... to provide government services online is intense. All the more reason, this book argues, that experiences both good and bad should be ... in particular, to deliver public services in a much more convenient, customer-oriented, cost-effective and altogether different and ...

... 17% of companies are now looking for Mac developers, more than tripling the previous survey’s finding of 5% meanwhile, the ... clear that a recession means that you actually need to pay more to attract the best technology talent, not less. It’s a simple case of ...

... may be the result of their poor forward planning. The more complex the business arrangement, the greater the impact of “soft” ... such as accounting, payment or simple transactions to more complex interactions such as dispute resolution, motivation or risk ...

... he said. The general consensus is that it’s more pay, not more regulation, that will be the decisive factor in better social care ... increased pay was a means of attracting better-qualified and more motivated staff to the industry. “As a regulator, we think that there ...

... years. The number of abattoirs has fallen from 1,500 or more in the 1980s to about 300 now. “The whole thing is incredibly ... a committee backed by the Countryside Alliance reported that more than 50 per cent of animals are slaughtered in just 10 per cent of ...

... This year, for example, Asda announced plans to employ 5,000 more people, and B&Q hopes to create 6,250 jobs in 25 new stores nationwide. ... also returning impressive results. Even the food market, more immune from slowdown, is in a period of flux. 20 years ago, supermarkets ...

... However, they look benign compared with levels of more than three million in the mid-1980s. Another important point is that ... in manufacturing, recently compounded by Peugeot laying off more than 2,000 staff by closing its plant in the Midlands. But who is ...

... to an LLC (limited liability company), allowing the network more flexibility to grow and act as a trading partner. Van De Vijver is the ...

... that operate across national borders, Jay Galbraith has more ideas about how and why companies have structured in the way they have ... to be rather limited. Thankfully, the second half has more pace and examples. There is a great chapter on organising for complexity, ...

... to provide government services online is intense. All the more reason, this book argues, that experiences both good and bad should be ... in particular, to deliver public services in a much more convenient, customer-oriented, cost-effective and altogether different and ...