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...

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 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 – Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – Scans the top 400 management publications in the world to identify the most topical issues and latest...

Purpose – Analyses the effects on human‐resource management of the privatization of the Czech Republic's former state‐owned telecommunication monopoly, Cesky Telecom. Design/methodology/approach – A review of an article based on a research that used a qualitative approach that supported...

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 – This paper outlines the importance of HR Business Partner using business data in order to contribute at a strategic level. Design/methodology/approach – Provides evidence for a three year pan‐European case study of the correlated link between a HR influence on employee engagement...

Purpose – Describes the transformation of HR at QBE Insurance, focusing on how the group HR team has engaged both the business and divisional HR teams across an international operation to enable this transformation. Design/methodology/approach – Discusses integrated changes, driven by group...

Purpose – The aim of this article is to argue that human resources (HR) should adjust the role it performs depending on its local environment – what is desirable and achievable. Design/methodology/approach – The paper discusses the arguments for and against the arrival of a universal...