4-CONSULTING E-ZINE
With new legislation on recycling and disposing of
electrical equipment, we're taking the opportunity to look
at how you can reduce environmental impacts and your
organisation's carbon footprint.
We've also got some comments on two recent surveys in the
US and UK looking at unplanned absence from work, i.e. "sickies",
and "presenteeism" and the implications for employers.
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
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 other 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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Sick of Being Ill?
A recent survey in the US indicated that a third of
American employees take "sickies" on a
regular basis. So much for the image of a hard working
nation!
On the other hand, a survey of UK
employees and managers earlier this year indicated a deeply
ingrained sense of "presenteeism" - the need to be at work
when you really should be tucked up in bed. So much
for work-shy Britain!
We look at the implications for employers
and how different management approaches to reducing
unplanned absenteeism and presenteeism
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Making the Most of Word and Excel
Our regular "tricks and tips" features offers practical
advice on using Word more efficiently to create great
documents
and creating, formatting and navigating Excel spreadsheet
workbooks.
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article
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Recent Successes
Over the summer months, we have won commissions from the
Scottish Ambulance Service to facilitate
their strategic projects priorities and from the
Fife Constabulary to help them prepare the business
case for a new building (?).
We've also carried out an ICT Strategic Options review
for the University of St Andrews. Most
recently, we drafted and agreed the University's new ICT
Strategy Plan for the next five years.
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