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IES paper suggests that HR is failing to make performance and development conversations effective. It rightly says that line managers should have better performance and development conversations with the staff that work for them, but is not yet doing what is needed to help this happen.
With many UK workers experiencing real wage cuts and persistent pay gaps in a tightening labour market, a new research paper by IES identifies areas where employers and policymakers should act to reinvigorate their pay practices to improve employee engagement and productivity.
A summary of Stephen Bevan's webinar from April: 'Are line managers damaging your employees' heath?'
A study by IES and Cranfield Unversity's School of Management has found that mindfulness can be used to achieve successful change in organisations.
Demand on the NHS is steadily increasing, with no sign that this will subside in the near future, if recent news items are anything to judge by: there have been reports that pressure on hospital A&E departments has led several to declare ‘major incident’ status. These pressures have led managers to consider potential ways in which services can be delivered more cost-effectively. One of the questions that managers have particularly considered is the nature of the tasks that require professionally-qualified staff – those at band 5 and above in the NHS ‘Agenda for Change’ grading and pay structure – to undertake them.
