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This report is the second in the series following the work of the Organisation Development & Design Expert Service, which works across the Civil Service to support sustainable complex change. This new report is in the form of an evaluative case story focusing solely on an appreciative inquiry (AI) initiative in UK Visas and Immigration. It describes the AI process and early outcomes and the initiative is evaluated against a social movement framework.
IES presents its annual Perspectives on HR publication, in which IES researchers and consultants offer their insights into the challenges of today's turbulent world for the HR function.
In early 2014, the LGA Commissioned the IES to undertake an exploratory research piece on the possible direction for officer roles in council ‘regulatory services' – that is, environmental health, trading standards and licensing.
This third paper in our new series of HR Essentials highlights five key challenges of organisation design and offers ten practical tips to help HR professionals to navigate those challenges.
Peter Reilly's presentation slides on HR’s role in supporting organisational strategic change, from the IES HR Annual Conference 2014 on 'HR Strategy'
This paper, aimed at policymakers, summarises the findings of a small scale exploratory study of what have recently been called the 'regulatory services' of local government, namely trading standards (TS), licensing (L) and environmental health (EH).
Topics covered in IES Perspectives on HR 2014, include: big data and HR analytics; outsourcing decision making: Can we make it more considered?; crowdsourced leadership; zero-hour contracts: the continued debate in 2014; understanding resilience; diversity at senior team and board level; talent for what? Reconnecting talent management with business needs; top employers for flexible working; and establishing a culture of openness.
Facing into Change is a case study report illustrating OD in practice, through the work of the Organisation Development & Design Expert Service. The OD&D Service is one of four Civil Service HR expert services and offers support to departments and cross-Government functions in delivering complex change.
