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BP’s HR outsourcing success: can it work for you?: How to decide if HR will help or hinder your firm
In December 1999 BP gave away $600 million and responsibility for its global human resources administration and management. The seven‐year contract, with then startup firm Exult…
Maximizing the return on HR investment: The benefits and challenges of global strategic human resource management
The transfer of human resource (HR) management practices across national boundaries has become a key strategy for multinational companies to achieve competitive advantage in…
Cisco connects with its workforce: Benefits of employee “self service” and online HR
It’s good to talk. That was the catchy punchline of a hugely successful advertising campaign encouraging people throughout the UK to use their phones more. If you are in business…
How “line of sight” helps with “big picture”: How do you view your firm?
During the last few years, both public and private employers have been striving to become Investors in People. This government‐funded award is given to firms who can show that…
Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare Trust prescribes a key role for human resources: Research shows potential for strategic input in the NHS
A study into human resource management (HRM) at a UK National Health Service (NHS) Trust has revealed significant potential for fostering a strategic role for HR in the public…
Internal auditing and human resource management: Going strategic boosts competitive advantage
In today’s business world, organizations must be constantly alert to new ways of gaining the upper hand over rivals. Astute operators look beyond the obvious to areas previously…
From baby boomer to ticking bomb: Why companies must face up to an impending skills shortage
People who compile mainstream dictionaries are not noted for rushing into print as soon as any new word or phrase comes into being. They tend to wait, let it float around for a…
HRM – the devolution revolution: What line managers really think about their increasing involvement in managing HR
Demarcation between functions is one of the hardest things to get right in an organization and this is especially true of line managers and human resource management (HRM). In the…
Managing the teams who “sell” Scotland: HR strategies in the tourism industry
A current cinema and television advertisement sells Scotland as a holiday destination through a combination of beguiling images and mellifluous traditional music. No city, region…
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