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    Review of the Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness of Interventions, Strategies, Programmes and Policies to Help Recipients of Incapacity Benefits Return to Employment (Paid and Unpaid)

    Hayday S, Rick J, Carroll C, Jagger N, Hillage J | Apr 2008 | National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

    The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) was asked by the Department of Health to develop guidance for primary care services and employers on the management of long-term sickness and incapacity. The guidance provides recommendations for good practice based on the best available evidence of effectiveness and cost effectiveness.

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    Learning and Development 2020 - Interim findings February 2008

    Carter A, Fairhurst P, Smith D | Apr 2008 | Training Journal

    IES ran a project with Training Journal looking at the future of learning and development, with a time horizon of 2020. The project was run in two main phases: first looking at the outside world to see what trends and discontinuities might impact the world of L&D over the coming years. The second phase aimed to look at the implications for L&D practitioners of these possible changes. This publication is no longer available.

  • University is Not Just for Young People: Working Adults' Perceptions of, and Orientation to, Higher Education

    Pollard E, Bates P, Hunt W, Bellis A | Mar 2008 | Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

    This study explored the attitudes and intentions towards higher education (HE) amongst working adults in England. The research involved 1,401 individuals in a 20-minute telephone survey, and was restricted to those aged between 22 and 55 with no university-level qualification.

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    Jobcentre Plus and Children's Centres

    Dench S, Aston J, James L with Foster R | Mar 2008 | Department for Work and Pensions

    The study explored the extent and nature of Jobcentre Plus' involvement in Children's Centres, focusing on the effectiveness of working relationships between stakeholders as well as the experiences of DWP and non-DWP customers using Jobcentre Plus services in Children's Centres.

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    European Social Dialogue and Working Conditions

    Broughton A | Mar 2008 | European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

    This report examines the link between working conditions and social dialogue, highlighting instances where social dialogue has had an impact on working conditions. The impact of social dialogue on working conditions is considered at all levels – national, sectoral, company and workplace levels. There is also a specific focus on occupational health and safety.

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    All Together Now

    Group reward strategies

    Suff P, Reilly P, Cox A | Mar 2008 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This paper explores the pros and cons of the different types of group reward schemes: starting with individually-focused incentives and team-based rewards, which focus effort on clearly defined goals, and culminating in company-wide profit-sharing and share schemes that reward the combined contribution and cooperation of everyone across the business. It includes real-life examples and key messages which guide readers towards good practice in their operation of group reward systems.

  • Evaluation of Coaching in the NHS

    Sinclair A, Fairhurst P, Carter A, Miller L | Mar 2008 | NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement

    This report explores the effectiveness of the coaching in the NHS. Specifically, it focuses on two elements of the NHS coaching portfolio: internal coaching and the external coaching register. The report examines: the aims and objectives of the coaching - the reasons why coaching was taken up, how objectives were set and what these were; outcomes of the coaching - views from the coachees and coaches on any changes they witnessed during the programme and afterwards, as well as third-party views; barriers to successful achievement of outcomes - the problem areas and barriers that prevented particular aims from being met; and the process of coaching - the coachees and coaches were asked to reflect on the process of coaching and what they had liked or disliked about it. The study also looks at the ways in which coaching is being managed and marketed within the NHS.

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    The Role of Training and Skills Development in Active Labour Market Policies

    Meager N | Mar 2008 | Institute for Employment Studies

    In the light of the task of the new UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) to achieve a greater degree of integration between skills policy and employment policy in the UK, this paper looked at what was known from the extensive international evidence about the role and effectiveness of training and skills interventions as part of a broader portfolio of active labour market policies (ALMP).

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    Helping people understand what coaching really is

    Sinclair A, Fairhurst P | Feb 2008 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This paper explores some of the issues in making clear what coaching is and highlights one effective way of improving people's understanding. It draws on IES's coaching evaluation in the NHS to highlight the need for clearer information for staff outside of the executive level about how coaching and mentoring differ, and how each approach may be valued for different reasons and at different times.

  • People and the Bottom Line

    Tamkin P, Cowling M, Hunt W | Jan 2008 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Does the way people are treated at work make a difference to the performance of the organisations that employ them? Are there returns to investment in human capital in a similar way to investments in physical capital? These seem straightforward enough questions but they have generated huge amounts of debate. Against this background, this study takes into account concerns from both academics and practitioners, and provides a convincing argument that the investments firms make in their workforce make a difference.