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CIPD Bookstore - DVDs
Performance Management Appraisals, objectives and Career Development. 'This DVD is comprised of short clips which allow the trainer complete flexibility and control to intervene at any point and jump around to relevant scenes. Scenes demonstrate good practice and bad practice....'. There is a free five-minute demo clip, featuring the development of a reluctant reviewee.
CIPD 'Next Generation' page will tell you all about this high-profile research project to find out how the profession will look in the future.
Aberdeen Group
This US consultancy produced and induction white paper in 2008: All aboard: effective onboarding techniques and strategies You may have to register to get free access.
Acas
Acas has a great deal of information on their site, including on 'social media' which features strongly and often in the Communities chat.
Accenture
This consultancy website has published a report on sustainability and high performance: A New Era of Sustainability: UN Global Compact-Accenture CEO Study 2010.
Bain and Company
Publish Bain briefs - here's one on managing change - and numerous business articles.
Business Link
This Government site has information on anti-bribery policies and the law
Centre for Performance-led HR
Website of Lancaster University Management School. Has white paper on emplyee engagement and on organisational design
Computers in personnel
This website has published, in association with various suppliers, a weatlth of briefing papers once registration is complete. Among the topics are: The changing dynamics of
talent acquisition: an analysis of recruitment trends, marketing strategies and emerging software and services, The 'sick' prove a huge overhead, Managing expenses: When expenses become expensive: Time Sensitive [on payroll]
The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) - Innovation section of BIS, which aims to stimulate innovation in the UK economy. Provides a range of resources including self-assessment tools for companies to benchmark their innovation performance and case studies showing the very many different ways companies are innovating.
Boston Consulting
Website of Boston Consulting containing an online executive summary of the survey into the future of HR.Creating People Advantage: How to Address HR Challenges Worldwide Through 2015. Full report can be obtained by registering. Also Creating People Advantage in Times of Crisis: How to Address HR Challenges in the Recession, is available free, with no need for registration.
Business.com
portal with links covering HR and Management and Strategy.
The Centre of Future Studies in association with BT Business
has published the Remote Manager's Toolkit.
Civil Service
Part of the Civil Service website providing information and guidance for the HR community.
Consulting Review
The magazine of Capgemini Consulting in UK
The magazine is Capgemini's showcase for leading thinking around the change agenda and explores current and relevant issues across the commercial and public sectors. Registration required.
Cornerstone
This software company has produced a report: Performance management solutins for the midmarket organisation: why bother? It has a 'best practice' checklist'at the back
ETS (Expert Training Systems)
This consultancy has free downloadable insights, reports and policies under the tab 'resources'. There is also a long list of 360 case studies and some accompaning videos.
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Website of the ESRC research programme – The Future of Work. Provides a number of online articles and research papers
Electoral Reform Society
This independent organisation can run elections for organisations during collective redundancy consultations.
EmployerBrand.com (This website will re-open in 2011)
This website, which aims to be a reference point for the growing practice of employer branding and employer brand management, features the latest research, points of view and case studies from some of the leading pioneers..
Financial Times
The newspaper ran a four-part series on managing in a down turn in conjunction with KPMG.
findamasters.com
This website carries a list of universities at which you can do a masters or Phd in HR-related subjects and gives dates of any Open Days.. It also carries job vacancies.
Free Management Library
This US website has a large library of practical HR and management articles, from employee handbooks to the role of a director and much in between.
Glasgow University
Has a list of their policies online
Great Place to Work
Website of the Great Place to Work Institute UK which aims to help organisations understand and practice the qualities and behaviours which create great workplaces. Includes some online articles and case studies.
Halogen Software
Canadian software publisher has produced some HR employee evaluation forms which are free to download on registration. There is also an employee lifecycle pack which has forms related to talent management throughout the various stages in an employee's stay at an organisation.
Hay Group
On this management consultant's website there is a survey on managing in a downturn. Website of Hay Group. Current research is focused on How do the Best Companies fill their talent pipeline and develop leaders and there are a range os resources to download. The general download centre contains a range of executive summaries, articles and reports.
HR-guide.com
Large US website with much free information on many topics.
HR Review
General HR information website. You can find HR-relevant news distilled here. There is also a list of events taking place. You will need to register to see some of the articles.
HR Village
American website. Has sample policies, and downloadable forms.
hrworld.com
Website has white papers, dictionary, news and features to download.
Human Resource Executive Online
the American online magazine site, giving free access to articles and a list of the US’s most admired companies for HR .
HRM Guide
A Network offers a large number of free pages of HR-related content and links.
Improvement and Development Agency for local government (IDEA)
This government website has sections on organisational development, leadership development, skills development, recruitment and retention, pay and rewards in the public sector. See under the Workforce tab
Institute for Employment Studies
IES has a large output, mostly commissioned by the public sector. . All have an executive summary which are free to download usually on the site of the commissioning body. You may be interested in their research on organisational development or Rediscovering the heart and soul of people management . The IES network is an ‘invitation-only’ network having three levels – standard, enhanced and associate. This is a paid for service by which members get access to papers and reports.
Intute
Free online service with sites that have been evaluated and selected by subject specialists. Section on HRM section has links to useful resources.
IPSOS MORI
This market research company has produced a report on the productivity gap between the public and private sectors.
Job analysis network
Independent website has information, including a questionnaire on job analysis. Also has pages on job descriptions.
John Ingham’s HCM blog
is a blog looking at human Capital Management (HCM). You can listen to his latest show, sign up to get an RSS feed and send Tweets. Clicking on labels Gives you access to a host of different subjects.
