Publications
We author and publish a range of resources to keep you up to date with the latest developments in employment, labour market and human resource policy and practice.
All our pdf publications are free to access.
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Slides: Job design innovation from around Europe
Penny Tamkin | May 2013 | Institute for Employment StudiesSlides from Penny Tamkin at IES on 'Job design innovation from around Europe' which she presented at the HR Network event on 'Beautiful jobs' on 9 May 2013.
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Slides: The role of the manager in job design
Stephen Harding | May 2013 | Towers WatsonSlides from Dr Stephen Harding at Towers Watson on 'The role of the manager in job design' which he presented at the HR Network event on 'Beautiful jobs' on 9 May 2013.
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Slides: Job design in Unipart
Peter Rose | May 2013 | UnipartSlides from Peter Rose at Unipart on 'Job design in Unipart' which he presented at the HR Network event 'Beautiful jobs' on 9 May 2013.
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Slides: What is job design?
Peter Totterdill | May 2013 | UKWONSlides from Peter Totterdill at UKWON on 'What is job design?' which he presented at the HR Network event 'Beautiful jobs' on 9 May 2013.
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Slides: Job design in context
Penny Tamkin | May 2013 | Institute for Employment StudiesAn introduction to job design from Penny Tamkin at the HR Network event 'Beautiful jobs' on 9 May 2013.
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The business-workforce dialogue
A framework of questions to support planning in a time of change
Hirsh W, Evans S, Green L | Apr 2013 | Institute for Employment Studies and Public Sector People Managers' AssociationThe business-workforce dialogue is a tool which has been developed by a working group of the PPMA (the HR professionals’ network for local government), supported by IES. The tool is free to download and use people wish in their own organisation. Although designed with Councils in mind, much of the tool would be just as useful for other types of organisation.
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Slides: Working together
Bill Griffiths | Apr 2013 | Bill Griffiths AssociatesA paper prepared by the Together Team on 'Working together' and presented by Bill Griffiths of Bill Griffiths Associates at the HR Network event on 'Diverse organisations' on 25 April 2013.
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Slides: Promoting difference
Bill Griffiths | Apr 2013 | Bill Griffiths AssociatesSlides from Bill Griffiths of Bill Griffiths Associates on 'Promoting difference' which he presented at the HR Network event on 'Diverse organisations' on 25 April 2013.
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Slides: Embedding diversity masterclass
Mary Mercer | Apr 2013 | Institute for Employment StudiesSlides from Mary Mercer at IES on 'Embedding diversity' which she presented at the HR Network event on 'Diverse organisations' on 25 April 2013.
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Employers are from Mars, young people are from Venus
Addressing the young people/jobs mismatch
Rüdiger K | Apr 2013 | Chartered Institute for Personnel & Development (CIPD)This report is part of the CIPD’s Learning to Work initiative, which is an action-focused programme led by the CIPD to tackle the problem of youth unemployment. The aim of the research was to explore the mismatch between employers and young people at the recruitment stage and make recommendations for how to overcome any divides.