Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on case study research of employment downsizing and the implications for equal opportunity and diversity management conducted in the UK airline industry during 2002/2003. Design/methodology/approach – Review of literature on downsizing and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore and describe how the decision to outsource human resources was made by 12 large and five small organisations. Design/methodology/approach – Desk research and key informant interviews with senior HR staff who lead the decision to outsource...

Little has been written about developing directors and even less about how to integrate learning on a formal programme with learning through work itself. New research on learning from experience is reviewed and the four approaches which were found to have been used by directors are described....

Investigates what lies behind the cliche that “managers learn from experience”. Reviews a project undertaken with 21 directors in 15 organizations in the United Kingdom, who were interviewed over a period of three months about their experiences at work and what they had learned from them....