Human Resource Management International Digest: Volume 17 Issue 3

Deflating resistance to change: or a quick guide to understanding resistance and moving forwards

Looks at some of the common causes for resisting change.

Implementing IT changes: Steamroller or express train?

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Business transformation at Zegna: Human resources as a change agent

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Making change work: closing the change gap

To discover the important, practical factors that Make Change Work.

The way to manage change: GE's team based approach

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Change management and CRM: The case for a direct correlation

Reviews a case study of three New Zealand banks that argues for a correlation between employees' commitment to the CRM initiative and the positive outcomes of a bank's performance.

Why cultural change is perfectly natural: In the long run, good habits can breed success

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

The cycle of grief – helping to deal with unexpected change

To advise HR professionals how to handle major change and redundancies.

HR's strategic panacea: A Danish study of successful HR integration as business partner

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Resistance to change needn't be futile: How employees' challenges can be beneficial

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Pride and privilege (profile of Stephen Kelly, director, BBC HR division)

Courage under fire (human resources in a UK fire service)

Time Warner Cable Kansas City looks beyond the usual suspects for ways to retain and engage customer-facing employees

Transformational crisis management in organization development: the case of talent loss at Microsoft

Continuity and change: the role of the HR function in the modern public sector

What’s on the web

Appreciative Enquiry for Change Management: Using AI to Facilitate Organisational Development

Organizational change: the challenge of supporting staff

HR business partner competency models: re-contextualising effectiveness

HR’s new edge (Wilkinson Sword and Energizer merger)

Winning the race for talent in emerging markets (attracting and retaining the best employees in developing economies)

The challenge of hiring and retaining women: an interview with the head of HR at eBay