4-CONSULTING E-ZINE
Summer's coming and we've decided to focus on our
workforce before we head off for the holidays.
In this edition of our e-Zine, we comment on some recent research
that we have completed
for the Scottish Executive on "employee engagement" and
summarise some of our findings. We've also some guidance on managing Health & Safety at
work.
Please feel free to forward this e-zine to a
colleague.
In this issue
Employee Engagement
In an international review of published literature for the Scottish Executive, we found
that a few large employer organisations take employee engagement seriously and are actively
implementing measures to increase engagement levels. For them, employee engagement is
seen as a strategic issue at Board level rather than just an HR issue and they recognise
that engagement impacts on standards of service delivery in both the public and private
sectors as well as profitability in the private sector.
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Managing Health & Safety
Many smaller businesses regard Health &
Safety as a growing burden on scarce management time.
However, with a bit of careful management effort, employers
can create an effective Health & Safety environment that can
bring genuine benefits to the business.
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Making the Most of PowerPoint and Excel
Our regular "tricks and tips" features offers practical
advice on using PowerPoint to create effective slide shows
and creating, formatting and navigating Excel spreadsheet
workbooks.
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Recent Successes
Earlier this month, one of our directors reached a major
milestone when he ran a training course for the Institute
of Chartered Accountants of Scotland where the 600th
financial director/manager attended.
The Scottish Executive has now published our
research into measuring and improving employee engagement in
the public sector which is generating some significant
interest for some of our clients and contacts.
Working on behalf of Henderson & Loggie
in Dundee, we have recently completed a Value for Money
review of ICT services at St Andrews University.
As part of our social responsibility remit, we recently
provided pro bono IT advice for
the New Lanark Conservation Trust's boutique hotel
concerned with its hotel management systems.
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Tell us your view
Readers' views were equally divided on our question as to
whether or not sharing knowledge should be an organisational
value and that staff should be rewarded accordingly.
We hope that you will take a moment to answer the following question:
Private equity funds continue to prowl round
corporate UK looking for targets to acquire. The
Automobile Association, the RAC, Sainsbury, Alliance Boots
and EMI spring to mind.
Do you think that private equity funds are good for the
UK economy?
Answer our question and let us know – all responses are
confidential.
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about this one, please send it to:
ezine@4-consulting.com.
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