Projects and case studies
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Technical Assistance for Improving the Quality of Public Employment Services Location - Turkey
IES was commissioned by Deleeuw International, Turkey, to help provide support to public employment services in Turkey, with reference to best practices in the EU.
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Plan International: Talent Management
IES helped Plan International, a major children's charity, to address its succession and talent management challenges worldwide. Regional, Country and Functional Directors were involved from the start in reaching a shared understanding of the...
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The impact of workplace initiatives on low carbon behaviours
The Scottish Government has commissioned research involving a series of expert interviews and 10 organisational case studies to explore the evidence on what works in achieving low carbon behaviour change in workplaces. The project will produce a...
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Review of Rapid Spread Methodology
Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust commissioned IES to review the second phase of the rapid spread methodology, which was initially implemented in pilot sites in York and Southampton to introduce high impact actions (HIAs) to reduce...
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Research to Support the Evaluation of Investors in People
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills has commissioned research to help evaluate the impact of the Investors in People standard and provide feedback to improve service delivery. The project will involve a series of organisational case...
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Work Organisation and Innovation
This project identified how innovations in High Performance Work Practices can improve employee outcomes and organisational performance in a range of sectors and countries.The project examined how such innovations may support organisations to...
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Public sector use of collective conciliation
IES has been commissioned by Acas to provide an in-depth analysis of the views of senior public sector HR and employment relations managers on their experience and use of collective conciliation and their use of Acas's conciliation services. The...
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The College of Social Work help-desk pilot evaluation
The College of Social Work (TCSW), in partnership with the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) will be conducting a pilot of their flagship online help-desk and information service between 1st August 2011 and 10th October 2011. IES has...
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Understanding Employer Networks
This research offers the opportunity to understand better a variety of employer networks, to explore how and why they are created and sustained, which models are effective and in which circumstances, and the benefits of participating for employers...
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Scoping the development of work and cancer support for SMEs
The aim of this scoping research is to establish the challenges particular to SMEs who are managing employees affected by cancer. The research involves qualitative work with employers and other stakeholders to explore experiences of dealing with...
