HR Function

You’ll find here information on HR’s role in building organisational capability, HR leadership, improving the HR function, HR transformation, managing the HR department, HR audits and benchmarking, HR planning, shared services and HR outsourcing, HR competencies, HR managers, HR directors, HR brand and HR consultants.

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58 resources currently available for HR function: Information pages, Factsheets, Podcasts, Survey reports, Guides, Research, Practical tools, Event summaries

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Factsheets (6)

The role of line managers in HR
October 2011
Introductory guidance covering line managers' roles in delivering HR processes and practices, and the qualities and skills they need to deliver HR successfully. Includes the CIPD viewpoint.
HR outsourcing
October 2011
Introductory guidance covering what outsourcing is, its various forms and alternatives, and moving to an outsourced HR arrangement. Includes the CIPD viewpoint.
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Podcasts (15)

Workforce planning - podcast 46
September 2010
In this month's podcast we go on location and discuss the use of workforce planning and how it is making a real difference to the development of both private and public organisations.
Mapping your future HR career - podcast 35
October 2009
How is the HR profession changing and evolving? How do you need to adapt to reflect these changes? We look at the changing nature of the profession - and what it means for HR careers.
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Survey reports (9)

People management and technology: progress and potential
January 2012
Information on current and emerging trends on how technology is changing people management and development practices.
HR Outlook: Autumn 2011
January 2012
HR Outlook draws on the views of senior HR leaders within UK organisations to provide insight and expert commentary on the HR profession and emerging trends within HR.
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Guides (5)

Workforce planning: right people right time right skills
January 2012
Provides practical guidance on what workforce planning is, why you should do it, and how to design and implement the planning process.
How to manage your workforce in a recession
November 2011
A joint Acas and CIPD guidance note giving 10 key areas for managing a workforce in recession with action points for each.
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Research (12)

Human Resources in the Recession
February 2012
Read the summary of a major research initiative on Human Resources in the Recession commissioned by the LRC in association with CIPD Ireland.
Is there a problem finding industrial relations specialists?
February 2012
This Research Insight confirms that organisations find it hard to fill vacancies for industrial relations specialists and draws attention to the challenges facing today’s ER professionals.
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Books (17)

Bookstore - Human Resource Management: A Case Study Approach
January 2008
This clear and comprehensive text adopts a case study approach to HRM and is accessible to undergraduates with limited experience of the world of work.
Bookstore - Technology and People Management : The opportunity and the challenge
June 2005
There is a growing recognition that competitive advantage and service delivery will be built through a combination of people and technology - and that the human resource professional has an indispensable role in managing this interface. In this report, Professor Graeme Martin addresses the relationship between new technologies and managing people and the potential role of HR in that relationship.
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Practical tools (4)

Using HR metrics for maximum impact
January 2012
The last in a series of four which build specifically on the Shaping the Future insights, this tool is designed to ensure that measurement of HR aligns with organisational priorities.
Outsourcing human resources: a framework for decisions
August 2011
Based on CIPD research on outsourcing HR to improve its delivery, this tool aims to help practitioners consider the issues so that they can plan and prepare appropriately.
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