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  • High Performance Working: Developing a survey tool

    Bates P, Cox A, Robertson-Smith G, Garrett R | Aug 2009 | UK Commission for Employment and Skills

    The aim of this project was to develop a common, longitudinal, employer-based survey tool on high performance working (HPW) capable of providing results comparable by: nation, sector, size of firm and organisational strategy. This is needed because the UK evidence base has suffered deficiencies in the past around the issue of more effective skills utilisation and organisational performance.

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    Evaluation of West Midlands Regional Coaching Pool

    Carter A, Fairhurst P, Markwick C, Miller L | Aug 2009 | West Midlands Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership

    In April 2008 Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands, acting on behalf of the West Midlands Regional Coaching Pool, commissioned a comprehensive external evaluation of the Coaching Pool Partnership coaching activities. The work consisted of two main elements: in-depth telephone interviews with a sample of ‘matched trios’ of client, coach and line manager/sponsor; and web-based impact surveys of all accredited coaches, all clients and selected line managers/sponsors. This paper summarises the research findings.

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    Business Case for the NHS Staff Survey

    Robinson D, Hayday S, Mercer M | Jul 2009 | Department of Health

    A series of information and guidance resources produced to help NHS organisations and staff understand the benefits of conducting and participating in the NHS staff survey, and to improve services for patients.

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    Is well-being still important at work?

    Employers’ views on recession, the new fit note and priorities for the year ahead

    Tyers C, Martin R | Jul 2009 | Institute for Employment Studies

    While the economy was booming, so was a huge industry based around helping employers to promote health and well-being at work. The business climate has clearly changed. In tough times, will employers feel this is one issue too many to worry about? This paper explores employers' attitudes to the new fit note and their top priorities in the health and well-being area.

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    Increasing business benefits from in-house coaching schemes

    Carter A, Miller L | Jun 2009 | Institute for Employment Studies

    IES research indicates the biggest growth area for coaching programmes in large organisations has been investment in internal coaching schemes, whereby managers and sometimes HR specialists are specially trained and supervised to operate as internal coaches. This paper summarises what we know about coaching outcomes and suggests possible ways in which businesses can ensure that their internal coaching delivers all the benefits they anticipate.

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    Learning to be Healthier

    The role of continued education and training in tackling health inequalities

    Hillage J, Savage J, Lucy D | Jun 2009 | University College London

    This paper concentrates on adults and their participation in learning activities from formal work-based qualifications to informal community-based activities. This paper helped inform the first phase of the Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England Post 2010 (Marmot Review).

  • Evaluation of the Advanced Practitioner Roles

    Miller L, Cox A, Williams J | Jun 2009 | Institute for Employment Studies

    In February 2008 Skills for Health, in partnership with NHS West Midlands, commissioned a national evaluation of five Advanced Practitioner roles introduced under the New Practitioner Programme. The research involved a review to identify appropriate measures to use in the evaluation; a survey of sites at which Advanced Practitioners were employed and, for comparison, a similar survey of sites without these roles; and case studies of implementation sites.

  • Activity and Learning Agreement Pilots - Programme Theory Evaluation (Working Paper 4)

    Learning Agreement Provision

    Page R, Johnson C, Munro M | Jun 2009 | Department for Children, Schools and Families

    The Learning Agreements Pilots (LAP) were launched in April 2006 in eight areas of England to run for two years. LAP was an initiative targeted at young people aged 16 to 17 who were working but not engaged in any accredited training, ie in jobs without training (JWT). The objectives of the evaluation were to test the effectiveness of the LAP approach for re-engagement; monitor and understand how LAP were managed and implemented and to highlight good practice, and understand what worked (or not) within the pilots - to understand how young people responded to the initiatives, agreements and brokerage and to understand for whom, and in what circumstances the theories behind the programme had worked.

  • Activity and Learning Agreement Pilots - Programme Theory Evaluation (Working Paper 6)

    Learning Agreement Small Step Progression

    Levesley T, Fearn H, Oakley J | Jun 2009 | Department for Children, Schools and Families

    The Learning Agreements Pilots (LAP) were launched in April 2006 in eight areas of England to run for two years. LAP was an initiative targeted at young people aged 16 to 17 who were working but not engaged in any accredited training, ie in jobs without training (JWT). The objectives of the evaluation were to test the effectiveness of the LAP approach for re-engagement; monitor and understand how LAP were managed and implemented and to highlight good practice, and understand what worked (or not) within the pilots - to understand how young people responded to the initiatives, agreements and brokerage and to understand for whom, and in what circumstances the theories behind the programme had worked.

  • Employee Engagement: A review of current thinking

    Robertson-Smith G, Markwick C | May 2009 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This report brings clarity to the debate. Based on a systematic review of the literature on employee engagement and synthesising current thinking and evidence.