Human Resource Management International Digest: Volume 17 Issue 1

Building bridges with women

This paper aims to advance the view that more women must be attracted to careers in engineering.

Training delivers for Hallmark Consumer Services: Warehouse team's new IT skills improve productivity and profitability

This purpose of this paper is to detail the reasons for the training, the form it took, how it was delivered and the advantages it brought.

Unilever's sound outsourcing strategy: HRD key issues for companies large or small

This paper aims to focus on the potential advantages and pitfalls of HRD outsourcing.

Team‐leader program refreshes Selecta UK: Vending‐company managers deliver higher market share and profitability

This paper aims to describe how vending‐service provider Selecta UK Ltd has seen its profitability and market share rise following the implementation of a management‐training…

Responsive engineering boosts profitability and performance through its people: Coaching, action learning and workshops help to transform the business

Details how a UK engineering group gained business in new sectors and doubled its workforce by a combination of innovative people development and an effective investment strategy.

In‐house training transforms Barnetts: Law firm now “grows” more of its own employees

Describes how in‐house training has reduced employee turnover and improved employee effectiveness in the sales and purchase and remortgaging sections of a UK law firm.

Gentoo homes in on technical training: Program boosts customer service at people and property business

This paper aims to describe how not‐for‐profit registered social landlord Gentoo Sunderland trained its front‐line staff to deliver vastly improved customer service.

Pendennis sails away with apprenticeship award: Yacht‐builder develops a world‐class paint team

Describes how apprenticeships have contributed to organizational success at the four winners of the latest UK Apprenticeship Awards – yacht‐builder Pendennis, furniture‐maker MFW…

Workforce goes on and on at Chazbrooks Communications: Work‐life balance policies benefit clients and employees

Describes the benefits that UK public‐relations and marketing‐communications company Chazbrooks Communications has gained from its commitment to work‐life balance.

Delivering an international HR strategy at DHL: Pole Position puts emerging‐markets division at head of pack

This paper aims to demonstrate how logistics company DHL's work on incorporating events into its internal‐communications strategy has enhanced employee engagement.

Wincanton reduces sickness absence by 10,000 days: Collaborative approach to managing staff health and improving productivity and morale

This paper aims to demonstrate how supply‐chain company Wincanton has reduced sickness absence, improved productivity and heightened morale.

Investors in People: the chicken and the egg: HR specialists should be cautious about claims for the standard

This paper aims to explore the alleged causal link between Investors in People (IIP) recognition and improved business performance and profitability.

HR plays its part (strategy)

Financial Intelligence for HR Professionals: What You Really Need to Know about the Numbers

Royal Mail and Job Centre plus: delivering Access to Work

Passing on know-how (knowledge retention strategies)

Appeal for diversity (US legal profession)

Creative downsizing requires strategic intelligence

Online recruiting simplified

What’s on the web

Interview with Carol Braddick and John Bennett

The Talent-powered Organization: Strategies for Gobalization, Talent Management and High Performance

Taking flight (retention at the US Federal Aviation Administration)

Health starts on the inside (employee well-being)

Build a better brand (Fujitsu)

Ways to avoid some common recruitment pitfalls

Reaching your potential (finding professional and personal fulfilment in employment)