Institute of Work Psychology
Website of the which is part of Sheffield University. Offers a number of ‘what is’ factsheets on a range of work-related topics.
International Institute of Managegement Development (IMD)
This Swiss business school's professor has written a five-page paper: China's global competitive advantage; the beinning of the end, or the end of the beginnning?
Keele University
The university website has a list of their HR policies at this link.
Lancaster University Management School (LUMS)
This Management School produced a report in July 2010, The Innovation Imperative: Charting the Territory for HR. It looks at the role and contribution of HR and discusses strategy.
limeSurvey.org
Freeware to help with surveys. See also surveymonkey.com
London School of Economics
This academic website has some HR toolkits. HR policies as they relate to an academic institution can be found on this site. In July 2009, they produced a paper Do private equity owned firms have better management practices? In August 2008, LSE published a discussion paper on schemes operated in companies such as John Lewis in the UK, whose employees share in the profits made by the company
Managementhelp.com
American website with a wealth of information on HR and management matters. Resources are laid out in a clear alphabetical list.
Managementissues.com
An independent online resource which focuses on leadership, management and people issues in the workplace. Free registration allows access to a wider range of services.
Manageyourtime.co.uk
Website of Managing your Time provides free information on stress management and time management.
Masterscompare.co.uk
This site gives a list of HR masters qualifications in the UK, including several international / global courses.
Mercer
This consultancy site has produced a number of webcasts . You can eithser sign up to the up-coming ones, or look at the archived collection. Don't forget to un-mute the sound on your computer before you go to the file.
Mind Tools
A management and career-skills website. Use the drop-down menus at the top of the homepage to get access to a wealth of information. Particularly useful to students, or to confirm what you thought.
www.naukrihub.com
This Indian website has a page on management-by-objects and appraisal.
onlineconversion.com
At this US website you can convert almost anything into almost anything else. Subjects cover weight, currencies, sizes, densities, metric.
Orion Partners
This consultancy has produced reports and books. Some are free to download, the books have hyperlinks to Amazon. Some example titles are: High performing HR business partners: a global study (free), Facing up to the future: meeting the challenges of changing HR career paths (free) and High performing HR leaders: a model for success (also free).
Penna Consulting
This consultancy website has an article on high performance, and some other topics such as, management of change, making redundancies and transforming the public sector.
Performance Measurement Association (PMA)
Website of the PMA which is a global network for those interested in the theory and practice of performance measurement and management and is organised by Cranfield School of Management. Offers an on line newsletter and a page of useful links. Membership of the Association is currently free and will allow access to some additional services on the website.
Plain English Campaign
Has a glossary of legal, pension and financial terms. The also have a free guides to laying out a form so it is readily understandable and easy on the eye.
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
This consultancy produced a study in 2007,carried out by a team at the consultancy to look at HR in the future. The website has a range of free downloadable and priced publications. Their HR service division covers international assignments, hr management, pay and reward and people and change. You can sign up to a free monthly email alert. PwC produces many free, ungated research ‘white papers’ (‘think pieces’). Together with Saratoga (now EP-First), FTSE 100 and Fortune 500, provides benchmark measurements to enhance performance – This is a chargeable service.
PwC produced a report on management of change in February 2008, called: How to build an agile foundaton for change.
Prudential plc
The company's website has an anti-bribery policy
Public Sector People Management Association (PPMA)
Formerly known as SOCPO, the PPMA serves and represents the professional interests of members working across the HR/OD professions within the Public Sector. Has a section on organisation development and access to a debate held in March 2009
Roots
This organisation is a not-for-profit human resources services provider
skagitwatershed.org
An American consultants' website that carries a variety of information, amongst which you will find much on HR and training.
Social Media Govrnance
An independent website giving a list of HR policies on social networking from different organisations. Although they are largely American companies, with some British, they will be adaptable to UK workplaces.
Strategy-Business.com
Has a useful newsletter called the Resilience Report. You need to register before being able to have access to it and its archive.
Strategic Dimensions
This recruitment website has carried out a survey on senior and middle HR managers to understand their views on a range of subjects including what do HR managers read, thier careers and their knowledge. It makes interesting reading.
Surveymonkey.com
A commercial website which has 'free to look' templates and supports many features to help you draw up employee surveys of different types. See also LimeSurvey.com
Towers Perrin
This consultancy website has a report on HR outsourcing
TowersWatson
This consultancy drew up a report mid-recession, on the future of HR, Evolving Priorities and the Future of HR Service Delivery and Technology. they found that companies are interested in technologies that inform talent management and performance.
Other reports of interest are: Positioning for M&A Success: Putting People Into the Equation comparing the views of 400 senior business and HR professionals in multinational companies around the world during mergers to see what the common factors of their success might be.
2010 HR Service Delivery Survey Report: Shaping the HR Function of Tomorrow…Today Looks at HR's top priorities in about 500 companies
Value-basedmanagement.net
Explains the framework of blue ocean strategy and compares it with red ocean strategy and provides links to other management models.
Watson Wyatt
Thei consultants website has much useful information accessible by hovering the mouse over the tabs at the top of the home page to see the drop-down menus. Carried out a survey in December 2008, on communicating with employees during the credit crunch. Lists ten key points to consider when managing reward in a recession. Survey - Effect of the Economic Crisis on HR Programs Update: October 2009 - you will need to register to obtain this.
ZDnet.com
American site with 'whitepapers' on HR-related topics. Free registration is required.