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  • Report - Managers put staff training at the top of their New Year's resolutions lists.

    According to a recent report by the Chartered Management Institute, business leaders recognise the importance of putting staff back at the heart of their organisations.

    CMI chief executive, says that by investing in the development of staff through training and development, and acknowledging their achievements, employers have a better chance of taking advantage of the upturn.

    "Looking inwards will also help to minimise the potential for a ‘brain drain’, whereby staff feel unappreciated and look elsewhere for employment once the job market improves,”

    David MacLeod, co-author of the recent government-commissioned employee engagement review, said: “Managers depend on their people to deliver the strategy and so should be doing everything they can to inspire, motivate and support them."


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  • ICT illiterate workers are causing productivity to suffer, according to a report.
    "In many companies IT issues are passed on to existing staff in an attempt to keep costs down. However, without proper training, novices can end up costing companies far more in terms of productivity levels,”
    http://www.itpro.co.uk/608073/it-illiteracy-hinders-productivity?CMP=NLC-Newsletters
     

  • Bill Wright delivers lecture to the ACCA
    (    Association of Chartered Certified Accountants)
    in Aberdeen and Dundee


     

  • Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack
    for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 file formats

    Microsoft has added new Open XML file formats to Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 to reduce file size; by installing the Compatibility Pack along side of Microsoft Office 2003 you will be able open, edit, save, and create files using the Open XML Formats new to the 2007 Microsoft Office system.

    Remember to install all High-Priority updates from Microsoft Update before downloading the Office 2007 Compatibility Pack. For further info click here

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  • Know your networking, boost your business
     

    Survey shows that companies that take time to learn about their networking and how information flows through the business, as well as pro-actively invest in new IT and emerging technologies are far more likely to success

    For example, high-scoring companies were twice as likely to have flexible working capabilities than their lowest scoring counterparts and nearly seven times as likely to offer Wi-Fi networking across their offices.

    http://www.itpro.co.uk/news/119089/know-your-networking-boost-your-business.html

 

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