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Many people now gain work-related skills via MOOCs (massive open online courses) but it is mostly self directed and businesses are often unaware that it has taken place. Are firms failing to capitalise on this cost-effective, flexible form of learning?
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Gerwyn is the CIPD’s Public Policy Adviser for a wide range of labour market issues. With lead responsibility for welfare reform, migration and zero-hour contracts at the CIPD, Gerwyn has led and shaped the policy debate and achieved substantial national media coverage through various publications. These include Zero-hours contracts: myth and reality (2013) and The growth of EU labour: assessing the impact on the UK labour market (2014).
In addition Gerwyn authors the CIPD's high profile and influential quarterly Labour Market Outlook. Gerwyn is an experienced labour market commentator, making regular appearances in the national media and on other public platforms, including several appearances before the House of Commons Work and Pensions select committee.
From structures to processes to people, organisations undergo frequent change, and in today’s context, often with increasing complexity. But what role can L&D play, better positioning them as operational partners of change?
This guide provides a practical introduction to the role of an L&D function in an organisation. It offers support on the key steps to offering effective L&D, including creating a learning strategy, undertaking a learning needs analysis, designing learning interventions and measuring the impact of learning.
Use our range of practical tools to help you develop a learning strategy, undertake a learning needs analysis, design learning interventions and measure the impact of learning.
Katie Stickland, CIPD Knowledge Exchange Manager, reviews research examining how strategies around agile working were utilised within the NHS and distils the lessons for HR professionals, line managers and organisations
We summarise research examining how the way workers are matched to jobs can have important implications for current and future productivity for their organisations
Research examines how organisations can use redeployments to properly manage and grow knowledge sharing across their business and wider networks
Evaluating the pros and cons of working in shared office spaces, and how they impact on productivity