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Continuous improvement and other modern manufacturing techniques have helped a manufacturer of coin, bill and cashless …‐transaction markets. The UK‐based company, with manufacturing sites in north‐west England and the USA and sales offices throughout the …
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training, and management support within a positive work environment where communication is effective and serves to keep them …
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Purpose – This paper aims to describe a training program at the Craigavon plant of NACCO Materials Handling Group … achieved. Findings – It details how lean manufacturing, skill flexibility and quality performance all improved considerably … managers completed their Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) qualifications. More than 50 employees were trained in …
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meeting their demanding targets in terms of billable hours. They can be cynical about the experience of training and skeptical …
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More than ten million Britons currently use telephone banking and an estimated 11.5 million online active bank accounts are in use – more than in any other European country. These figures demonstrate that Internet and telephone banking are firmly embedded in everyday lives and are here to...
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Moving from hierarchical management with annual reviews to a program and project‐management approach has helped the mighty British American Tobacco (BAT) to gain market share in 13 Middle Eastern countries.
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Improving work‐life balance is often used as a euphemism for keeping all contact with the office to a minimum, but a company that is regularly ranked among the best to work in the UK is finding quite the opposite. Sports and social activities are thriving at building, transportation and...
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UK health and fitness company Cannons Health and Fitness, which covers the training needs of team members working in the … exercise and fitness area as well as a range of training that supports the business side of running health and fitness …‐development scheme, and examines the training from the perspectives of the company itself and the training provider. Findings – Shows …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe how training helped UK hire company A‐Plant to improve customer …. Design/methodology/approach – Highlights the reasons for the introduction of the training, the form the training took and the … results of the initiative. Findings – Reveals that management training is providing a clear development path for staff and …
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Purpose – The paper describes how Dial‐a‐Cab, the largest supplier of licensed taxis in central London, has introduced a program to provide Level 2 National Vocational Qualifications to contact‐centre staff. Design/methodology approach – The paper details the reasons for the program,...
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