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  • OD: past, present and future

    Garrow V | Jan 2009 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This working paper explores the journey of Organisational Development as a discipline from its roots in the middle of the 20th century to its current status. It then considers whether and how OD can continue to be relevant in the 21st century.

  • Learning Agreement Pilots Evaluation

    Synthesis Report

    Hillage J, Johnson C (IES), Maguire S (Centre for Education and Industry), Perry J, Purdon S (National Centre for Social Research) | Dec 2008 | Department for Children, Schools and Families

    The evaluation had three elements: a process evaluation, examining the ways in which the Learning Agreement Pilots had been set up and delivered, and the main issues associated with their implementation; a quantitative element, using surveys of young people to measure the impact of the pilots in comparison to control areas and to provide information about participants’ experiences; and a programme theory element, testing some key aspects of the policy to identify what worked, what did not and the reasons for this.

  • Employee Engagement: What is the Relationship with Reward Management?

    Reilly P, Brown D | Dec 2008 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This paper (published as ‘Reward and Engagement’, in WorldatWork Journal, November 2008) sets out the relationship between reward and employee engagement as a valid and powerful area for future research and practice in reward management. It considers what employee engagement really means and why it is important (primarily because of the potentially powerful influence on organisation performance). The paper presents a review of research evidence on the complex relationship between reward and engagement, and provides guidelines for practising a more engagement-focused approach.

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    The Impact of Entrepreneurship Training and Small Business Experience on Future Entrepreneurial Activity in the UK

    Cowling M | Dec 2008 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This paper considers three basic questions: Who gets enterprise training or work experience in small businesses? Does this make a difference to future entrepreneurial activity? And, does this improve business outcomes?

  • Longitudinal Evaluation of Training and Development for Radiographers' Extended Roles

    Miller L (IES), Price R, Vosper M (University of Hertfordshire) | Nov 2008 | Institute for Employment Studies

    In 2008 Skills for Health funded the Institute for Employment Studies, in partnership with the University of Hertfordshire, to undertake a survey of training for extended role activities undertaken by radiographers.

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    Irish and Non-Irish National Construction Workers

    Research on differences in approach to health and safety at work

    Sinclair A, Hill D, Tyers C | Nov 2008 | Health and Safety Authority (Ireland)

    This research examines the root cause(s) of the high proportion of accidents and fatalities involving non-Irish national workers in the Irish construction sector (as evidenced by statistics from the Central Statistics Office). The results were used to inform future Health & Safety Authority (Ireland) campaigns, training and other initiatives.

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    Where Next for HRM?

    Rediscovering the heart and soul of people management

    Marchington M | Nov 2008 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This working paper argues that HR needs to review the focus of its contribution to ensure that it retains distinctiveness and so adds real value. The author reasons that HRM needs to reconsider its roots in people management and its unique selling point, which is based in a broader and more pluralistic definition of the subject. This paper was commissioned by IES as part of its Visiting Fellows scheme, marking the Institute's 40th anniversary.

  • Activity Agreements Evaluation

    Synthesis Report

    Hillage J, Johnson C, Newton B (IES), Maquire S (Centre for Education and Industry), Tanner E, Purdon S (National Centre for Social Research) | Oct 2008 | Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)

    Activity Agreements were designed for young people aged between 16 and 17 not in employment education and training (NEET) for at least 20 consecutive weeks. By signing an agreement the young person agrees to take part in a series of activities (designed to help them move towards an employment, education or training outcome) in exchange for an allowance. The agreements were piloted in eight areas between April 2006 and March 2008.

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    Britain and the European Social Model: Capitalism Against Capitalism?

    Hyman R | Oct 2008 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This paper outlines some of the key arguments which suggest that Britain and the rest of Europe – or at least, continental western Europe – represent incompatible varieties of capitalism, and explores this further by considering some of the meanings of that elusive concept, the ‘European social model’. The paper looks at the complex interconnection between economic integration and social (or labour market) regulation within the EU.

  • Helping People who are Out Of Work Because of Ill-Health to Return to Work

    A Literature and Programme Review for the Improving Health, Increasing Employment in Birmingham and Solihull Project Board

    Francis R, Barnes H, Lucy D, Savage J, Oakley J | Sep 2008 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This literature and programme review was commissioned by the Improving Health, Increasing Employment Project Board of Birmingham and Solihull (IHIE) to help plan future programmes for existing Incapacity Benefit claimants.