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Further Resources

The following provides a brief outline of books, reports and websites that can provide you with more information on some of these topics:

These lists are not intended to be exhaustive - most of the books quoted also have extensive bibliographies you may wish to consult.

Further Resources - Communication

Reports 

World at Work / Hay Group – Reward Communications 2008  [External website]

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Further Resources – Diversity

Web Links 

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Further Resources – Employee Engagement

Reports  

Robinson D, Perryman S, Hayday S (2004): The Drivers of Employee Engagement Report 408, Institute for Employment Studies,
BlessingWhite (2008) Employment Engagement Report

Web Links

Engaging your workforce: The Drive for Change approach [External website]
Civil Service Employee Engagement Factsheets [External website]
IdeA Employee Engagement website [External website]

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Further Resources - Enabling Environment

Books

Joroff, M L; Schon, D; Porter, W L; Horgan, T (1998) Excellence by Design: Bridging the Boundaries of Work, Process and Space, John Wiley & Sons Inc
Stewart, M (2004) The Other Office: Creative Workplace Design, Birkhauser Verlag AG

Reports

Incomes Data Services (2003) Internal communications - Study 741

Web Links

Business Link (Health, safety, premises) [Business Link website] [External website]
European Working Conditions Observatory [European Foundation for the improvement of Living and Working Conditions website] [External website]
The University of Bristol’s [External website]approach to creating a Positive Working Environment

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Further Resources - Equal Pay

Books

Armstrong, Michael and Helen Murlis, Chapter 13: Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value from 'Reward Management: A Handbook of Remuneration Strategy and Practice',
5th Edition, Kogan Page 2004

Web Links

Equal Opportunities Commission - section on Equal Pay
http://www.eoc.org.uk/Default.aspx?page=15339k
E-reward.co.uk
[External website]- sample Equal Pay policy
The Kingsmill Review of Women's Pay and Employment [External website]
Government Equalities Unit http://www.equalities.gov.uk/ [External website]

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Further Resources - Future Growth/Opportunity

Books

Hopson, B and Scally, M (1999) Build Your Own Rainbow: Workbook for Career and Life Management, Management Books
Jackson, T (2000) Career Development, CIPD, London

Reports

CIPD (2005) Latest trends in learning, training and development: Reflections on the 2005 training and development survey, CIPD
Holbeche, Linda (2000), The Future of Careers, Roffey Park

Web Links

CIPD: Career management and development [External website]
Transforming Learning: the on-line professional development service [External website] for teachers, team leaders and head teachers

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Further Resources - Inspiration/Values

Books

CIPD (2004) Vision and Values: Organisational culture and values as a source of competitive advantage, CIPD
Pringle, H and Gordon W (2001) Brand Manners: How to Create the Self-Confident Organisation to Live the Brand, John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Reports 

Incomes Data Services (2002) Employee recognition schemes - Autumn Studies Plus
Scott W Spreier, Mary H Fonatane, Ruth L Malloy (2006): Leadership Run Amok: The Destructive Potential of Overachievers (Harvard Business Review)
Hay Group - The Hunger Project [External website]

Web Links

The Work Foundation - Campaign for Leadership [External website]
NHS Leadership Qualities Framework [External website]
Cabinet Office Leadership for Reform & Customer Focus [External website]
IDeA Leadership Academy [External website]

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Further Resources – Job Design & Organisational Structure

Reports 

Hay Group – Organisation Design [External website]

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Further Resources - Job Evaluation

Web Links 

Job Evaluation

Agenda for Change [Department for Health website] [External website]
Hay Guide Chart and Profile Methodology
HERA [Higher Education Role Analysis website] [External website]
Local Government NJC [Local Government Employers’ website]
JEGs [External website]
JESP [External website] (Civil Service Job Evaluation for Senior Posts)

Job Evaluation: Hay Working Papers

'Foundations and Applications.' [HayGroup website] [External website]
'Towards a More Perfect Match' [HayGroup website] [External website]

E-reward.co.uk Reward Guide [External website] - Job Evaluation, Job Families

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Further Resources – Organisational Strategy

Web Links 

To find government targets that influence public sector organisational strategy:

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Further Resources – Perception

Web Links

Best Places to Work Best 100 Companies http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/career_and_jobs/best_100_companies/ [External website]

Best Companies to Work For:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2008/ [External website]

New Zealand – Unlimited/JRA Best Places to Work http://unlimited.co.nz/unlimited.nsf/bestplaces/54803503A9BF315ACC25702000772014 [External website]

Australia
http://www.greatplacetowork.com.au/

Canada
http://www.financialpost.com/news/story.html?id=899340

Fortune Most Admired Companies (in association with Hay Group) http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/mostadmired/2008/index.html [External website]

Fortune Top Companies for Leaders (in association with Hewitt Associates and The RBL Group) http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/leadership/2007/global/ [External website]

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Further Resources - Quality of Work

Books

Kersten, E L (2005) The Art of Demotivation, Despair Inc.
Katzenbach, J R (2000) Peak Performance: Aligning the Hearts and Minds of Your Employees, Harvard Business School Press

Reports

Holbeche, Linda and Springett, Nigel (2004), In Search of Meaning in the Workplace, Roffey Park
Isles, N (2004) The Joy of Work, The Work Foundation

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Further Resources - Reward Strategy

Books

Brown, Duncan (2001) Reward Strategies, CIPD
Thompson, Paul (2002) Total Reward, CIPD

Web Links

Hay Group

E-reward.co.uk Reward Guide

CIPD Reward Strategy Toolkit - on line for CIPD Members [External website]

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Further Resources - Tangible Benefits

Books

Armstrong, M and Stephens, T (2005) A Handbook of Employee Reward Management and Practice, Kogan Page, London

Armstrong, M and Murlis, H (2004) Reward Management, 5th edn, Kogan Page, London

Leary-Joyce, Judith, (2004) Becoming an Employer of Choice: Make your organisation a place where people want to do great work, CIPD

Thompson, Paul, (2002) Executive Briefing: Total Reward, CIPD

Reports

CIPD (2005) Reward Management - Annual Survey Report 2005, CIPD

e-reward Research Reports (includes reports on Total reward, Variable pay, Contingent pay, Strategic reward, Team reward)

Web Links

E-reward website [External website]

Incomes Data Services - Providing information services on employment issues [External website]

Hay Group: Salary Management [External website]

Hay Group: Benefits [External website]

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Further Resources - Total Reward

Web Links

Teaching and Development Agency for Schools Report [External website]

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Further Resources - Work/Life Balance

Books

Clutterbuck, D (2004) Managing Work-Life Balance: A guide for HR in achieving organisational and individual change, CIPD, London
CIPD (2000) Getting the Right Work-Life Balance, CIPD , London
Holden, R and Renshaw, B (2002) Balancing Work and Life, Dorling Kindersley
Johnson, Mike, (2004) The New Rules of Engagement: Life-Work Balance and Employee Commitment, CIPD, London

Reports

McCartney, Claire (2003), Work-Life Balance: A Guide for Organisations, Roffey Park Woodland, S; Simmonds, N; Thornby, M; Fitzgerald, R; McGee, A (2003) The Second Work-Life Balance Study: Results from the Employers' Survey - Main report , Department of Trade and Industry, London

Web Links

Employers for Work Life Balance (Run by The Work Foundation)

Business Link (Employing People - Improving Staff Performance - Motivation - Meet the need for work-life balance)

Hay Group - Work/Life Balance

The Local Government Employers have produced a survey of flexible working across local authorities [External website]

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