Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places...

Purpose – Examines how a company can formulate, embed and benefit from a corporate‐responsibility program. Design – Advances the view that, to many Victorian business people, corporate responsible behavior was implicit in how they undertook their business, but modern companies appear to...

Purpose – Describes how UK healthcare‐insurance provider BHSF Ltd successfully recruits, trains and retains talented graduates. Design/methodology/approach – Details the qualities the company looks for in its graduate recruits, the development program they are offered and the skills they...

Purpose – Advances the view that corporate social responsibility (CSR) has brought risks and opportunities for HR managers, and that managing the risks and exploiting the opportunities will require reappraisal of existing approaches to HR and the scope of its activities....

Purpose – Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the...

Purpose – Observes how a learning program helped a new business created following the collapse of UK care-home company Southern Cross to deal with a legacy of poor management and damaged morale and their inevitable consequences for service quality. Design/methodology/approach – Explains the...

Purpose – This paper aims to observe that strong policies on employee engagement helped the UK and international payment-systems provider VocaLink to introduce organizational change smoothly and win Investors in People (IiP) gold for its human resource (HR) practices....