... maximise productivity. In fact, the opposite is true. The more time we spend in situations outside our natural habitat, the more we can draw upon different approaches. Whereas leaders used to be valued ...

... government has made no secret of its commitment to getting more young people into higher education, and education secretary Ruth Kelly’s ... with the skills shortages present in the UK workforce. Even more worrying is the lack of take-up in vocational courses and claims that this ...

... and as this gap continues to grow, the nation is seeing more and more under-qualified jobseekers unable to land work. Of course, skills ...

... Accepting that people work in a range of different, more flexible ways because it works for them, and designing policy that ... election should be about work. After all, few things matter more to people. Policies to make great work happen should be a priority for any ...

With more companies looking to take advantage of growth territories, there is a ... executives also recognised that organisations were giving more autonomy to the people on the ground in the new markets and were becoming ... and not a business-unit driven model. For more on emerging markets, see News and Guide to Emerging Markets in the latest ...

... been shrinking over the years and although this makes you more focused, it does mean there are fewer opportunities for face-to-face ... of the changes to schools being pioneered then are happening more generally now, such as local bank accounts and the introduction of ...

... overall sickness absence rates in the UK have increased by more than a third over the past year. The problem is particularly acute in the ... per cent in 2001 to nearly 8 per cent in 2002. There is also more long-term absenteeism than ever before. Quite apart from the direct and ...

... in place.” Macdonald has seen procurement become far more involved over the past two years, bringing some welcome professionalism. ... another matter. It probably depends on whether they incline more towards judging price or value and if the value of using jets can be ...

... agencies to fill our vacancies.” The company needed a more precise system and so the challenge was to find an e-recruitment tool that ... in the fact that Bond was a strong and stable business, with more than 500 employees, and also that the Bond Talent system’s functionality ...

... work.” According to the FSB, over the past five years more than 40 laws have been passed granting regulators greater powers to ... environmental protection plans and employment issues. “More than 300 inspectors have the right of entry, unannounced, to a business. ...