One of the main features of human resource management (HRM) is the emphasis on aligning the organization’s employee management practice with its strategy. It is argued that the strategy pursued by an organization needs to be supported by a compatible form of HRM practices. Each strategy has to...

Purpose – Marron growing is practiced in some regions of Western Australia where this crustacean is a native species, and offers potential opportunities to be marketed as a delicacy and also to blend with other industries, including tourism, contributing to the marketing of a region. While...

The roles of government and the private sector in the provision of food safety in Russia are explored. The establishment and operation of a private food‐safety company are described and its competitiveness is analysed in the context of the evolving food‐regulatory, policy and economic...

Reports on development of a training and development strategy to meet the challenges of the 1990s facing a large food retailer. Starting with discussion groups to identify how First Class service could be achieved, reports on how this resulted in training to meet the needs of people in each...

Managing a set of relationships to other firms is a complex task, since each relationship is likely to have consequences on the other ones. Highlights the co‐ordination of interorganizational ties during a process of internationalization, and the consequences that different types of...

Purpose – To focus on graduate recruitment at UK food manufacturer Northern Foods. Design/methodology/approach – Contains information from the company's graduate‐training manager, and from people‐development consultancy Brathay, which whom Northern Foods has been working to develop...

Purpose – Examines the leadership‐development programme that Oakridge Training & Consulting delivered to the management team at Unilever Foods UK. Design/methodology/approach – Presents the viewpoints of both the training provider and the client company. Findings – Explains that the...

Purpose – This article describes how a new health‐care plan for process employees at the Heinz Kitt Green site in Wigan, Greater Manchester, is helping to reduce absence among the workforce. Design/methodology/approach – Draws on information from the site's HR manager, and from...

Purpose – Describes how a training programme enabled UK food producer Campbell's Grocery Products Ltd to make the most of its technicians' skills. Design/methodology/approach – Details the situation at the company before the training was delivered, the form the training took, and the...

Purpose – Describes how an award‐winning training and development programme has helped to transform the culture and performance at Fenmarc, a UK vegetable processor and packer. Design/methodology/approach – Describes the problems the company faced before the training initiative, the...