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  • IES Annual Review 2008

    Sep 2008 | Institute for Employment Studies

    IES Annual Review 2008

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    Modelling the cost effectiveness of interventions, strategies, programmes and policies to reduce the number of employees on sickness absence

    Revised Report

    Pilgrim H, Carroll C, Rick J, Jagger N, Hillage J | Sep 2008 | National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

    The guidance provides recommendations for good practice that are based on the best available evidence of effectiveness and cost effectiveness. This report aims to assess the cost-effectiveness of a range of interventions to return people to work following long term sickness absence. It accompanies the report of the evidence review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of these interventions.

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    Learning and Development 2020 - Exploring the future of workplace learning

    Phase I report - trends, scenarios and emerging conclusions

    Fairhurst P | Sep 2008 | Training Journal

    This is an exploration of how Learning and Development (L&D) in organisations might develop over the next five to ten years, particularly focusing on the implications for L&D professionals. The report finds that learning is moving towards a more continuous and social process, where informality replaces the more structured interventions of the past.

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    From Competence and Competition to the Leitch Review

    The utility of comparative analyses of skills and performance

    Keep E | Sep 2008 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This working paper sets out to: examine the broader role, contribution and limitations of comparative international skills benchmarking studies; identify those elements of the influential Competence and Competition study that represented a lasting contribution to British debates about education and training (E&T); and identify where new approaches to old problems may be emerging elsewhere in the developed world.

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    Entrepreneurship, Gender and Job Creation

    European dynamics

    Cowling M | Sep 2008 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Since the seminal Birch job creation study (1979), policy-makers across the world have been keen to promote entrepreneurship as a mechanism for creating new employment opportunities. In parallel with this political desire, researchers have sought to isolate what types of people become entrepreneurs and what types of entrepreneurs create the most jobs. At the basic level, we observe that men constitute the majority of the total entrepreneurial stock. But our research finds that (a) much of the observed differential is easily accounted for by differences in sector and occupational characteristics of men and women, and (b) the true gender difference is diminishing rapidly over time.

  • What Customers Want From HR

    The views of line managers, senior managers and employees on HR services and the HR function

    Hirsh W, Carter A, Gifford J, Strebler M, Baldwin S | Aug 2008 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Do the internal customers of HR - line managers, senior managers and employees - see the role of HR in the same way as the function sees itself? Have the changes in HR functions led to the kinds of services and support which managers and employees feel they need? Drawing on findings from interviews, focus groups and surveys, this study finds that customers want responsive, pro-active, professional HR support.

  • What Works in Delivering Improved Health and Safety Outcomes

    A Review of the Existing Evidence

    Cox A, O'Regan S, Denvir A, Broughton A, Pearmain D, Tyers C, Hillage J | Aug 2008 | Health and Safety Executive

    This report consists of a literature review on 'what works' in delivering improved health and safety outcomes, using data published since 2002. It is supplemented by an analysis of how HSE uses and generates research-based evidence, drawing on data from interviews conducted with HSE staff.

  • Labour Market Experiences of People with Seeing Difficulties

    Secondary Analysis of LFS data

    Meager N, Carta E | Aug 2008 | Royal National Institute of Blind People

    This study uses data from the UK Labour Force Survey (LFS) to look at the labour market situation and experiences of 'people with a seeing difficulty'. The report explores: individual demographics: characteristics of the population of people with seeing difficulties; economic activity and employment characteristics; multivariate analysis: factors influencing the likelihood of being in work; earnings; and state benefits.

  • Human Capital Measurement

    Approaches, issues and case studies

    Robinson D, Hooker H, Mercer M | Jul 2008 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This study provides a practical insight into how different organisations devise and use human capital measures. Drawing on a series of workshops and real-life case studies, it showcases tried and tested techniques for successfully measuring human capital.

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    Acas Workplace Training Impact Survey 2008

    Gifford J, Carta E, Cox A | Jul 2008 | Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas)

    Acas regularly evaluates customer attitudes towards its training provision, however, in the case of its bespoke Workplace Training service, this has previously been limited to collecting immediate feedback from trainees. This report describes the findings of the first ever survey to assess the medium- to long-term organisational effects of the service. By interviewing main commissioning clients, 3-15 months post-intervention, the survey evaluated the impacts of Workplace Training on its customers, particularly with regard to the promotion of effective employment relations, providing a rich source of new information