Outsourcing the employment relationship
The rise of outsourcing could render the traditional employment relationship obsolete, in turn undermining the whole notion of human resource management, writes Stephen Overell.
Employers hide in the shadows By Stephen Overell, writing in Personnel Today.
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Middleman takes centre stage The trend for outsourcing is actually reducing efficiency as work gets passed around an ever-growing web of middlemen, argues Stephen Overell.
End-to-end outsourcing By Caroline Horn. From Personnel Today.
How to manage outsourcing partnerships Richard Houghton, managing director of Xchanging HR Services, explains why an outsourcing partnership could be just what you're looking for.
Opinions divided on value of outsourcing HR managers have mixed opinions of outsourcing within the profession, according to research by Reed Executive.
Taking it outside Like it or not, there is a growing trend to outsource the HR function. Margaret Harvey, who oversaw the BP/Amoco contract, reviews the background to the current growth in the HR outsourcing market and examines the key issues HR directors should consider before embarking on an outsourcing strategy.
Using outsourcing to reposition HR at Royal Bank of Scotland The Royal Bank of Scotland identified outsourcing as a means of improving the service delivery aspects of HR and enabling personnel staff to undertake a more strategic role.