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Compass Serves Up New Menu for Skills: Training the 1.5 million people working in the UK hospitality sector poses three big obstacles for employers. Most have fewer than a dozen people on each site, making many workplace courses unviable. The sector lacks a widely recognised and valued qualification structure, so there is little incentive to complete the...; Tags: Reed Elsevier Inc., Sector, Compass, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Sales Force Management, Human Resources, Sales; White papers
Implementing the Plan: Planning & negotiating Planning and negotiation is important to almost every situation, from deciding where to go on holiday to buying a new car. For HR professionals it is essential. Companies tend to be resistant to change, especially if it involves financial outlay (for example a new training programme). This...; Tags: HR Professional, Financial, Reed Elsevier Inc., Financial Accounting, Free Trade, Finance; White papers
Losing or Leaving Your Job: The possibility of being laid off or fired looms large in the list of fears of most workers. Employers have traditionally had a free hand to hire and fire, but a number of recent laws and legal rulings restrict these rights. As a result, many soon-to-be-former employees are pleased to...; Tags: Reed Elsevier Inc., worker, job, benefit; White papers
Certain Minimum Parcel Weight And Volume Criteria: This article explains the reasons for shippers to adopt zone skipping in their business. It also gives the reason that for starters, it saves both time and money also the only hitch is that users must meet , but consolidators are hoping if they can help. Moreover, this article also...; Tags: Reed Elsevier Inc., mail-order, logistics; White papers
global strategic sourcing: Article discusses a case of Bristol-Myers that focus on how the organization plans to deliver its billion in cost savings. Bristol-Myers Squibb has been sourcing strategically since 1996. Between 1996 and 2002, the company's Glob; Tags: Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Reed Elsevier Inc., sourcing, cost savings; White papers

Relocation Policy: Smooth Moves: When relocating employees, a transparent, flexible and well-communicated relocation policy is a must. Human Resource (HR) professionals at smaller firms who relocate staff on an infrequent, ad hoc basis may seek much more comprehensive assistance. The HR department's needs vary hugely depending on the size of the organisation and the...; Tags: Human Resources, Reed Elsevier Inc., Human Resource Department; White papers 2007-08-20
Reed Elsevier Print Mags Going Digital: Last week the trade publishing company, Reed Elsevier, put dozens of its magazines, including Variety and Publishers Weekly, up for sale, sending shock waves through the jittery print advertising market. And, in what is the perfect metaphor for the larger transition the media industry is experiencing, Reed...; Tags: Databases, David Weir, Reed Elsevier Inc., ChoicePoint Inc.; Blog posts 2008-02-27
Our People Are Our Biggest (Secret) Asset: Human capital management is a phrase that brings many HR professionals out in a rash. But while it might be painful jargon, failing to measure the value of the people is no longer an option. The trouble is, no-one seems to be sure exactly how to do it effectively -...; Tags: Asset, Reed Elsevier Inc., Human Capital Management, Human Capital, Asset Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations; White papers 2006-07-18
A Case for Coaching: How does one take some of today's more talented graduates and turn them into management material? The starting point for any graduate development programme is to establish a business case, which will enable the person to secure top-level buy-in. Without this, one's programme is going nowhere. One should collate benchmarking...; Tags: Reed Elsevier Inc., Benchmarking, Best Practice, Graduate; White papers 2006-06-14
Making the Best of a Bad Job: Recruitment methods are seemingly pointless if used in isolation, but when combined, they can be more effective. While there are huge cost implications for getting the selection process wrong, there is no one conclusive method for selecting a successful manager. Whether conducted by HR or the line manager, recruitment is...; Tags: Job, Reed Elsevier Inc., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2006-05-30
Trends: Do HR Professionals Need More Qualifications?: It is usual to move into an administrative role post qualification, as it allows an individual to develop his or her practical skills, building upon his or her studies in a safe environment. In an ideal role, the person would have access to relevant training, a personal mentor and the...; Tags: Reed Elsevier Inc., Role, Qualification; White papers 2006-05-09
Employers Should Work With Government to Reduce Impact of Sickness: Better access to rehabilitation and quicker treatment are the key to beating the massive sickness, illness and incapacity problems that are still holding back the British economy and adding to skills shortages, experts suggest. However, despite the negative impact of related-problems such as sickness absence employers are still failing to...; Tags: Absence, Reed Elsevier Inc., Workforce Management, Government, Human Resources; White papers 2006-04-18
Employer Training: The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has been dogged by criticism for failing to engage employers and failing to affect levels of employer delivered training. Despite facing industrial action over plans to reduce staff by almost a third, the director of skills for employers at the LSC remains confident that...; Tags: Reed Elsevier Inc., Employer, Training, Workforce Management, Human Resources; White papers 2006-04-11
HR Skills Could Make or Break the Police Merger Programme: HR professionals in police forces across England and Wales are laying down plans for the forthcoming services merger, described as "The biggest reform of policing that the country has seen for 30 years". Fundamental differences in pay systems and cultures will make life difficult for police HR departments, experts have...; Tags: Human Resources, Police, Merger, Reed Elsevier Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance; White papers 2006-03-28
Addressing Government and Market Failures With Payment Incentives: Hospital Reimbursement Reform in Hainan, China: This paper examines the role of provider payment policy as an instrument for addressing government and market failures and controlling costs in the health sector, particularly in developing countries. This paper empirically evaluates the impact of provider payment reform in Hainan province, China, on expenditures for different categories of services...; Tags: Vertical industries, Reed Elsevier Inc., China, developing country, payment, health care; White papers 2006-03-20
Tough Love Do You Have the Heart?: Dealing with performance management leaves many employers with a bad taste in their mouths, according to Personnel Today's Tough Love survey. What can HR do about it? This paper investigates the issue. Across the UK, Valentine's Day at work means flowers, love poems and, of course, chocolates from friends and...; Tags: Reed Elsevier Inc., Personnel Today, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2006-02-14
Plugging the Performance Gap: Specialist marketing recruitment company Stopgap was set up in 1993 by the managing director, with just two people working out of a small office in London. The company needed to put in place a more formal process for managing staff performance. How could the company appraise staff formally without losing...; Tags: Performance, Reed Elsevier Inc., Performance Management, Marketing Research, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing; White papers 2006-02-14
Compassion or Compliance?: The HR strategy is just one part of an ambitious modernisation programme in the heavily unionised, male-dominated fire service since a government inquiry in 2002. Insiders report that there has been more change in the UK's fire service in the past few years than in its entire lifespan. However, not...; Tags: Human Resources, Reed Elsevier Inc., Compliance, HR Strategy; White papers 2006-02-07
Green Light for Green Paper: Plans to reform the way incapacity benefit is administered will, hopes the government, cut the total number of claimants by up to a million over the next decade and eventually result in savings of up to £7bn. But any reduction in the amount of people making claims has to be...; Tags: Reed Elsevier Inc., Government, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources; White papers 2006-01-31
NHS Bullying Fightback Falters: The health service is still struggling to make any real progress in tackling workplace bullying and harassment. The NHS has not started 2006 in fine fettle. Criticism over poor productivity returns on massive investment, crippling financial deficits and potential hospital closures have put health service management on the back foot....; Tags: Reed Elsevier Inc., Health Care, NHS, Health Service, Harassment, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2006-01-24