students zone

<< back to students' zone home
<< back to Useful HRM web links

PART THREE Human resource management practices

Chapter 6 Human resource planning

• http://www.informs-cs.org/wsc98papers/088.PDF
• Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=609
• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development http://www.softwaresource.co.uk
• Jeffrey Pfeffer http://www.pfdf.org/leaderbooks/121/spring98/pfeffer.html#box

Comlexity and Chaos

• http://www.brint.com/Systems.htm

Costing and Accounting

• http://www.fek.su.se/pei/indexe.html

ERP’s

• http://www.erpassist.com/
• http://www.lawson.com/WCW.nsf/pub/hcm

Flexibility

• http://www.flexibility.co.uk

Teleworking, Outsourcing and Offshoring

• http://www.flexibility.co.uk/viewers/homeworkers.htm
• Telework Association http://www.tca.org.uk

Bullying

• http://www.bullyonline.org/related/callcntr.htm
• Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) 1981 Regulations. http://www.dti.gov.uk/files/file20761.pdf

Diversity

• National Health Strategy for Equality and Diversity http://www.nhsemployers.org/excellence/equality-diversity.cfm
• Barclays Bank http://www.personal.barclays.co.uk/PFS/A/Content/Files/
• Barclays Bank http://http://www.personal.barclays.co.uk/

Student Employability Profiles

• http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/2174.htm
• http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/Employability/

Practising human resource management – Searching the Web

• Labour market trends http://www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBASE/Product.asp?vlnk=550
• Trends in education http://www.dfes.gov.uk/trends
• HR Statististics in the world :-
• Europe http://www.unece.org/stats/stats_h.htm
• Australia http://www.abs.gov.au
• South Africa http://www.statssa.gov.za
• USA http://www.bls.gov

HRM Group Activity

Try the following web links to begin your study:-

• http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/
• http://www.working-at-home.co.uk/
• http://www.tca.org.uk

HR related skill development

• http://www.cdm.uwaterloo.ca/index2.asp
• /business/brattonandgold4

Notes

• http://www.employment-studies.co.uk/
• http://www.skandia.com/en/sustainability/intellectualcapital.shtml
• http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/

 

Chapter 7 Recruitment and Selection

Reflective Question Page 242

• http://www.bpfutures.com/

Equality and Diversity Laws

• ACAS http://www.acas.org.uk/index/aspx?articleid=337
• Disability Discrimination Act http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1995/1995050.htm
• Disability Rights Commission http://www.drc.org.uk//
• Age discrimination http://www.agepositive.gov.uk

Recruitment Confidence Index

• http://www.som.cranfield.ac.uk/som/rc

Work Profiling System

• SHL http://www.shlusa.com/selection/sel_workprofilingsys.html
• http://http://www.shl.com/SHL/en-int/Thought_Leadership/Best_Practices_Guides/

Services to Job-Seekers

• Monsters http://www.monster.co.uk
• StepStone http://www.stepstone.com/
• ActiveRecruiter www1.jobpartners.com/english/solutions/activerecruiter
• http://www.adarkhorse.com/visionValues.php
• http://www.run-arestaurant.com/

Reflective Question Page 252

• http://www.ml.com/index.asp?id=7695_8199

Examples of Job Descriptions and Personal Specifications

• ACAS http://www.acas.org.uk/index/aspx?articleid=389

Employment Tests

• http://www.queendom.com/tests/index.html
• http://www.apa.org/science/testing.html
• British Psychological Society http://www.bps.org.uk

Selection Interviews

• content.monster.co.uk/section329.asp
• Competency-based interviews http://www.allaboutmedicalsales.com/competency.html

Online Psychometric Testing

• http://www.support4learning.org.uk/jobsearch/
• http://www.myskillsprofile.com/index.php?partnerid=2221
  

Study Tip Page 268

• http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/
• http://www.ped.gu.se/biorn/phgraph/misc/

Practising human resource management – Searching the Web

• Recruitment and Employment Confederation http://www.rec.uk.com/
• http://www.noras.co.uk/

HRM group activity

• Royal Bank of Scotland: http://www.rbs.com/careers03.asp?id=CAREERS/GRADUATES
• Royal Bank of Canada: http://www.royalbank.com
• KPMG: http://www.kpmgcareers.co.uk/
• Sainsbury’s: http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/graduates/
• Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/uk/graduates
• Rolls-Royce: http://www.rolls-royce.com/careers/default.jsp

HR Related Skill Development

• /business/brattonandgold4

Notes

• http://www.qca.org.uk/610.htm
• http://http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/rel&val.htm
• http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/
• http://www.tiu.edu/psychology/Twelker/critical_incident_technique.htm
• 
  

