Projects and case studies

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  • Mobilising People by Understanding Values

    IES was asked by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement to identify the messages that resonate with the deeply-held values of different segments of the NHS workforce. This was to help them understand how to frame the quality and cost...

  • Back Office Efficiency in the NHS

    The financial crisis facing the NHS (and the public sector generally) encouraged leaders to think more creatively about all aspects of their organisations. One area that came under increasing scrutiny was back office functions and systems (eg HR,...

  • Perspectives and Performance of the Investors in People Standard

    Since April 2010, the UKCES has had strategic ownership of the IiP standard. In the first year of having strategic ownership, the UK Commission's task has been to develop a strategy for the development and longer-term implementation of IiP policy....

  • Articulating the Additional Value of Volunteering

    V Inspired (the national young volunteers service) was keen to extend the existing evidence on the value of volunteering, to more clearly understand its role and impact on young people and communities.This research explored the ‘internalisation’...

  • Learning from the Career Experiences of Women in Senior Accountancy Positions

    IES conducted telephone interviews with very senior women around the globe who are Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) members, to ask about their career experiences and what advice they would give to women wanting to rise up the...

  • Development of a National Ideas Platform

    The NHS Institute for Improvement and Innovation commissioned IES to carry out market research to support the development of a National Ideas Platform. This online platform would allow staff in the NHS (and possibly more widely) to share ideas,...

  • Describing and Assessing Culture Change at HSE

    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) asked IES to write up a case study of their culture change programme 'Better together'. This programme has seen HSE move from a split headquarters in London and Bootle to a single headquarters, and has sought...

  • The Impact of Flexicurity at Company Level on Women, Young, and Older Workers

    IES was commissioned by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Dublin, to carry out research into the impact of 'flexicurity' provisions at company level on employment and working conditions of women, young...

  • Comparative Analytical Report on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the Recent Economic Crisis

    IES coordinated and wrote a comparative analytical report on SMEs in the current economic crisis, focusing on employment, industrial relations and local partnership, for the the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) of the European...

  • A UK-Spanish Comparison of Youth Transitions Into Work

    In partnership with the University of Brighton Business School, and IKEI Research and Consultancy, IES is undertaking a project building on earlier work funded by the German Federal Ministry of Training and Occupations (BIBB). The BIBB project...