Briefing Papers
Matrix Management For Flexible European Companies
Across Europe downsizing has stimulated the use of contingency workers in all sectors and at all levels of business, from clerical staff to board directors. At the same time improvements...
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Values Sustain Values
This is a best practice briefing paper on the benefits of clarifying organisation values. This article describes for senior managers a subject which, if misunderstood, can cause damage to themselves,...
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Using The HR Balanced Scorecard
The HR Balanced Scorecard is a framework developed by Kaplan and Norton in Harvard USA which balances the value of strategic inputs ("leading indicators") with financial outputs ("lagging indicators") to...
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Developing People With Outdoor Experiential Learning
The purpose of this briefing paper by Clive Bonny is to advise on his benchmark processes and outcomes when using OEL as a means to improve team and individual effectiveness....
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Personality Profiling
The use of personality profiling instruments has long been established as a method to assist in analysing people’s suitability for particular roles and their development needs. The most common application...
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Corporate Social Responsibility And The GoodCorporation Standard
The GoodCorporation standard is an international benchmark to help organisations develop policies, systems and practices to manage risks so they meet the needs of all stakeholders: customers, employees, suppliers, finance...
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Applying Ethics In Organisations
This article has been extracted from Business Ethics published by The Economist. There is evidence that business is facing up to ethical issues. Clearly unethical conduct can damage reputation and...
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Creating An Environment To Retain Good People
This is a briefing paper to highlight areas of best practice available assisting in the recruitment and retention of employees. The aim is to highlight where new processes are creating...
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