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Managing learning and development in a recession: the 2009 IRS survey
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 21/09/2009
While many employers have responded to the recession by reducing their training budgets, most have not forgotten the importance of employee development. The 2009 IRS learning and development survey finds that many employers are refining their use of training resources to achieve maximum efficiency, and increasing their focus on leadership development.
Talent management's role in a time of recession
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 13/08/2009
Economic downturns and recessions threaten the HR budgets that underpin effective talent management; three recent research studies shed light on how talent management is surviving and evolving during these challenging times, and how it could help employers take best advantage of an upturn.
HSBC employee training cut by more than 15%
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 02/06/2009
Banking giant HSBC cut the amount of training offered to staff last year by more than 15%, its latest sustainability report has revealed.
Survey: Succession planning in practice
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 16/03/2009
Succession planning can protect organisations from the consequences of losing key employees, but our survey finds that many employers are unwilling or unable to engage with the process.
Managing underperformance: the 2009 IRS survey
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 16/02/2009
Organisations regularly update their performance management processes to ensure they are effective in tackling poor performance among employees, according to our survey of 50 employers.
Survey: Competencies in the workplace
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 06/10/2008
The flexibility of the competency approach is attracting increasing numbers of employers, but this can also make competency frameworks difficult to understand and use. IRS's study of 210 employers looks at current provision and the ways in which most of these pitfalls can be avoided.
Survey: Leadership development trends 2008
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 09/06/2008
This survey looks at what leadership development means at 74 different organisations - how it is planned and implemented and which employees are included; it also identifies some key challenges and learning points.
Survey: Investors in People
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 16/05/2008
We survey users of the Investors in People (IiP) standard to explore the impact it has had on business performance, along with the frustrations they have faced.
How employers train line managers in absence management
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 21/04/2008
Training line managers in absence management pays dividends, according to research by IRS, with most employers seeing absence rates cut as a result of organising courses in this area.
Survey: Line managers' role in people management
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 03/04/2008
HR policies are increasingly implemented by line managers, often independently of the HR function. Our survey explores the balance of responsibilities and HR practitioners' views of the way in which line managers discharge their people management duties.
HR directors split on depth of City talent pool
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 12/02/2008
Senior human resources (HR) opinion is divided within the financial services sector about claims there is a shallow talent pool among the profession.
Survey: Managing employee performance
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 04/02/2008
The IRS performance management survey looks at how employers deal with underperforming employees and assesses the best ways to deter and tackle the problem. Based on responses from 139 employers, the survey also looks at performance management frameworks.
Accreditation for diversity practitioners is proposed
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01/02/2008
The prospect of equality and diversity practitioners having to meet specified competencies and gain accredited qualifications has moved a step closer, with the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) recommending the establishment of a new association to set professional standards.
Age equality policies: an EOR survey
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01/11/2007
The findings of our survey reveal that few employers have made changes to their recruitment practices, following the introduction of the Age Regulations in 2006, and only a small number have opted to abandon a retirement age.
The IRS graduate recruitment survey 2007/08
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 22/10/2007
Our report on graduate recruitment for 2007 to 2008 highlights the most effective ways that employers have found to compete for graduates, encourage them to apply for their vacancies and then make their selection decisions.
Case studies
International: ArcelorMittal signs Europe-wide restructuring deal
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 10/12/2009
ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel producer, signed a European agreement with trade unions in November 2009 on managing and anticipating change. The accord provides for no plant closures or compulsory redundancies during the current economic downturn, and puts in place long-term training and skills policies, along with commitments to dialogue with employee representatives and unions.
Stress management training promotes emotional wellbeing
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 28/10/2009
Training to cope with stress and mental health is available via the Wellness Works project, set up with the help of lottery funding; our case studies of the providers and end-users demonstrate the positive impact this training is having on employees.
Leadership culture change aids engagement at L&Q Housing Trust
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 03/08/2009
Despite having to rethink the way it delivers its services in the light of the current recession, London and Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) has seen a rise in staff satisfaction, fuelled by its ongoing focus on engagement and a groundbreaking leadership development programme.
Talent management in a recession
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 31/03/2009
Is talent management a new-fangled concept coined in the good times, or repackaged traditional HR ideas that remain as important as ever in the downturn? Ross Bentley reports.
Law firm's reputation enhanced by coveted in-house university
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 16/03/2009
Legal training at Allen & Overy is delivered by the firm's own senior lawyers, and its internal “universities” for newly qualified lawyers have proved so popular that the firm has launched a similar offering for clients.
Leading high performance at British American Tobacco
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 29/01/2009
By making line managers accountable for talent development, an international tobacco group has increased its pool of ready successors and improved the sustainability of the business.
Training ignites commercial insight at Mosaic Fashions
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 15/12/2008
Mosaic Fashions, owner of eight high-profile fashion brands, has witnessed a culture change among its senior leaders after running a commercially focused leadership development programme. We examine the results and the factors that made it a success.
BT's range of policies for older workers
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 01/12/2008
With around 30% of its employees over 50 years of age, BT has developed an award-winning range of initiatives to continue to meet the needs of older workers and, specifically, to manage the removal of its fixed retirement age.
O2's award-winning sales development scheme
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 01/12/2008
O2's award-winning sales academy is based on the philosophy of winning market share by being different; IRS examines the scheme that has increased sales and improved customer satisfaction.
Developing an HR learning academy
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 07/10/2008
IT company Fujitsu Services has transformed the skills and knowledge of its HR department by setting up a learning academy. Nick Martindale reports.
Managers at Atkins treated like graduates
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 16/09/2008
The UK’s largest engineering consultant has improved its retention of senior managers since it started treating them like graduates.
Creating mental health care courses at the NHS
Source: Training & Coaching Today
Date: 01/09/2008
When seven NHS trusts decided they wanted to share mental health care courses and put them online it created quite a challenge. How was it met?
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