Britons see civil servants as bureaucratic, political and stuck in their ways, but also professional. Few see them as lazy – but few seem them as innovative or accessible either.
Familiarity and compliance with the Working Time Directive is encouragingly high amongst UK private companies and the private sector, according to a recent MORI survey commissioned by Blick plc.
The Basic Skills Agency today launches new research into what motivates adults with poor basic skills to improve them. The survey, commissioned by the Adult Basic Skills Promotion Task Force (set up following the publication of the Moser Report, A Fresh Start), is called Getting Better Basic Skills - what motivates adults.
New research by MORI for Cheltenham Ladies' College shows that women are not getting on as they should be in the IT industries. Of the IT companies included in the research on average a quarter (24%) of IT positions are held by women. This decreases to about one in eight (13%) of senior management positions.
A MORI survey of parents for National Childcare Week 2000 shows how employers and Government can do more to help mothers return to work after having a baby
Over half of adults in Great Britain think Tony Blair should not take paternity leave when his child is born in May, according to a MORI poll for the Mail on Sunday. 57% want him to carry on his job as normal, whilst only a quarter say he should take unpaid parental leave from his job which he is entitled to do under new legislation brought in by his government.
Employee misuse of Internet access and email has reached epidemic proportions in UK companies
In an online poll of IT Week readers, 43 percent revealed that disciplinary action had been taken against employees for contravening company email or Internet access policy.
While reasonable personal Internet and email use is tolerated in most firms, the survey highlights employers' fears that staff are wasting time online or, worse, will land their employers in court by downloading illegal material or casually sending defamatory emails. Leaking confidential company information in emails is also a concern.
The survey was conducted during January and February by IT Week, MORI and software security firm Elron. The findings supported those of MORI and Elron's more general survey of Internet users, which was also conducted in January.
The two surveys suggest that the problem is exacerbated by companies not communicating what is expected of staff.
About two-thirds of companies said they h...
Top business leaders throughout Britain are more likely to get their best ideas in the bathroom than the boardroom - a MORI Captains of Industry survey of chairmen, chief executives and managing directors has revealed.
