UK Human Resource Development Articles
April 11 2008 - Good employees are the greatest asset for any organisation and to invest in them provides a
definite return on investment, adding value to the company as a whole. Sarah Alsop head of operations at leading
global recruiters Source People discusses how companies like McDonald's are 'supersizing' their workforce through professional development.
April 6 2008 - The Film Industry Training Board has been set up to enhance skills development in the UK film industry. This is the first
industrial training board to be launched in two decades.
February 27 2008 - A significant number of minority groups are disadvantaged with regard to training
provision in workplaces with Investors in People (IiP) accreditation compared to those without the award.
November 19 2007 - The UK Government has announced a major expansion in skills investment for England of over £ll billion for each of
the next three years.
January 17 2007 - A recent survey survey of in-house training professionals by The Ken Blanchard Companies
finds that senior managers are undermining the training programmes they have asked for
November 28 2006 - A new report from the CIPD finds that despite Government
efforts, take-up of apprenticeships by large employers remains limited.
September 27 2006 - New research by the CIPD finds that despite a dramatic growth in the use of coaching in organizations in recent years, very few are using supervision to support their coaches and to get the best value from their coaching services.
September 5 2006 - The report entitled '2020 vision for skills' is a
response to the review of skills needs for 2020, called for by Chancellor of Exchequer
Gordon Brown in his 2004 budget.
August 21 2006 - A CBI report claims that one in three UK employers
is forced to send staff for remedial training in basic
English and maths skills to make up for the shortcomings of the educational system.
25 March 2006 - Toyota has officially opened its European Global Production Centre
(E-GPC) in the grounds of its UK production facility at Burnaston, Derbyshire this week.
The E-GPC is a 'train the trainer' centre where future trainers from Toyota's European plants
will be taught production and maintenance skills
7 December 2005 - Four out of 5 new graduates from Scottish universities
and colleges are taking jobs in Scotland - and 90% of Scottish graduates are doing so.
3 August 2005 - The CIPD has developed a Certificate in the
Psychology of Management designed to help those involved
in managing people to understand employee
behaviour and offer alternative and practical
ways of achieving change.
10 June 2005 - A quarter of British office workers blame their 'David
Brent' style bosses for holding back their development, according to recent research conducted for
the online learning specialist, SkillSoft.
18 January 2005 - The British small business sector has a long-standing reputation for poor training levels but there
are considerable variations between the smallest (micro-enterprises)
and larger SMEs.
21 May 2004 - Interactive, experiential techniques have great potential to achieve sustainable and tangible business benefits, says Mark Mortimer.
8 May 2004 - A recent CIPD study shows that coaching is increasingly popular as a means
of promoting learning and development.
7 May 2004 - Most large organisations talk about Talent Management as part of their wider strategy. It is a crucial way of securing, developing and motivating people with the right skills and approaches to meet business objectives, says Ed Hurst, Head of Consultancy at ASE
30 April 2004 - Businesses in the financial services sector have been more successful
in the implementation of e-learning than firms in any other industry, according to
research by e-learning provider SkillSoft.
27 April 2004 - Two reports show that union learning reps have
encouraged 25,000 fellow workers to try some form of workplace learning in the year since
learning representatives were given new legal rights to promote learning at work.
26 April 2004 - Greater confidence in the economy, along with fears of
skills shortages, is leading to more concerted investment in training and development.
26 February 2004 - A report from the Institute for Employment
Studies, shows that most graduates think it was worthwhile.
4 February 2004 - Coaches come in all sorts of guises and provide a range of coaching services, says Paul Stretton-Stephens
25 February 2003 - A new National Modern Apprenticeship Taskforce
has been launched to help expand modern apprenticeships (MA's) and plug the skills
shortages in key sectors.
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