In 2001, a few weeks after topping the first-ever Best Companies list, Cisco announced that it was making 5,000 redundancies.

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I was disappointed to read the comments made by Liane Hornsey from Google in the closing keynote session at the CIPD's annual conference (News,...

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In the 60 years the CIPD has been gathering for its annual conference and exhibition in Yorkshire, the HR function has seen enormous change.

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As someone who promotes the adoption of lean processes in organisations, I read with interest 'Elegantly wasted' (7 August). The approach has...