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    An evaluation of the impact of implementation of consultant practitioners in clinical imaging

    Price R, Miller L | Aug 2010 | The Society and College of Radiographers

    This research captures data on issues relating to the consultant practitioner role in clinical imaging. It explores their impact on service operations and service improvement, and hence their immediate impact on clinical imaging services at two National Health Service (NHS) trusts in England.

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    Market Research for Online Communities in the NHS

    A report to the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement

    Miller L, Fairhurst P, Chubb C | Jul 2010 | NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement

    The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement commissioned IES to undertake market research to support the development of a 'National Ideas Platform'. There were four broad learning outcomes from the work, providing information on: what affects people's use of online resources and why some networks work; how do people go about sharing ideas at the moment; what technologies are people using at present and for what purposes and whether people want a new network.

  • Involving Children and Young People in Improving Local Healthcare Services

    An Impact Evaluation of the Engagement Product and Lesson Plan

    Robertson-Smith G, Martin R | Jun 2010 | NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement

    As part of its ‘Delivering Quality and Value Programme’ on Children and Young People’s Emergency and Urgent Care, the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement designed two products - an engagement tool and a lesson plan - to promote the involvement of young people. This report is an evaluation of the prototype testing phase.

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    Large Scale Change - NHS Mobilisation

    Garrow V, Cox A, Higgins T | May 2010 | NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement

    NHS Institute commissioned the Institute for Employment Studies to undertake work to understand how social movement theory could provide insights into how to reconnect the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention message to the core values of staff and create a ‘contagious commitment’ to rapidly increasing quality and driving down costs. This report is structured around a visual summary of the social movement literature.

  • An Integrated Evaluation of Acas Workplace Projects

    Based on survey and case study findings

    Broughton A, Pearmain D, Cox A | Feb 2010 | Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service

    This report summarises the findings of an evaluation of Workplace Projects. The evaluation consisted of a telephone survey and four in-depth case studies of organisations. The aim of the evaluation was two-fold: to evaluate the impact of Acas Workplace Projects on client organisations; and to illustrate why, how and to what effect a selection of Workplace Projects had been commissioned.

  • The HR Agenda for 2010

    Ten top trends as we come out of recession

    Garrow V (ed.) | Jan 2010 | Institute for Employment Studies

    The HR team at IES reflected on some of the priorities for organisations as they started to emerge from recession and looked to the future. In these short articles topic leaders provided insights that had emerged from recent consultancy and research practice across the public and private sector.

  • Fish or Bird? Perspectives on Organisational Development (OD)

    Garrow V, Varney S, Lloyd C | May 2009 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This report offers a contemporary look at Organisational Development (OD) practice from multiple perspectives. It considers the legacy of classical OD and the transition to a post-modern field of practice. Through practitioner and senior executive interviews, the research examines provider and customer perspectives and the implications for OD career development. There is also a very personal perspective with insights into the authors’ own careers.

  • Pre-Claim Conciliation Pilot

    Evaluation summary report

    Denvir A, O’Regan S, Williams M, Cox A, Pearmain D, Hooker H | Jan 2009 | Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service

    The Acas Pre-Claim Conciliation Service (PCC) aims to identify workplace disputes between employers and employees which may become employment tribunal claims and resolve them effectively before they enter the tribunal system. The findings of this evaluation show cost and time savings to both employers and employees involved in this pilot and a net financial benefit to the taxpayer.

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    Women and Gender Equity in Employment

    Patterns, progress and challenges

    Perrons D | Jan 2009 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Over the last forty years there has been a transformation in the gender composition of the UK workforce as women are increasingly likely to be in paid employment for the major part of their adult lives. Yet gender imbalances remain with respect to the scale and form of employment and in remuneration. This paper is divided into two sections: patterns and progress; and challenges and make some tentative recommendations by way of conclusion.

  • 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.