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Latest White papers and Research
| 21-08-2007 |  |
IES Summary - 360 Degree Feedback: Beyond the Spin The Institute of Employment Studies carries out in-depth research on behalf of its members. Download a four-page summary of the full white paper. Content: This report makes explicit the issues faced by organisations who are implementing 360-degree feedback for the first time, reviewing what they have gained since implementation, or considering its use within a different context (such as appraisal). The report examines evidence in favour of 360-degree feedback from employees’ behavioural change and improved performance, to organisational effectiveness and added value. Recommendations are provided for future practice, based on the findings, to increase the impact of 360-degree feedback in different contexts. The full report may be purchased from the IES website at http://www.employment-studies.co.uk/pubs/report.php?id=418 |
| 21-08-2007 | |
IES Summary - Planning Training for Your Business The Institute for Employment Studies carries out in-depth research on behalf of its members. Download a four page summary of the full report. Content: High performing organisations align their training and development strategies and activities with their business needs. This is easy to say, but hard to achieve, especially in large, complex organisations. The IES research summarised in this report has used nine case studies to investigate how organisations plan their training and development activities, how training budgets are managed and where they sit, which processes are used to link training with business needs and how effectively these appear to operate. The report shows how a range of business needs are relevant: not just top-down strategic priorities, but also more local business issues, unforeseen or suddenly arising needs, and skills or know-how needed by individuals to improve their job performance. The move towards business partners in HR and/or training and development roles is also impacting on how managers at all levels make an input into training and development priorities. To purchase the full report visit the IES website at http://www.employment-studies.co.uk/pubs/report.php?id=422 |
| 21-08-2007 | |
IES Summary - Practical Methods for Evaluating Coaching The Institute for Employment Studies carries out in-depth research on behalf of its members. Download a four-page summary of the White Paper. Content: As the coaching industry continues to grow and enters the market maturity phase of its life cycle, the pressure to show that coaching works and adds value is likely to intensify. Coaching evaluation is an activity that almost all companies agree is important, but it is one that is often neglected in the perpetual rush to get things done. This report aims to demystify coaching evaluation and provide coaching programme organisers with the practical help they need in planning their own evaluations. To purchase the full white paper visit the IES website at http://www.employment-studies.co.uk/pubs/report.php?id=430 |
| 21-08-2007 | |
IES Summary - The Contribution of Skills to Business Performance The Institute for Employment Studies carries out in-depth research on behalf of its members. Download a four-page summary of this white paper, authored by the IES and published by the DfES. Content: Explores the literature linking skills with business performance, and also the wider HR and High Performance literature and studies on engagement. Highlights a wide range of studies that provide evidence of benefits for individuals and organisations, from skills, training and development. The literature on high performance workplaces and practices also shows a considerable weight of evidence that a range of HR practices are linked to organisational performance, and are predominantly adopted by organisations seeking to produce differentiated goods or services. To download a free pdf of the full report visit the IES website at http://www.employment-studies.co.uk/pubs/report.php?id=rw39 |
| 21-08-2007 | |
IES Opinion - Motivating key people The Institute for Employment Studies carries out in-depth research on behalf of its members. Download the full pdf of this opinion paper. Content: Is your organisation losing its key people? Do you know why, and what might have persuaded them to stay? Taking a step back, are you confident that you can identify your key people (whether individuals or groups), and explain what makes them key? Above all, do you know what motivates them, and why they might be looking elsewhere for job satisfaction? This paper aims to help you answer these questions and profiles different kinds of key people, for a practical and strategic approach. |