Description
The CIPD has commissioned a number of major studies as part of an ongoing research programme, which investigates the relationship between people management and business performance.
The research focuses on:
- improving the evidence linking people management to business performance or organisational competitiveness
- improving the understanding of why and how people management practices influence business performance, and
- providing accessible information on which managers can act through effective choices and decisions.Contents
Knowledge-Intensive Firms - What Makes Them Different?
Context and Cases
Identifying Knowledge-Intensive Situations
HR Practices in Knowledge-intensive Situations
Implications for People Management and Performance
ConclusionsAuthors
The CIPD
Produced as part of a major five-year CIPD programme of work investigating the link between the way in which people are managed and business performance. This report focuses on the results from a group of organisations in the knowledge-intensive sector. The research team were Juani Swart, Nicholas Kinnie and John Purcell of the School of Management at the University of Bath.