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Cost reduction programmes look at layoffs and compensation
An survey of employers, crossing all major sectors and companies of all sizes, conducted by the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, reported that:
1. 55% of employers had cut out..
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| Compensation strategies revisited in downturn
A survey conducted in the US by the Employers Assoc. of the NorthEast, revealed that employers were cutting salary increases for 2009:
1. Only 3 of 23 companies with workers in the production, maintenance, and service unions planned to increase salaries - at an average of only 0.67%.
2. Only 32 out of 105..
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Cost reduction programmes lead to employee distrust
A 2009 Hewitt survey of HR executives at 518 large US companies revealed that 47% of respondents believed employee trust had declined because of the way their companies had managed cost reductions and , 37% felt the way they had managed the economic downturn will make top..
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| Employee Motivation practices in downturn to focus on reward systems
A 2009 survey of 763 organisations in 66 countries examined how organisations intended to motivate and engage employees during a global downturn. The study found that the erosion of financial capital had led to a renewed focus on the value of human capital. Of the respondents:
1. 71% used financial performance measurements and 40% used employee engagement measures. Other performance standards such as customer satisfaction, innovation, talent management and employee engagement were used at less than..
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Human Resource Information System (HRIS) budgets under scrutiny
A follow up survey to the CedarCrestone 2008-2009 HR Systems Survey examined budget changes. The survey received responses from 20% (165) of the original 828 respondents. Responses revealed that:
1. 70% of the respondents reported no changes in their HR systems budgets from..
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| Human Resource Information System (HRIS) applications and practices
The CedarCrestone 2008-2009 HR Systems Survey surveyed 828 US HR leaders about HRIT applications and practices in their Human Capital Management systems. Responses revealed that:
1. 65% used talent-acquisition applications.
2. 54% used performance-management applications and a further 13% planned to do so within 12 months and a further 20% within 3 years.
3. 63% used learning and training applications and a further 17% planned to do so within 3 years.
4. 60% had pay-related self-service applications in place, with a further..
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E-Commerce/E-Business survey identifies reasons for cart abandonment
A 2009 PayPal (NASDAQ:EBAY) survey received responses from 553 on-line shoppers who had recently abandoned a shopping cart. Respondents cited the following as very important reasons for cart abandonment:
1. 46%% had abandoned their carts due..
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| IT Security Management lax in monitoring leaving workers
In a 2009 survey the Ponemon Institute conducted interviews with 945 adults who were laid off, fired, or changed jobs in the past year and found that almost 60% of those interviewed reported stealing data ( 61% took paper documents or hard files, 53% downloaded information onto a CD or DVD, and 42% downloaded information..
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IT Security Management threatened by insiders
A survey by Unity Solutions polled CIOs and IT leaders on data threats. The study found that 43% of respondents had experienced some type of fraud, theft or loss as a result of insider attacks, and 12% believed that their organizations..
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| Social Networking use in corporations
A 2009 survey by Frost & Sullivan examined corporate use of social networking, policies regarding corporate social networking sites, and the utilisation of Web 2.0 tools and received 1428 responses and revealed that:
1. About 40% of organisations formally used social networking / Web 2.0 tools.
2. 80% of survey respondents personally used Web 2.0 technologies to connect and share with friends and family while at work.
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Cost reduction focussed on costs of employment
A 2009 survey by AICPA and the University of North Carolina examined how organisations were dealing with the recession. Responses were received from 1183 financial executives and revealed that:
1. 47% of..
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| Lean thinking - educational preferences
A study examined business practitioners' preferences for higher education curricula design in general and for what graduates should know about Lean, or waste-reduction efforts and received 45 completed surveys from US companies in the service, manufacturing and government sectors. The study found that the business practitioners most preferred areas of education in lean skills, knowledge and expertise were, in ranked order:
1. Systems planning and thinking (e.g., seeing the business as a value stream).
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