Interim managers gain in popularity
29 August 2012
Interim managers are used increasingly in the UK but only a small minority work in procurement, new research has revealed.
A study by interim recruitment agency Praxis into 100 companies and 1,450 interim managers, found 64 per cent of the companies used an interim manager in 2004.
The average length of assignment rose to eight months in 2004 from six in 2003.
However, only 4 per cent of interims worked in procurement, while 35 per cent worked in project management and 19 per...