.... Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format. Outsourcing Co-production Productivity Facilities management One of the most...

... and places the articles in context. Findings When outsourcing first emerged during the 1980s, initial impressions were predominantly negative. Massive growth in the practice during the new millennium is testimony to the fact that opinions have altered somewhat. One consequence is that a variety...

...Teena Bagga Purpose – Details some of the advantages and pitfalls of human resource (HR) outsourcing. Design/methodology/approach – Refers in particular to Jaypee Infratech’s outsourcing the employment of toll staff on its Yamuna express-way to HR-services company TeamLease. Findings...

... Keywords: Outsourcing, Employee relations, Employee attitudes Explores the impact that outsourcing has on employee relations, discussing the effect it can have on the psychological contract, occupational stress, employees attitudes toward their own development and their attitudes toward...

...J.R. Immelt Outsourcing Manufacturing systems Manufacturing Organizations USA Article Type: Abstracts From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 20, Issue 6 Immelt J.R. Harvard Business Review (USA), March 2012, Vol. 90 No. 3, Start Page: 43...

... Purpose This paper aims to describe how strategic outsourcing and energy‐services company MITIE has teamed up with the UK's Cranfield School of Management to provide its most promising senior operational managers with strategic business education. Design/methodology/approach...

...R. Gray © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Outsourcing Human resource management Cost effectiveness United Kingdom Asks whether UK human resource directors expect too much from outsourcing,pointing to evidence that it is expected to deliver greater cost savings than...

...Mandy Sim Purpose Describes some of the dangers in outsourcing some human‐resource management tasks while keeping others in‐house. Design/methodology/approach Explains why some organizations have decided to outsource aspects of their HR. Shows that the measure, usually designed...

...A. Fox © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Outsourcing Call centres Article Type: Abstracts From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 18, Issue 6 Fox A. HR Magazine (USA), March 2010, Vol. 55 No. 3, Start page: 29, No. of pages...

... of outsourcing and globalization – puts a premium on ethical behavior. Findings The paper shows that strategically, the way a company manages its human capital significantly affects its financial performance. Practical implications The paper draws attention to the increasingly strategic...

... continue to develop its digital, online and mobile services as well as some staff relocation. Findings – Comments that the BBC has a £100 million HR outsourcing contract which, according to Kelly, has some teething troubles but would take at least three years to show any benefits. Mentions that Kelly...

... Purpose This paper aims to focus on the potential advantages and pitfalls of HRD outsourcing. Design/methodology/approach Examines the strategy adopted in the UK business of Unilever, an international manufacturer of foods, home‐care and personal‐care products, in outsourcing...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 --> Training management Outsourcing Cost reduction Fujitsu United Kingdom Article Type: Abstracts From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 16, Issue 7 Eyre E.  Training Journal (UK), May 2008...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 --> Outsourcing Human resource development Process planning Working practices United Kingdom Article Type: Abstracts From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 16, Issue 4. Simmonds D. , Gibson R...

... to the joint venture and the way in which it has developed. Describes some of the factors that need to be considered for an outsourcing deal to be successful. Findings Reveals that initially, costs went up, and that the transferred workforce took time to adjust to their role as a service provider...

...I. Hunter Keywords: Outsourcing, Human resource management, Tests and testing,United Kingdom, Graduates © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 --> Outsourcing Human resource management Tests and testing United Kingdom Graduates Outsourcing: the business model...

...J. Marquez © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 --> Human resource management Outsourcing USA Large market outsourcing: market report (human resources) Marquez J.  Workforce Management (USA), 26 March 2007, Vol. 86 No. 6, Start page: 35, No. of pages...

...J. Marquez © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 --> Human resource management Outsourcing Automation Schneider Electric United States of America Not in for outsourcing Marquez J.  Workforce Management (USA), 12 February 2007, Vol. 86 No. 3, Start page: 1...

...J. Simms © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 --> Contracts Human resource management Outsourcing United Kingdom Outsourcing for grown ups (human resource management) Simms J. Human Resources, March 2006, Start page: 30, No. of pages: 3...

... Purpose Explores the reasons for, and operation of, a ten‐year HR outsourcing agreement that high‐technology engineering group Sandvik has signed with Accenture HR Services Design/methodology/approach Draws on information provided by Accenture HR Services and Sandvik to explain...