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Click here for more information Checklist Audit the benefits of your organisation
Scope: Not Specified, Contributor: Mrs Eleanor Halsall
This checklist considers how organisations can improve recruitment diversity by better promotion of the work life balance benefits offered. It acts as a prompt to consider the benefits of existing policies and which target groups they may attract.
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Click here for more information PESTLE analysis template
Scope: 3. Outline, Contributor: *Mr Mike Morrison
A template to assist with completing a PESTLE analysis.
Type: pdf       Size: 0.1MB    Rating: 4/5       Downloads: 12
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Click here for more information PESTLE analysis tool
Scope: 3. Outline, Contributor: *Mr Mike Morrison
The PESTLE analysis approach is a valuable tool for environmental scanning. In this 5 page document we outline what a PESTLE analysis is, why they should be done and a list of factors that should be included.
Type: pdf       Size: 0.1MB    Rating: 4/5       Downloads: 14
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Click here for more information SWOT analysis Template
Scope: 3. Outline, Contributor: *Mr Mike Morrison
This is a ready to use template to be used with our SWOT analysis introduction
Type: pdf       Size: 0.1MB    Rating: 4/5       Downloads: 16
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Click here for more information SWOT analysis
Scope: 3. Outline, Contributor: *Mr Mike Morrison
The SWOT analysis is a frequantly used but misunderstood tool. This is an easy to read document outlining the applications of SWOT - This is an 8 page document
Type: pdf       Size: 0.1MB    Rating: 4/5       Downloads: 10
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Click here for more information Getting seen on the web handouts TB conference
Scope: 2. Fundamentals, Contributor: *Mr Mike Morrison
These are the handouts used in the TB 2008 conference session called "Getting seen on the web". The session explored some of the things you should consider doing to become visible to the millions of potential customers that may need your services but cannot find you. Please note if you were not there they may not make much sense. It is put here for conference participants - please note if you did not attend some of the content may not make sense! If you are interested in raising your web site presence for either your TB profile or your website - Please contact Mike www.trainerbase.co.uk/vip/rapidbi/
Type: ppt       Size: 0.5MB    Rating: 4/5       Downloads: 9
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Click here for more information Getting Seen on the web TB conf resource
Scope: 3. Outline, Contributor: *Mr Mike Morrison
This is the PowerPoint presentation used in the TB 2008 conference session called "Getting seen on the web". It is put here for conference participants - please note if you did not attend some of the content may not make sense!
Type: ppt       Size: 0.9MB    Rating: 4/5       Downloads: 12
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Click here for more information Business Planning workshop notes
Scope: 3. Outline, Contributor: *Mr Mike Morrison
This is an outline of a set of notes used for business planning. Business Planning means different things to diff people, so this is only one of a set of business planning handouts I have used with clients.
Type: pdf       Size: 0.2MB    Rating: 4/5       Downloads: 54
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Click here for more information Organisational development diagnostics the importa
Scope: 4. Detailed, Contributor: *Mr Mike Morrison
This is a copy of a presentation delivered to a regional CIPD conference on the importance of diagnostics in organisational development.
Type: pdf       Size: 0.3MB    Rating: 4/5       Downloads: 31
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Click here for more information Business Action Plan template
Scope: 2. Fundamentals, Contributor: *Mr Mike Morrison
This is a one page template for the management of action plans leading to change.
Type: pdf       Size: 39.05KB    Rating: 4/5       Downloads: 64
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Click here for more information Going Freelance things to think about
Scope: 3. Outline, Contributor: *Mr Mike Morrison
This document is a summary of a presentation I gave to west London CIPD some time ago. It summarises some of the observations I have made over the years as to what makes a successful freelancer. I hope you find it useful ( I was reminded of this document by a colleague who is about to jump ship and saw the presentation, it prompted me - now I am freelance, and thought it worth sharing - enjoy
Type: pdf       Size: 70.06KB    Rating: 4/5       Downloads: 39
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Click here for more information 100 learning points on redundancy management
Scope: 5. Comprehensive, Contributor: *Mr Andrew Gibbons
A summary of my learning from 63 structured interviews on how best to manage redundancy. More at my website: www.andrewgibbons.co.uk
Type: doc       Size: 48.13KB    Rating: 4/5       Downloads: 59
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Click here for more information Tips for Managing During Recession
Scope: 2. Fundamentals, Contributor: *Miss Joy Wilson
how to align and maximise the talents of your people to enable execution of your strategy. Best performance management practice from recruitment to retirement
Type: pdf       Size: 67.62KB    Rating: 4/5       Downloads: 2
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Click here for more information Knowledge Management
Scope: 2. Fundamentals, Contributor: *Miss Joy Wilson
An introduction to Knowledge Management with key features and benefits including reference sites
Type: ppt       Size: 0.3MB    Rating: 3/5       Downloads: 9
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Click here for more information Planning for Success
Scope: 3. Outline, Contributor: *Miss Joy Wilson
Planning is the starting point for effective management. Planning is setting out a course of action to achieve a specific outcome.So you need Clear outcomes or objectives Clear plans to achieve those objective, This document will help you to consider what you need to achieve your plan
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Click here for more information Getting Sponsorship
Scope: 1. Primer, Contributor: *Mr ANDREW MILLER
Whether it is charitable support or a business arrangement, sponsorship is a mutual partnership. It is an investment (not a donation) from which both sides gain. It involves: • a sponsor, who funds an item or activity in return for promotional recognition • a beneficiary, who produces the item or undertakes the activity.
Type: pdf       Size: 62.16KB    Rating: 4/5       Downloads: 2
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Click here for more information Strategic Planning
Scope: 1. Primer, Contributor: *Mr ANDREW MILLER
Strategic planning goes to the heart of what an organisation does, why it does it, how it does it and where it is going. It is "a total concept of the whole business involving a framework and process that guides its future" (Napuk).
Type: pdf       Size: 52.24KB    Rating: 4/5       Downloads: 19
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Click here for more information Change Management
Scope: 2. Fundamentals, Contributor: *Mr ANDREW MILLER
The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines change as "making or becoming different". While this may be too vague most management dictionaries do not attempt to tackle a definition.
Type: pdf       Size: 63.95KB    Rating: 4/5       Downloads: 11
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Click here for more information Negotiation
Scope: 1. Primer, Contributor: *Mr ANDREW MILLER
Definition Negotiation takes place whenever two or more people or groups desire outcomes which are interdependent. Successful negotiating results in a win-win agreement in which all parties gain overall, even though they may have to make concessions in the process.
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Click here for more information Using Consultancy Services
Scope: 3. Outline, Contributor: *Mr ANDREW MILLER
"Management consulting is an advisory service contracted for and provided to organizations by specially trained and qualified persons who assist, in an objective and independent manner, the client organization to identify management problems, analyze such problems, recommend solutions to these problems, and help, when requested, in the implementation of solutions."
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