Hourglass - issue 15

In this edition of Hourglass, we explore the need for companies to plan now in order to prepare themselves for the potential challenges the upturn may bring.

A selection of the main issues we cover include:

• HR's role: looking beyond the recession and preparing the organisation’s people for the eventual upturn
• HRD profile: Robbie Wheeler, human resource director of caterer Aramark, presents the challenges that the economic downturn has presented for low-margin businesses
• Managing Tomorrow’s People, a new PwC report that explores the impact of the downturn on people management, the different options open to companies and some of the scenarios PwC believe will play out in this time of great change
• Technology – the rapid pace of technological development creates a host of opportunities and challenges to the world of corporate communications
• HR around the world – in the first of a series articles of international office, William Schofield from PwC’s Moscow office, looks at how the financial downturn has impacted the employment market in Russia

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