HR and OD ‘should be one and the same’

Organisational development needs to start with the business and HR’s role is to facilitate it, delegates heard at the CIPD annual conference from a panel of OD experts.“Ultimately it starts with the chief executive and the board, but in practice they have a business to run and the expertise is in HR,” said Nigel Jeremy, head of learning and organisation development at Marks & Spencer.
 

It’s untenable to have a normal retirement age in public-sector schemes that is significantly different from the state retirement age

Brian Bailey, Director of pensions, West Midlands Pension Fund and member of High Pay Commission