4-CONSULTING E-ZINE

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In this issue we look at an issue of growing importance to businesses and we also focus on an enduring issue which continues to be at the top of the management agenda.

With new legislation on recycling and disposing of electrical equipment, we think that IT departments need to look at what they have to do to reduce environmental impacts and the organisation's carbon footprint.

We've been busy over the last six months or so helping some of our clients with large-scale transformation projects and we thought we'd share some of our experiences and ideas for successful change programmes. We hope you’ll find them of interest.

Our directors have experience in many areas of management in both the public and private sectors, so if there is a topic you would like us to cover in a future issue, please let us know. .

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Going IT Green

Recent changes in UK law now obliges electrical equipment manufacturers to be responsible for the final disposal of all electrical equipment. One of the consequences of this change is that IT managers must now ensure that all computer equipment is returned, either directly or via an authorised disposal agency, to the original manufacturer for disposal.

We look at steps that IT managers can take to reduce carbon emissions and improve their organisation's environmental impact and save money at the same time.

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Managing Culture Change

Organisational transformation projects traditionally focus on the strategic and tactical change plans. However, success will only come about if the management team leading the change concentrates on the "people" issues - winning the hearts and minds of everyone. We offer you some guidelines for creating a structure to the change programme that should produce a successful outcome.

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Making the Most of PowerPoint and Excel

Our regular "tricks and tips" features offers practical advice on getting the most out of your word processor and creating better spreadsheet workbooks.

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Recent Successes

Over the summer months, we assisted the Scottish Ambulance Service by facilitating a stakeholder workshop to carry out a benefits scoring of options generated from the Review of Emergency Medical Dispatch Centres..

We've also carried out an ICT Strategic Options review for the University of St Andrews. Most recently, we've drawn up the University's new ICT Strategy Plan for the next five years.

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In our last e-Zine, we asked your views on whether private equity funds were good for the UK economy. Our readers voted strongly against that view.

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The recent resignation of the Liberal Democrat leader was said to driven by a sense of ageism in the UK media. Some UK legislation has been passed to try to eradicate ageism in the work-place

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