Human Resource Management International Digest: Volume 18 Issue 1

HR should be buried and then given a seat on the board

Focuses on the strategic role that human‐resource management should play to help to ensure organizational success.

Seaworks boss makes his point with a chainsaw: Bill Day keeps physical and metaphorical barriers at bay

Considers how Bill Day, owner of ocean‐salvage company Seaworks, deals with issues of trust and employee disengagement.

Talent management is Bupharm's prescription for success: Family‐owned firm competes effectively with the multinationals

Examines the recruitment and talent‐management policies introduced at Indian pharmaceutical company Bupharm, which are helping the organization to compete for talent with some of…

Thiess Kentz builds workforce skills: Advanced‐entry adult‐apprenticeship training scheme benefits trainees and employer

Evaluates the advanced‐entry adult‐apprenticeship scheme that Thiess Kentz construction company in Australia introduced in partnership with group‐training organization East Coast…

Slimmed‐down EMI retains its star performers: Protecting the employer “brand” at times of redundancy

Details major reforms at EMI, including a significant cut in the number of employees, following a private‐equity‐firm buy‐out.

Norbert Dentressangle delivers managers of tomorrow: Foundation‐degree students impress course leader

Describes how the UK logistics division of Norbert Dentressangle has teamed up with the University of Northampton Business School to offer the two‐year degree to the company's…

Lex looks to the talent that will drive its future: Program includes placements, mentoring and coaching

Details the two‐year Lex Talent program, which helps the contract‐hire provider of company cars and vans to develop people to lead the business in the future.

Moorhouse Group targets training for growth: Individual development plans help to embed learning in the business

Describes how carefully targeted training improved the productivity of a UK insurance company's sales team and increased the number of calls it handled by 56 percent.

Mentoring “makes” the salesforce at CDW: Scheme transforms college leavers into productive members of the workforce

Describes how CDW Corporation, Illinois, USA – a fast‐growing company with a young workforce, many recruited straight from college – relies heavily on mentoring to provide the…

Enterprise makes the most of modern apprenticeships: Managing director praises energy and commitment of firm's young trainees

Examines the role of modern apprenticeships in helping to fill skill gaps at Aberdeen‐based Enterprise Engineering Services.

Everyone's a winner with Ford of Canada's employee‐volunteer program: Scheme sites the company firmly within its community

Explores how an employee‐volunteer program (EVP), as one aspect of responsible corporate citizenship, can influence the relationships between a firm, its employees and its…

Golden jobs under the McDonald's arches: Company excels in Investors in People awards

Explains that McDonald's UK has become one of the first organizations to earn the new Investors in People (IIP) gold award.

Strategic Learning and Leading Change – How Global Organizations are Reinventing HR

To MBA or not to MBA?

Surviving the boss from hell

How a systematic approach to innovation can bring radical improvements to organizations by liberating the staff

Coughs, sneezes and the progress of diseases

Measuring the impact of research

People Management and Performance

Big five personality factors, hardiness, and social judgment as predictors of leader performance

Developing employer of choice status: exploring an employment marketing mix

Training strategies for an aging workforce

Interview with Dave Ulrich

Learning from Burnout