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    IES Response to the 14-19 Consultation Raising Expectations: staying in education and training post-16

    Newton B, Miller L | Nov 2006 | Department for Education and Skills

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    IES Labour Market Overview 2006

    Bates P | Nov 2006 | Institute for Employment Studies

    The IES Labour Market Overview 2006 provides information on the trends within the UK labour market in 2006. It includes key facts, figures and commentary on the main changes in the supply and demand for labour in the UK.

  • Impact of Care to Learn - Tracking the Destinations of Young Parents Funded in 2004/05

    Dench S | Nov 2006 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Care to Learn is a UK government initiative that provides financial support for teenage parents who want to continue in, or return to learning. It helps with the cost of their childcare and travel. As part of the national evaluation of Care to Learn, a telephone survey was conducted of 1,000 of the 3,666 young parents who received Care to Learn funding during the 2004/05 academic year. The survey was conducted during September/October 2005, to allow time after the end of the previous academic year for these young parents to have obtained any examination results and to have moved on, eg to further study, a job, or a period of inactivity.

  • Annual Survey of Small Businesses: Scotland 2005

    Nov 2006 | Department of Trade and Industry / Small Business Service / Scottish Executive

    The Small Business Service (SBS) carried out an annual survey of the experiences and opinions of the owners of small businesses in 2003 and 2004. These built on previous experience with its omnibus survey of small businesses. This document is the report of the third, 2005, edition of the new survey. It sought to monitor the needs of small businesses, assess their main concerns, and identify the barriers which prevent them from fulfilling their potential; act as a sounding board for possible government actions to help small businesses; and record small businesses' expectations of government business support.

  • Practical Methods for Evaluating Coaching

    Carter A | Oct 2006 | Institute for Employment Studies

    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.

  • Early Intervention Following Trauma

    a controlled longitudinal study at Royal Mail Group

    Rick J, O'Regan S, Kinder A | Oct 2006 | Institute for Employment Studies

    The British Occupational Health Research Foundation (BOHRF) commissioned this research to investigate safe and effective trauma management practices within organisations. It includes evidence on the effectiveness of specific mechanisms for the provision of support for organisations whose employees experience serious incidents at work.

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    Strengthening the UK Evidence Base on Management and Leadership Capability

    Tamkin P, Denvir A | Oct 2006 | Department of Trade and Industry

    The Department of Trade and Industry commissioned this report to assess the evidence base on management and leadership, and to make recommendations as to how it could be improved, with a view to designing and shaping policy to improve UK productivity through better management and leadership.

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    Annual Survey of Small Businesses: UK 2005

    Atkinson J, Tuohy S, Williams C | Oct 2006 | Department of Trade and Industry / Small Business Service

    In 2003 and 2004, the Small Business Survey (SBS) completed an annual survey of the experiences and opinions of the owners of SMEs, which built on its earlier Omnibus Survey of SMEs. This document is the report of the third, 2005 sweep of the survey. The survey sought to monitor the needs of SMEs, assess their main concerns, and identify the barriers which prevented them from fulfilling their potential; act as a sounding board for possible government actions to help SMEs; and record SMEs' expectations of government business support.

  • Strategic HR

    Building the Capability to Deliver

    Reilly P, Williams A | Oct 2006 | Gower

    This book looks at the developments that have brought HR to its present position. It sets out a vision of where HR might be headed, including a definition of its role and activities. It identifies a number of challenges that HR will have to face if it is to be effective and suggest solution. Challenges relate to skills, structures and relationships with stakeholders, be they line managers or employees.

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    Selling Rewards

    Paying for performance in your sales force

    Reilly P | Oct 2006 | Institute for Employment Studies

    There is evidence that sales force compensation has changed very little over the past few years, even though the role of many sales professionals has done so. The majority of UK companies use a combination of salary and commission for their sales staff because they assume that incentives linked to performance outcomes will stimulate effort. However, over-reliance on variable pay, or a poorly designed incentive scheme can create problems, especially if based on transaction volume but not customer satisfaction.