News tagged with senior manager

IBM, HP allegedly implicated in Poland graft scandal: report

Global IT giants IBM and Hewlett-Packard have allegedly been implicated in a corruption scandal over a technology upgrade in Poland's public administration, the Rzeczpospolita daily reported Thursday.

Technology / Business

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Self interested managers more likely to manipulate the books: study

(Phys.org) -- Accounting manipulation occurs more often in firms that have a work culture that is centered on self-interest, according to a joint University of Melbourne and Tilburg University study.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

AOL sales head exits in management reorganization

(AP) -- AOL Inc.'s heads of online ad sales and corporate communications are leaving as part of the Internet company's latest management reorganization.

Technology / Business

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Blackboard to be taken private in $1.64B deal

(AP) -- Educational software maker Blackboard is being taken private for $1.64 billion in cash by an investor group led by affiliates of Providence Equity Partners.

Technology / Business

created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Engaged employees deliver improved business performance

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research indicates that in the UK and US as many as 70% of employees may not be engaged at work. Therefore, it is not surprising that employee engagement has become something of a hot topic amongst business ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study finds Medicare prescription benefit program has exceeded expectations

The program created to provide Medicare recipients with prescription drug benefits exceeded expectations during its first two years, extending pharmacy coverage to most seniors while reducing their overall spending on drugs, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bosses with 'green' values more likely to over-comply with environmental rules

A business is more likely to "over-comply" with environmental regulations if its senior management believes in protecting the environment and that it makes financial sense in the long term, according to a new study by an ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Finding good ideas: How to improve product development

The development of new products and services is key to business success, but a new study from North Carolina State University shows that businesses could do a much better job of evaluating new ideas in order to identify products ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0