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The CIPD recently published the results of a website poll of HR professionals to identify the competencies believed to be most important to establishing the effectiveness and crdibility of the HR function in an organisation. 

A seemingly curious statement from Richard Beatty, Professor of Human Resources at Rutgers University to a conference of CFOs in Florida...

In advance of the PPMA (Public Sector People Managers Association) Conference at the end of April, Municipal Journal published an interview with the keynote speaker Dave Ulrich about the challenges facing the public sector and where HR can add value.

An article on HRZone gives a good and succinct explanation of what’s necessary to make the role of HR Business Partner work.

Browsing one of my favourite HR blogs: McArthur's Rant, I came across a great list of tips HR the answer to the credit crunch? for effective people management in the credit crunch.

Conversations, both at work and outside, seem to centre on the current financial turmoil and its implications for all of us. Personally, I avoid listening to the news as far as possible, because so much of it is bad and it creates such a negative influence on our feelings and our state of mind.

The Institute of Employment Studies has just published a very interesting report based on research with its member organisations. People Management published the findings in their 18 September issue.

A number of the findings stood out for me, and fit with views expressed in organisations I have worked with.