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The Connected Business

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Inside this issue

• Effective tools motivate workers and inform bosses

• Devices offer fresh routes to the job market

The FT Bowen Craggs Corporate Website Index 2011 - -

Content

Human resources goes technical

The face of HR in a growing number of organisations is a portal rather than a person, writes Paul Taylor

Data mining: Analytics can improve use of money and staff

Stephen Pritchard looks at the benefits of combining workforce planning and external information

Mobile applications: Devices offer fresh routes to the job market

Organisations are reassessing how they recruit and keep employees informed, reports Jane Bird

Metro de Madrid: Faster decisions for training in Spain

Managers can now approve expenditure on the move, with benefits in productivity and time efficiency, writes Jane Bird

Talent management: Software highlights stars and slackers

Effective tools motivate workers and inform bosses, says Jessica Twentyman

Social media: The personal at work can be a disruptive mix

David Gelles gathers advice on how companies can make use of and monitor online networking

FT Bowen Craggs Index: Sites will become ‘suns’ with a set of satellites

David Bowen on the 2011 ranking of corporate websites

Analysis of results: Be a ‘king of content’ not a piecemeal relauncher

David Bowen looks at how successful organisations are in getting their messages across via the web

Methodology: How the rankings are arrived at

The FT Bowen Craggs Index uses a simplified version, writes David Bowen

Perspectives: Businesses must learn to cope with bottom-up change

There will also always be security concerns, but the benefits could be great, writes Alan Cane

In-house or off-site: Remote access is not a solution that suits all

Profile: Baker rises to challenge of rolling out information on employees’ skills

UPS: Web recruitment speeds up the delivery of good workers