In addition to the projects mentioned in the section on Lines of Research, IRCO is currently carrying out the following research projects:

Best Practices in Management Development in the Public Sector
Analysis, assessment and recommendations to improve training policies for public sector managers
Coordinator: Antonio Nuñez

The goals are to:
1. Analyze and compare existing training policies at all levels: content, participant profiles, teaching methods, training materials, instructors, values, public and private institutions where training is given, assessment methods and systems.
2. Assess the current state of training among public sector managers in Spain and the fit with the civil service's real need for professional management and government policy at all levels.
3. Make recommendations to improve training policies for public sector managers

Flexibility in Collective Agreements
Coordinator: Professor Sandalio Gómez
With the collaboration of CREADE and Sagardoy Abogados

Research of seven business sectors in order to ascertain how working-day, geographical and functional flexibility is incorporated into collective agreements.

Euroíndice Laboral (EIL), or European Employment Index
Coordinators: Professor José Ramón Pin, Diego Barceló and  Ángela Gallifa
With the collaboration of Adecco

Quarterly publication that reviews the situation of the different European labor markets considering four variables: employment, which measures the creation of employment, performance, the ratio between real salary variations and productivity, accessibility for vulnerable worker groups, women and youth, and adaptability of the market to economic changes.

Índice laboral de la Comunidades Autónomas españolas, (ILCA), or Employment Index for the Spanish Autonomous Communities
Coordinators: Professor José Ramón Pin, Diego Barceló and Ángela Gallifa
With the collaboration of Adecco

Published quarterly, this report compares the situation of the labor markets in six Autonomous Communities of Spain using four variables: employment, which measures the creation of employment as related to the overall needs of the economy, adaptability of the market to variations in supply and demand and to other changes in the micro or macro-economic environment, accessibility for worker groups considered vulnerable (women, youth, etc.) and performance, the ratio between real salary variations and productivity, attempting to anticipate the sustainability of salary and employment trends.

Corporate Social Responsibility in Spanish Companies Listed on the Stock Exchange with respect to the Small Shareholder
Coordinator: Professor José Ramón Pin and Adela Conde
With the collaboration of Inforpress

The project consists of three studies. The first is a general study on corporate responsibility based on a survey of 500 Spanish companies. At the same time, a survey is being taken of 140 companies listed on the stock market in order to ascertain how communication with small shareholders is managed and the impact of this communication on financial results and on the company’s brand-name value. The project is complemented by a brief survey of an additional 50 companies listed on the stock exchange regarding the implications of the policies put forth by the Aldama Commission for their management processes.

Organizational Values in Spanish Companies
Coordinator: Professor José Ramón Pin
With the collaboration of Grupo RH Asesores

The objective of this project is to evaluate to what degree Spanish companies have defined explicit organizational values and how these are reflected in their management systems. A survey has been drawn up for this purpose.

Best Management Practices in Human Resources Departments
Coordinator: Professor José Ramón Pin
With the collaboration of ADP

Through meetings of a think tank consisting of Human Resources Directors, the aim of which is to draw up a human resources management scorecard for Spanish companies, and to define best practices.

Management of Temporary Employment in Large Spanish Companies
Coordinator: Professor José Ramón Pin and Esperanza Suárez
With the collaboration of AGETT, Asociación de Grandes Empresas de Trabajo Temporal (Association of Large Temporary Employment Agencies)