HR Essentials Research Collection
This series of four research papers offers our insights into what works in HR practice. The papers consider areas such as talent and succession management, performance management, workforce planning and OD. They are informed by our research activities and discussions with leading employers and are aimed at busy HR professionals and line managers who hope to stay at the leading edge.
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Talent and succession management
Effective talent and succession management: A framework for thinking about your own approach
Hirsh W (2015), HR Network Paper 103, Institute for Employment Studies
Offers the practitioner two elements of support on just two pages.
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Effective talent and succession management
Workforce planning
Workforce planning: A framework for thinking about your own approach
Reilly P (2015), HR Essentials 2, Institute for Employment Studies
Offers ten practical tips for HR professionals on developing and implementing a successful approach.
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Workforce planning: A framework for thinking about your own approach
Organisation Design
Organisation Design: A framework for thinking about your own approach
Varney S (2015), HR Network Paper 114, Institute for Employment Studies
Offers five key challenges of organisation design and ten practical tips to help overcome them.
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Organisation Design: 5 challenges and 10 tips
Performance management
Performance Management: Making it work
Reilly P (2016), HR Network Paper 125, Institute for Employment Studies
A guide to the key considerations when implementing a performance management programme.
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Performance management - 10 practical tips for HR