HR strategy: In search of a new direction at Croydon Council - HR in practice
As recently as three years ago, the Croydon Council had no organisation-wide HR strategy. Each of the eight council departments had its own personnel and training team, delivering transactional HR services, such as recruitment, benefits and payroll. There was no strategic overview of the workforce and no consistent approach to delivering HR services.
Quarter of HR don't want payroll responsibility
New research has found that a quarter of finance professionals in charge of payroll would actually rather it was part of HR, yet almost the same number of their HR counterparts say they would rather it was part of finance. Read more 23 June 2008
Final destination? HR in the future
HR has come a long way since its previous incarnation as 'personnel' but that's not to say its long-term future is assured. Louise Druce looks at some of the challenges that could lie ahead over the next few years. Read more 17 June 2008
When Should We Tell The Staff?
Having decided on an outsourcing initiative, a question that quickly follows is ‘When is the best time to tell staff that we are going to outsource?’ Read more 16 April 2008
Talent and Transformation
A recent survey of HR leaders found that talent management is seen as the key to making HR more strategic. It also found that leaders at large organizations were more apt to use recruitment-process outsourcing than at smaller ones. Read more 17 March 2008
HR Transformation Survey: A case for business driven HR
Deloitte Consulting LLP (Deloitte Consulting) conducted a survey in 2007 on HR transformation to better understand if and how some of the largest companies are bringing HR into the 21st century. Read more 18 December 2007
