Roger Seifert, professor of industrial relations and human resources management at the University of Wolverhampton, estimated that about 90% of all schools and colleges in England would be closed on Wednesday due to industrial action.

BBC: Head teacher praised by David Cameron to strike

In a time that promises to test our business survival skills like no other, the challenges ahead for human resources, talent management, and community relations can feel endless and mind-numbing especially when generational change at the management level is factored in.

FORBES: Generation-I: Responsible. Social. Entitled?

He was professor of human resources management at the University of Ulster until 1995 and chairman of the Labour Relations Agency from 1996 until 2002.

BBC: Professor Desmond Rea