Chapter 8 Performance Management and Appraisal

Performance Measurement

• Centre for Business Performance http://www.som.cranfield.ac.uk/som/research/centres/cbp/about.asp
• The website of the Performance
• Management Association http://www.som.cranfield.ac.uk/som/research/centres/cbp/pma/
• More about the balanced scorecard http://www.balancedscorecard.org/
• business excellence model http://www.quality-foundation.co.uk/ex_description.htm
• The UK government’s local government site http://www.bvpi.gov.uk/pages/Index.asp
• Value added http://www.innovation.gov.uk/value_added/

Development Centre Methods

• http://www.shl.com/shl/uk

Equality of Opportunity in Appraisal

• http://www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/personnel/policies/

Appraisals (resources and training)

• Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS), http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=651 and also
• http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=625

Team Appraisals

• Smithsonian Institution http://www.si.edu/archives/archives/2rmapbackground.html

Seeking Feedback

• http://www.orgdct.com/feedback%20skills.htm

Study Tip Page 301

• http://www.ethnographicresearch.com/research.html
• http://www.sas.upenn.edu/anthro/CPIA/METHODS/Ethnography.htm

Practising human resource management – Searching the web

Appraisal and performance management

• Zigon Performance Group http://www.zigonperf.com/
• Performance management library at http://www.managementhelp.org/emp_perf/emp_perf.htm
• Software in appraisal http://www.hr-guide.com/data/209.htm
• ‘How to’ articles http://www.zigonperf.com/resources.html

HRM group activity

• Appraisal and performance management for schoolteachers in Englandhttp://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2001/20012855.htm and
• http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/performancemanagement
• General Teaching Council at http://www.gtce.org.uk/
• The National Union of Teachers http://www.teachers.org.uk/
• National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers http://www.teachersunion.org.uk/

HR Related Skill Development

• http://www.businessballs.com/performanceappraisals.htm
• http://www.cipd.co.uk/subjects/perfmangmt/perfapprsl/
• http://www.performancereview.com
• http://www.zigonperf.com/freeresources.asp
• /business/brattonandgold4

Notes

• http://www.isixsigma.com/
• http://www.ncsl.org.uk/
• http://www.strategy.gov.uk/work_areas/leadership/index.asp
• http://www.qca.org.uk/14-19/qualifications/index_nvqs.htm and http://www.sqa.org.uk/SVQ/.

Chapter 9 Human Resource Development

Henry Mintzberg

• http://www.onepine.info/pminz.htm

Learning

• http://www.dfes.gov.uk/
• skills strategy and progress reports http://www.dfes.gov.uk/skillsstrategy/
• 2005 White Paper at http://www.dfes.gov.uk/publications/skillsgettingon/
• http://www.lsc.gov.uk/National/Partners/SENET/
• http://www.lifelonglearning.co.uk/
• Council for Excellence in Management and Leadership http://www.managementandleadershipcouncil.org/index.htm

Skills Strategy

• Scotland http://www.futureskillsscotland.org.uk/web/site/home/home.asp?
• Wales, http://www.learning.wales.gov.uk/
• Northern Ireland , http://www.delni.gov.uk/
• Table 9.1 http://www.qca.org.uk/14-19/qualifications/index_nvqs.htm

Apprenticeships

• http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk/
• http://www.qca.org.uk/14-19/qualifications/116_briefguides-work-based.htm

Strategies, Plans and Services

• http://www.lsc.gov.uk/National/default.htm
• National Employer Training Programme can be found at http://readingroom.lsc.gov.uk/LSC/2005/
• Regional Development Agencies. http://www.consumer.gov.uk/rda/info/for
• Learning and Skills Development Agency at http://www.lsda.org.uk/home.asp
• Learning and Skills Research Centre at http://www.lsrc.ac.uk/;
• Sector Skills Councils at http://www.ssda.org.uk/;
• Small Business Service at http://www.sbs.gov.uk/
• Cogent is http://www.cogent-ssc.com/

Union Learning Representatives

• RMT Unionhttp://www.rul.org.uk/rulrs.asp
• The Association of University Teachers http://www.aut.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=834
• Union Learning Fund http://www.unionlearningfundorg.uk/about.htm
• http://www.dfes.gov.uk/learning&skills/pdf/GUIDE.pdf
• Investors in People http://www.investorsinpeople.co.uk/IIP/Web/default.htm
• Union Learning Fund at http://www.unionlearningfund.org.uk/
• http://www.learndirect.co.uk/
• Scotland http://www.learndirectscotland.com/

Needs Resources

• http://www.trainingneedsanalysis.co.uk/index.htm
• http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/
• Free Management Library http://www.mapnp.org/library/trng_dev/trng_dev.htm

Mentoring and Coaching

• European Mentoring and Coaching Council at http://www.emccouncil.org/
• Australia http://www.mentoring-australia.com and http://www.coachingnetwork.org.uk/
• http://www.psych.rochester.edu/SDT/measures/auton_learn.html
• http://www.orau.gov/pbm/training.html
• http://www.reviewing.co.uk/
• http://www.reviewing.co.uk/reviews/evaluation-transfer.htm
• UK Evaluation Society http://www.evaluation.org.uk/

