CofFEE announces the Creating a Culture of Full Employment Conference which will incorporate the 7th Path to Full Employment Conference and the 12th National Conference on Unemployment. It will be staged in Newcastle over two days - Thursday, December 8 and Friday, December 9, 2005. Pencil in...

The wide range of topics to be covered by the studies may include but is not limited by: a) Globalization and the chronic poor b) ‘Corporate globalization’ and the poor. c) Threshold and externality effects of globalization and dynamics of ‘between-country inequality’ e) Global economic...

Das WSI-Herbstforum 2005 lädt ein zur Diskussion über die Frage, inwiefern Eigenverantwortung und Solidarität als Leitprinzipien eines modernen Sozialstaats dienen können und sollen.

This year looks set to be an eventful one for the water industry. Companies will be implementing their investment programmes as agreed during PR04, and the need for effective business plans will be essential in seeing them through the coming years. On the agenda as well is the Water Framework...

In recent years, a variety of organizational models for infrastructure have been developed, tested, succeeded/failed, and been re-launched. Among the standard policies have been privatization and unbundling of formerly vertically integrated industries; more recently, concessions for specific...

What are the key challenges of the Central & Eastern European region’s market? How and where to find the right talent? How to build effective teams across cultures and countries? How and where to find the right partners for management development? How to create synergies between companies and...

In recent years there has been much debate amongst HR Directors as to how and whether they can truly achieve boardroom recognition. Many still lack the assurance needed to lead and become strategic drivers. Debate will be focused upon the CEO's real expectation of the HRD.