Human Resource Management International Digest: Volume 20 Issue 2

Employee engagement – a new paradigm

This paper aims to argue that the relationship between employer and employee needs to change from independent/dependent to interdependent.

CastAlum forges a more flexible, motivated and productive workforce: Bespoke training transforms the fortunes of component manufacturer

This paper aims to describe an award‐winning training program at UK aluminium die‐casting company CastAlum.

Retraining connects Fujitsu Telecom with new business opportunities: Employees' new skills set company on path to growth

This paper aims to describe an award‐winning training program at Fujitsu Telecommunications, which enabled the 55 employees at Fujitsu's Antrim plant in Northern Ireland to move…

Training lifts redundancy risk at NACCO Materials Handling: Company makes strategic rather than impulsive response to downturn

This paper seeks to describe an award‐winning training program at Irish fork‐lift truck supplier NACCO Materials Handling Ltd, which enabled the company to halt redundancies and…

Haven Holidays teaches the story of management: Managers learn to see things from other people's points of view

The purpose of this paper is to describe a training program for junior managers at UK company Haven Holidays.

Lakesmere builds a quality workforce for the future: Managers learn to see things from other people's points of view

The purpose of this paper is to describe an award‐winning training program at Scottish building contractor Lakesmere.

Shanghai Peaksafe scales the HR heights: Policies boost employees' sense of job security

This paper aims to describe the human resource (HR) policies that help employees at stamped and forged components manufacturer Peaksafe Industries (Shanghai) Ltd to feel a greater…

HR as business partner during mergers and acquisitions: The key to success is to get involved early

This paper seeks to highlight the important role human resource (HR) plays in organizations during mergers and acquisitions.

The HR specialist as an agent of change: Skills that open up a place at the company's top table

This paper aims to explore the role of human‐resource (HR) specialists as change agents and the competencies they need in order to execute this role.

Retaining good people through a focus on talent and purpose: Proper inductions make employees feel as though they truly belong

The purpose of this paper is to examine how best to ensure that good recruits stay with a company.

Give your people a cause and inspiration will follow: The secrets of successful team‐building

This paper seeks to describe how to lead an effective team and inspire, rather than simply motivate, its members.

So you want to be an interim manager in pharma: The aptitudes and skills needed for success

The purpose of this paper is to outline what it takes to be a successful interim manager in today's pharmaceutical industry, based on the experiences of two people currently in…

Interview with Lyssa Barber, Managing Consultant

The purpose of this article is to provide an interview Lyssa Barber, Managing Consultant and Head of Private Wealth Management at specialist financial recruitment company Allemby…

Collaborative Strategic Improvement through Network Action Learning

Managing the Multigenerational Workforce: From the GI Generation to the Millennials

American Express: establishing a leader-led flexible culture

Gone but not forgotten (absence management)

Delivering quality globally (logistics provider DHL Supply Chain’s Path to Quality quality management programme)

Raging debates in HR analytics

Give employees a say

The paradox of indispensability (management careers)

How to manage sickness policies and disability-related absences

Globalization of Management Education: Changing International Structures, Adaptive Strategies, and the Impact on Institutions

Case report – disability discrimination

The art and science of finding the right CEO (how Procter & Gamble built a programme to produce candidates for the post of chief executive officer)

Integrate HR with operating strategy

Lean knowledge work (applying lean production principles to knowledge work)

The analytics of critical talent management

The relationship you need to get right (how to be an effective sponsor of rising talent among the workforce, or a good protege)

Training for agility: building the skills employees need to zig and zag