The head of public affairs for the Chartered Management Institute examines the demands made of today’s younger managers, debunks the myths surrounding them and gives clues about how organisations can attract and retain Generation Y.
Twenty years ago climber Stephen Venables became the first Englishman to reach the top of Everest without using bottled oxygen. Today, Venables is all about motivating the management community. ‘People want to be inspired,’ he says.
With summer here, it’s time to pick up a couple of paperbacks, switch off the mobile phone and head for the beach.We look at what engineering managers might be reading on their holidays.
Synthetic biology could lead to great technological advances, but it’s not going to be an easy ride.
What's the point of management consultants, and more importantly, can an engineer become one?
Web-bourne distractions doing more to your head than just wasting your day.
A little help from a calculator with even basic sums has little effect on the progress that children make in maths once they have a fundamental grasp of the subject, US researchers have found.
Management commentary
Baffling UK complacency over electronic snooping 26 July 2008
Ordinary citizens would be picketing Whitehall if they realised how vulnerable they are, says John Dwyer
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