Women workers are key to filling long-term skills gap
Failure to tap the potential of a growing number of women workers will stifle the prospects of many UK businesses – according to the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT). With the number of women workers projected to rise over the next 10 years (whilst rates for men fall)*, the AAT believes that organisations will need […]
Charles Handy: Humane Management
Charles Handy is one of the most respected, if not the most respected business thinker of modern times. This week sees Charles Handy interviewed by FTdynamo for HR Zone. Charles Handy has long been regarded as Europe's pre-eminent business thinker, a position confirmed in January by the first-ever global ranking of business gurus. Now […]
E-mail your way to the top!
In this week's feature, FTdynamo present us with a challenge to understand both the nature of management and modern communication if we want to get ahead Salesmen used to be told to "smile before you dial". Today the dictum runs: "Think before you send". The seductive ease of e-mail as a method of communication […]
Amanda Jones – Profile
22 years of experience in IT or IT-related financial businesses currently Head of Business Excellence within Service Provision (the technical service provider to the Barclays Group) gender champion for the Barclays Group has led Diversity issues within Service Provision for the past 8 years during which time SP has been recognised for its progress both […]
New Policy for public sector IT systems
Cabinet Office Minister Ian McCartney yesterday unveiled a key plan in the Government's drive to get all its services online by 2005 and cut bureaucracy within the public sector. Speaking at London's QE2 Centre, Mr McCartney launched the e-Government Interoperability Framework (e-GIF) – a piece of policy which will help IT systems across the whole […]