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When an employee leaves, so does an organisation's knowledge. One way of countering this is to set up communities of practice, as Sue Weekes reports. Finding a way to ensure [...]

E-learning is good for mass learning and development, but it's better at delivering training to ensure organisations comply with the latest rules and regulations, argues Sue Weekes. Compliance training may [...]

The Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) LearningWorks website wants to be more than a single access point for learning and skills opportunities for local businesses. It aims to help put [...]

Organisations want value for money from expensive e-learning systems, which means measuring their impact from all angles. The question is, have you chosen the right angles? When it comes to [...]

Steve Francis, HR manager, Saint-Gobain Quartz Where do you want to be in five years' time? In a general management role, running a significant business unit. How easy will it [...]

HR and IT must work together to implement practical technology and policies for staff e-mail andinternet use. Sue Weekes reports In the time it takes you to reach the end [...]

The philosophy behind Egg's shift to a totally digital solution for its HR systems was a simple one: why shouldn't HR be run like the business is run - totally [...]

e-HR in action How the London Stock Exchange's move to an online system is showing employees the true worth of their benefits package Employees don't come much more financially astute [...]

Why is it important? Workplace issues - and by definition, HR - is big news. Whether it is issues surrounding pay strategy, industrial relations, employment rights or diversity, HR-related matters [...]

Why is it important? The degree to which the HR function is taken seriously at director level will often be down to how well the HR director can present their [...]

What is it? A tablet-shaped PC on which you can write with a digital pen or stylus, and that claims to offer all of the functionality of today's notebook computers. [...]

How long? Usually one year full-time, or part-time over two years, and is often broken down into block study periods. Students on the CIPD Postgraduate Diploma course can elect to [...]

Finding what you want on the net, when you want it Why it is important? It is no longer enough for HR professionals to be fully conversant in the latest [...]

Iain Smith (right) is founder of IT human resources consultancy Diaz Research, which specialises in IT research and data, and its clients include such blue-chips as Abbey National, AstraZeneca, Bank [...]

HR benchmarking - measuring and comparing HR policies and practices with those of other organisations Why is it important? By measuring areas such as recruitment and retention, reward and performance [...]

1 Conduct a salary survey - it's a form of benchmarking 2 Attend one benchmarking seminar or conference in the next six months 3 Make sure you use appropriate comparators [...]

Greig Aitken heads up the HR strategy and planning function of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, where his responsibilities include human capital measurement, strategy and HR communications. He is [...]

Why is it important? HR needs to come out of the closet and raise its profile - networking can help it to achieve this both inside and outside of the [...]

Busy HR professionals can solve dilemmas through hard graft, but Sue Weekes suggests an alternative guide - the route to 'quick and dirty HR' According to HR consultant Paul Kearns, [...]

The NHS is using an innovative multimedia simulation tool to prototype and road-test the online arm of its 'bricks and clicks' university, which is scheduled for launch in autumn 2003. [...]

A guide to the world's most influential strategic thinkers. By Sue Weekes Lynda Gratton Nationality: British. Occupation: Associate professor of organisational behaviour at London Business School and dean of the [...]

Case study: HR must still convince the board of the business case for shifting the burden of routine admin online, writes Sue Weekes HR practitioners overwhelmingly believe that self-service HR [...]

The time to manage and motivate your e-business staff is now, during the downturn, not when it is too late, says a recent survey Companies should be acting now to [...]

Poor content is frequently blamed for the high drop-out rates in e-learning, but things are beginning to change. Sue Weekes looks at four programmes that manage to get the balance [...]

FireWire What is it? An interface - a socket or port in the back of your computer - that enables you to transfer data from one device to another. It [...]

Whether it is you, your workforce, your department or all three that needs to de-stress, these should offer a helping hand British Psychological Society www.bps.org.uk/index.cfm The online home of the [...]

l What is it? A clever piece of software that allows you to compress and send fully featured PowerPoint files via e-mail or to websites, regardless of whether the recipient [...]

Free online information resources have been one of the best things about the web for many of us too busy to idle the time away surfing. UK Recruiter is a [...]

'Our aim is to constantly surprise and delight our employees, just as we like to surprise and delight our customers,' says Nicky Blatch, head of HR at internet grocer Ocado. [...]

l What is it? A digital voice recorder that offers talk times of 180 minutes (in long play mode). Digital voice files have the advantage over tapes in being accessible [...]

Networked learning is fast proving itself a key tool in today's business world. From knowledge sharing to formal training, the system can turn a company into a community. By Sue [...]

Despite nearly a decade of e-recruitment, online hiring has never lived up to HR's expectations. But with specialist providers on hand to take care of all stages of the recruitment [...]