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High Performance Management

HRM Guide articles with significant references to high performance management

'Provocation Paper' Argues Against More Employment Legislation
UK January 31 2007 - A recent "provocation" paper from the Industrial Relations Research Unit at Warwick Business School argues against more legislation to extend justice in employment but for new initiatives to promote fairness at work and compliance with legal rights already in force.

Inability to Attract and Retain Talent and Other Human Resources Issues Are Top Threats to Canadian Corporate Profitability, Accenture Study Finds
Canada July 19 2006 - The inability to attract and retain talent as well as other human resources issues are among the biggest threats to corporate profitability in Canada, according to results of a survey released today by Accenture.

Lenovo Establishes Supplemental Retirement Plan for China Employees
China July 5 2006 - At a press conference held in Beijing today, Lenovo Group announced the establishment of a supplemental retirement plan for its employees in China.

Strategic Job Alignment and Performance Data Automation are Keys to Successful Pay for Performance
USA April 5 2006 - Many HR professionals cite a disconnect between tracking employee performance and compensation, and visibility into employee data.

U.S. Middle Managers' Satisfaction with Employers Drops, Accenture Survey Finds
USA October 10 2005 - Middle managers in the United States are increasingly dissatisfied with their current organizations, find their organizations mismanaged and see few prospects for advancement, according to the findings of a survey released today by Accenture.

Australia and New Zealand's Best Employers
September 10 2005 - Hewitt Associates, the global HR services firm, has revealed its 2005 Hewitt Best Employers in Australia and New Zealand results.

HR and that elusive strategic role
It seems that finally senior managers - some of them, at least - are willing to give HR managers a significant role in strategic decisions. But how many human resource managers know how to fulfil that role?

Wall of Silence Employers
UK July 8 2003 - The Work Foundation has warned that the DTI's plans to make organisations consult their employees about business decisions are facing a huge challenge in trying to change the attitudes and practice of the many companies hostile to employee consultation and information disclosure.

Consultation Framework
UK July 7 2003 - The government is required to implement the EU Directive on Information and Consultation. The Directive takes effect for firms with 150 employees or more in 2005, those with 100 or more in 2007, and those with 50 or more in 2008. Following the publication of a discussion paper, High Performance Workplaces: The role of Employee Involvement in a modern economy in July 2002, the DTI has now agreed a framework with the TUC and CBI.

HRM Delivers Shareholder Value
UK September 24 2002 - Call it human resource management, personnel or high performance management, the evidence for the financial benefit from good people management continues to grow. Companies using the best people management practices deliver nearly twice as much value to shareholders as their average competitors, according to a study by consultants Watson Wyatt.

TUC attacks poor management
UK - September 1 2002 - The Work Foundation, formerly The Industrial Society, published its founding report today, arguing that progress in Research and Development, investment in technology, and product innovation will fail to bridge Britain's widening productivity gap unless employers address the growing disaffection of their employees.

Workplace dissatisfaction responsible for for UK productivity gap
UK - April 8 2002 - British management is plagued by mediocrity and short-termism, according to a TUC report which says that Britain's management culture is holding back the Government's drive to boost productivity.

• See also: High Performance Management Systems

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