Projects and case studies

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  • HR leadership team development: a case study

    Jacqueline Wiltshire, HR Director, Ealing CouncilSituationIn 2006 an Audit Commission report painted a gloomy picture of the HR function at Ealing Council. The troubled department was failing to provide a good HR service to the organisation and...

  • Redeveloping performance appraisal and the link to pay

    In 2010, a government department decided to give consideration to redeveloping its performance appraisal process and the link to performance related pay. IES was asked to help. The aim was to ensure these systems reflected 'best practice' and...

  • Getting to Grips with Workforce Planning in Local Government

    The Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) for local government encouraged those organisations for whom it provides expertise and support to seriously consider workforce planning. IES supported IDeA in refreshing and improving the tools,...

  • London City Strategy on English for Speakers of Other Languages

    IES was commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions to evaluate the London City Strategy Pilot for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). This was designed to demonstrate how work-focused ESOL provision can support access to...

  • Attitudes and Rewards: finding out with IES

    IES helped the Architects Registration Board to carry out their first ever all-staff attitude survey, as well as reviewing the competitiveness and appropriateness of their current rewards package. The survey involved a written questionnaire and...

  • Evaluation of Risk Management in Construction

    A programme of work led by the Health and Safety Executive’s Construction Division has sought to bring about improvements in risk management by developing solutions in partnership with all relevant elements of the industry supply chain. In this...

  • Working Lives and Patterns of Veterinary Surgeons and Nurses

    IES ran two surveys on behalf of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. These surveys, launched in January 2010, were to find out more about the working lives and working patterns of veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses. They also explored...

  • Development for NHS Non-Executive Directors

    IES was asked to evaluate a pilot development programme that the NHS Institute is running for non-executive directors (NEDs) in the NHS. We surveyed participants and carried out telephone interviews with selected NEDs and their chairs, and...

  • Care Quality Commission

    IES assisted the newly formed Care Quality Commission to consider as part of its new regulatory strategy how workforce issues should best be considered and assessed. The project involved comparisons with the approach and methods employed in other...

  • Achieving World Class HR

    In a bold initiative, 63 NHS organisations in the North West collaborated in a project 'Towards World Class HR'. Following early involvement, IES was asked to provide further research and consultancy support. It is important that these...