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The Fosby Flop can teach business to soar
Francis, Arthur - In: Human Resource Management International Digest 15 (2007) 1, pp. 3-4
Purpose – Asks why performance improvement is debated so much more in sport than in business, and whether business has … anything to learn from sport techniques. Design/methodology/approach – Looks at different performance levels and why it is … network of management scientists, far more numerous than sport scientists. The resource is there, but businesses need to learn …
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Leadership message helps Sharks to bite back
In: Human Resource Management International Digest 16 (2008) 4, pp. 12-13
Purpose – This paper aims to examine how change‐management specialist SFL is improving the performance, on and off the pitch, of English Rugby Union club Sale Sharks. Design/methodology/approach – Details the leadership message that is helping to achieve success for the team, supporters,...
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Coloplast employees learn the secrets of Olympic success
In: Human Resource Management International Digest 20 (2012) 5, pp. 35-37
‐building sports event for 112 sales and marketing staff; National Vocational Qualification training for distribution‐center employees …
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Questions of sport (coaching)
In: Human Resource Management International Digest 14 (2006) 5
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Train to gain a sporting chance
In: Human Resource Management International Digest 18 (2010) 4
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Online training helps basketball federation towards its goals
Little, Bob - In: Human Resource Management International Digest 23 (2015) 2, pp. 22-24
Purpose – Observes how the Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro (FIP), the Italian National Basketball Federation, has concluded that increasing emphasis must be placed on training coaches and players. That means implementing innovative training strategies to improve the competitiveness of all...
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Change models work well for Shell
In: Human Resource Management International Digest 10 (2002) 1, pp. 16-18
Fiscal experts point out that no individual nation, no matter how apparently buoyant its economy, can be impervious to the world financial climate. By the same token, major corporations have to be aware that they ignore changing international economic forces at their peril. Gazing into its...
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Job‐opportunity systems: the contrasting approaches of Chubb and Bear Stearns
In: Human Resource Management International Digest 10 (2002) 5, pp. 4-6
The Chubb Group of insurance companies and Bear Stearns security company are among the large corporations that have, over the last decade, been gradually liberating their internal labor markets. The traditional system of management determining the employee’s career path has been replaced by a...
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Fire‐fighters respond to modern management development
In: Human Resource Management International Digest 10 (2002) 6, pp. 30-31
Firefighters spend less than 10 percent of their working time on emergencies. Yet the way they spend the other 90 percent of their working time directly influences how they respond to emergencies. Good leadership skills can help firefighters to make the most of the time they spend on their more...
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People development at Allen & Overy
In: Human Resource Management International Digest 10 (2002) 7, pp. 14-16
Lawyers, coming from a culture where admitting lack of knowledge and making necessary “mistakes” are not seen as correct behavior, may not be the easiest group of people to train. In general terms, they may not always respect people from professional disciplines other than their own. They...
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