Theories of Learning

• http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/
• Association of Neuro-linguistic Programming http://www.anlp.org/’
• Critical examination http://skepdic.com/neurolin.html
• Stephen Brookfield. http://www.geocities.com/stephenbrookfield/
• Constructivism http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/constructivism.html

Knowledge Management

• http://www.brint.com/km/
• Online book on Knowledge Management http://www.kmbook.com
• University of Texashttp://www.kmresource.com/exp_university.htm
• Knowledge Management magazine at http://www.kmmagazine.com/
• Australia http://www.knowledge.sai-global.com/
• South Africa http://www.kmssa.org.za/html/

e-Learning

• e-Learning Centre http://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk/
• eLearning Network http://www.elearningnetwork.org/frameset.htm
• http://www.unext.com/about.htm
• Cappella University http://www.capella.edu/
• BT’s futurologist at http://www.bt.com/sphere/insights/pearson/
• http://www.communityzero.com/
• http://www.lloydstsbjobs.com/visit_the_university.asp

Study Tip Page 351

• http://www.ccs.mit.edu/LH/

Practising human resource management – Searching the web

• Academy of HRD in the USA http://www.ahrd.org/
• European HRD http://www.b.shuttle.de/wifo/ehrd/=portal.htm
• HRD in the UK http://www.ufhrd.co.uk/

HRM group activity

• Professional Associations Research Network at http://www.parn.org.uk/parncfm?sct=100&content=homepage2.cfm
• Institution of Incorporated Engineers http://www.iie.org.uk/devcareer/index.asp?page=8
• http://www.iee.org/oncomms/sector/
• http://www.rics.org/Careerseducationandtraining/
• Chartered accountants http://www.icaew.co.uk/
• Architects http://www.riba.org/go/RIBA/Member/CPD_495.html

HR related skill development

• /business/brattonandgold4

Notes

• http://www.peterhoney.com/main/declaration
• http://www.cre.gov.uk/gdpract/cj_sli.html
• http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/
• http://www.nationaltrainingawards.com/
• http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/modernapprenticeships
• http://www.elwa.ac.uk/ElwaWeb/elwa.aspx?pageid=645
• http://http://www.bconstructive.co.uk/apprenticeships/nireland.asp
• http://www.ecitb.org.uk/
• http://www.productivityeurope.org/content/view/15/58/
• http://www.astd.org/astd/Education/roi_network/roi_home.htm
• http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fss/sociology/css/antres/antres.htm
• http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fss/sociology/staff/law/law.htm
• http://www.cdtl.nus.edu.sg/success/sl8.htm
• http://www.support4learning.org.uk/education/

 

Chapter 10 Reward Management

Employment Income

• National Statistics http://www.statistics.gov.uk
• North America Canada’s http://www.statcan.ca
• USA Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov
• South Africa http://www.statssa.gov.za
• Australia http://www.abs.gov.au.
• general information on reward management http://www.rewardstrategies.com
• http://www.employersinc.com/content.aspx?cid=104
• http://www.worldatwork.org
• http://www.hrreporter.ca

Team Based Pay

• http://www.ced.com

Employee Stock Options

• http://www.fed.org/programs.html
• Britain http://www.dti.gov.uk/employment

Benefits

• http://www.ifebp.org
• http://www.benefitslinks.com
• http://www.benefits.org

Earnings Survey

• U.K http://www.statistics.gov.uk http://www.salariesreview.com/surveys/index.cfm
• http://www.bls.gov
• http://www.watsonwyatt.com http://www.kpmg.com
• USA http://www.haygroup.com
• Australia http://www.abs.gov.au
• South Africa http://www.kelly.co.za

Rewards

• U.K. http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts.htm
• Canada http://www.labour-travail.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/sfmc_fmcs/index.cfm?fuseaction=english

Reflective Question Page 392

• http://www.fraserinstitute.ca
• http://www.clc-ctc.ca

 

Men’s and Women’s Pay Levels

• U.K. http://www.statistics.gov.uk, http://www.ilo.org
• http://www.clc.ca
• http://www.tom.quack.net/wagegap.html
• South Africa http://www.statssa.gov.za
• Australia http://www.abs.gov.au

 

Figure 10.10

• New Earnings Survey (2005) http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/

Practising human resource management – Searching the web

• http://www.rewardstrategies.com
• http://www.evanomics.com
• http://www.remuneration.org
• http://www.shrm.org/hrlinks
• Canada http://www.compensationcanada.com,
• http://www.bizcenter.com/designing.htm, http://www.hkihrm.org
• Australia http://www.ahri.com.au
• South Afraica http://www.ipm.co.za
• http://www.britishairways.com

 

HR related skill development

• /business/brattonandgold4