issue 7

Defusing the demographic time‐bomb

The purpose of the paper is to examine how organizations can retain the business knowledge and skills of older workers as they retire or move on.

Communication key as Mapa gets a wiki: “Non‐techie” staff unfazed by IT innovation

Follows the planning and development of MapaWiki, an knowledge‐management system for Mapa, a research company specializing in benchmarking.

IDOM engineers a knowledge culture: Learning processes embedded in business

Reveals how Spanish engineering company IDOM promotes people‐focused knowledge management, socialization and collective learning.

Employee engagement “does it” for B&Q: Diversity at the heart of business success

This paper aims to examine policies on employee engagement, work‐life balance, equal opportunities and internal communications that have proved successful at DIY retailer B&Q.

Training takes root when the boss has been, too: Vancouver Island Health Authority study shows what makes learning “stick”

This paper seeks to understand what contributes to the transfer back to the workplace of soft‐skill leadership training.

Whitbread gets the right blend for training: E‐learning combined with classroom teaching benefits company and employees

This paper aims to examine the training system adopted at Whitbread, which manages businesses in the hotel, restaurant and coffee‐shop sectors, and employs 35,000 people to serve…

Sainsbury's graduates get the chance to try something new: Community scheme develops leadership talents

This paper aims to describe how retailer Sainsbury's worked with training company Impact on a graduate community‐action learning program.

British Energy generates power workers of the future: Apprenticeship program taps into Royal Navy expertise

This paper aims to describe a programme that will see some 250 British Energy apprentices trained at the Royal Navy's training partner, Flagship, over the next seven years.

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue values strong leadership culture: Program of workshops drives positive change

This paper aims to describe how Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service, UK, has introduced a management and leadership programme that has driven positive change in the organization.

Wegmans sold on productivity training: Firms focus on faster front‐line delivery

This paper aims to examine how to improve productivity through appropriate training.

Constant disloyalty and the keys to community: Bigger is not always better when it comes to co‐operation

This paper aims to argue that trust and a sense of community are important in any organization, but increasingly complex structures and different cultures in large companies make…

Creating value through communities: Contacts, content and critical mass

This paper seeks to examine how to create value through communities.

Helping ease the transition (post-change employee training)

What’s on the web

Interview with Karsten Hetland, Nokia

Cultivating Learning within Projects

Ideas on the bottom line (creativity and innovation)

Keep pace with older workers

Successful change requires more than change management

When problems persist in the workplace

Paying for failure (executive remuneration)

Managing to make savings (outsourcing training management and provision)

Creating, growing and sustaining efficient innovation teams

Note from the publisher

Activity-based Training Design: Transforming the Learning of Knowledge

The path to inclusion (diversity training)

Brownie points for green workers (incentives and motivation)

Two-step testing in employee selection: is score inflation a problem?

Team building in paradise

HR’s missed opportunity (executive pay)