Purpose – The purpose of this article is to analyse the extent to which the CIPD's professional project can be successfully realised. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on a two‐fold literature review that analyses the professional project with reference to nascent...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to examine the significance and the implications of efforts to institute workforce modernization within the police service in England and Wales. Design/methodology/approach – The approach taken uses an analysis of the modernization proposals advanced by Her...