Articles
Filling the skills black hole 
The recently announced cut in highly skilled jobs at BAE Systems underlines the sheer paradox of Britain’s perennial skills crisis. Colin Chinery reports
May 2008
Firing up the training
Building a multi-skilled workforce is a tough, demanding, long-term proposition.
Annie Gregory asks if it’s really worth it
May 2008
The Mounties code
Always get your man – or woman. Recruiting is a particularly challenging aspect of personnel management. What’s the best way to go, asks Ruari McCallion – direct or through an agency?
April 2008
Grow your own
Who takes over when the leader goes? Annie Gregory suggests that directors should spend more time growing successors before heading off to grow roses
March 2008
Avoiding conflict
Reaching for a third party mediator rather than the rule book is the new way forward for resolving internal disputes. Jayne Flannery reports
February 2008
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Interviews
Scoring for skills
Failure is not an option. Bob Gibbon, managing director of the new National Skills Academy for Manufacturing tells Colin Chinery that learning must be linked directly to world-beating business performance
July 2007
Business Profiles
The power of people
WMG is a world-class research and education provider. Stuart Barnes, director of professional programmes talked to Jayne Flannery about realising the latent potential of any company’s greatest asset: its people
01 Mar 2008
The big issue
Andrew Churchill, managing director of JJ Churchill, highlights that it is not the threat of overseas competition that threatens manufacturers as much as neglect of the vital skill base on which they depend
January 2008
Out of sight...
...Should not mean out of mind. A structured approach to managing absenteeism can save large amounts of money and improve employee morale and productivity, according to Mike Cochrane of consultancy, Absence Management Ltd.
November 2007
A change of scenery
Chris Riley told Ruari McCallion about investment, changes in focus and expansion into new markets at Rimor’s engineering division
April 2007
The leaner sausage
Communication and training are high on the agenda at Kerry Foods as it starts its lean journey. Robert Pols heard the details from Jim Sands and David Hinsley
April 2007
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