Table of contents
From human resources to human beings: managing people at work
Yochanan AltmanThe purpose of this paper is to highlight the drawbacks of viewing an organization's employees as simply “resources”, rather than as individual human beings with their own rights…
Partners learn people skills at Ernst & Young: Nine‐month development program helps to change the organization's culture
This paper aims to describe a leadership‐development program that is being conducted internationally with more than 500 partners at Ernst & Young.
Hillingdon Council employees are healthy, happy … and here: Well‐being package improves staff attendance, engagement and morale
The purpose of this paper is to describe the origins, development and success of an employee well‐being package at Hillingdon Council, London, UK, which has helped to reduce…
Sandwell Homes reduces employee absence by 30 percent: … and boosts productivity, morale and customer service
This paper aims to demonstrate how Sandwell Homes, UK, significantly reduced sickness absence through an absence‐management scheme which, launched in parallel with a series of…
StepStone ET strides towards greater emotional intelligence: Program benefits individuals and organization as a whole
This paper aims to detail why emotional intelligence is important for all organizations.
Odeon earns a gong for management training: Program helps to harmonize cultures, systems and approaches after merger
This paper aims to examine a management‐training program that helped to integrate different cultures, values, operating systems and approaches after the merger of Odeon and United…
Graphic Packaging International slims costs with lean manufacturing: Firm taps into employee creativity and innovation
This paper aims to describe the benefits from lean production at the UK manufacturing plant of Graphic Packaging International.
Policy to workforce plans – a guide to application: The details of an induction course in the NHS
John DeagleThe purpose of this paper is to illustrate how the NHS Workforce Review Team's induction to workforce planning course works with attendees on how to extract workforce implications…
Merck salesman “haunted” by his past: The challenge of adapting to a different organizational culture
This paper aims to contrast the cultures of two organizations – the US Navy's nuclear‐submarine force and large pharmaceutical firm Merck – through the experiences of former naval…
Brookhaven involves employees in communication‐management revamp: Relationship‐building creates a “reservoir of goodwill”
This paper aims to examine how, following a leak of radioactive material, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) used risk communication management strategies that resulted in an…
Suits you, sir: Pertemps puts its people in prime position
This paper aims to consider how Pertemps People Development Group (PPDG) uses a gift card management system (GCMS), developed for Asda Business Rewards, to help its clients to buy…
Shine your light: using talent management as a driver for business success
Judith Leary‐JoyceEmphasises the close links between how a company manages its talent and lasting business success.
ISSN:
0967-0734Online date, start – end:
2002Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridMerged from:
Management Development ReviewEditor:
- Nicholas King