How can the IPA help?

What we do

The IPA led the way with the ground-breaking Towards Industrial Partnership project in 1992 and has been at the forefront of thinking since, publishing The Practitioners Guide to Partnership Working and now focussing on developing collaborative working within UK organisations.

Our research activity underpins the services we provide to organisations developing collaborative working, whether taking the first steps on the journey or seeking to enhance existing ways of working.

Working closely with client organisations, the IPA team can:

Help you to develop new ways of working
Provide a diagnostic – where are you now?
Develop and test a road map for change
Design interventions such as vision workshops and training at all levels of the organisation looking at appropriate skills and behaviours
Ensure that organisations are getting the most from their partnership

What they say - Guernsey Post Limited

Guernsey Post asked Nita to help the company extend their approach to partnership working with the CWU. Based on a series of interviews, Nita presented her findings at a joint workshop where senior union representatives and managers agreed a way forward.

"We really appreciated the way Nita put together the workshop it was stretching, lively and interesting for all concerned. It helped us to move our partnership approach on another step - a vital factor in meeting the continuing challenges for our people and our business".

- Steve Rains, HR Director, Guernsey Post Limited

Latest

IES Annual Conference 2024: Creating a Sustainable Workforce

IPA is part of the Institute for Employee Studies and we are pleased that our director, Nita Clarke will again be speaking at the IES HR Network Annual Conference where you can hear from the UK's leading employment specialists and HR thinkers on how best to create a sustainable workforce.
Managing HR in recession: why it makes sense to consider alternatives to job cuts in a downturn

Many organisations like to claim that “people are their greatest asset”. For Stewart Johnstone of University of Strathclyde, the ultimate test of this mantra is when tough times hit and and organisations start to seek ways to cut costs. Usually this includes ways to trim the wage bill - but would firms be better advised to consider alternatives to downsizing in times of crisis?
Collective performance-related pay systems may have more effect than individual performance-related schemes

Research led by Professor Stephen Wood at University of Leicester School of Business (ULSB) shows that collective performance-related pay systems may have more effect than individual performance-related schemes. This finding is based on a systematic review of research studies that directly compared the effects of financial involvement or collective performance-related pay systems with their individual counterparts.
The strategic importance of employee engagement

In the ever-evolving landscape of the UK economy, one crucial factor stands out as both a challenge and an opportunity: employee engagement. Rarely a day passes without alarming headlines highlighting the economic challenges and growing discontent among employees in the UK, declining levels of trust and heightened employee unrest. In this article, Dr Sarah Pass of Nottingham Trent University, makes the case for prioritising employee engagement as a strategic necessity.