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5 Steps to Find the Right Measures

How to find the right measures is the most asked question in the field of performance measurement. And it's little wonder, because the more meaningful measures track outcomes which tend to be less tangible than the traditional things we've measured, like how many widgets we produced.

Mar 2, 2010

When consumer IT enters business, so does the risk of cyberattack

At first glance there would appear to be little to connect Apple’s iPad and the Greek’s Trojan horse. After all, centuries separate the two creations. The Trojan horse described in Virgil’s Latin epic poem The Aeneid was wheeled into Troy in the Bronze Age: Apple’s much-hyped tablet device signifies cutting-edge, 21st-century computing technology.

Mar 2, 2010

Irish Tech Firms Funding up almost 20% to €288m in 2009

Irish companies raised €288m in 2009, up 18.6% on the previous year according to the Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA) Venture Pulse survey.

“This strong performance was against a backdrop of a severe credit crunch and global banking crisis,” commented John Tracey, chairman IVCA and CEO, TVC Holdings plc. He said that the record year in Ireland compared with significant falls in activity levels of between 50-70% in US and UK markets which were back to levels experienced in the late 1990s.

Mar 2, 2010

Is there an alternative to redundancy?

Feb 2, 2010

The Cloud Computing Quandary

Cloud computing refers to the online outsourcing of technology requirements. Cloud services fall into three broad categories: infrastructure, platforms and software, which are provided through the internet rather than being facilitated in-house. The internet is

Feb 2, 2010

'Flight to value' reshaping the business of retail

The recession has brought about a new way of shopping with many of these changes likely to be permanent. This will bring about a step change in the way consumers perceive 'value' and spend money, and in the way retailers are shaping their businesses, according to new PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) research launched at the 2010 Annual Checkout

Jan 19, 2010

Short-listing on Attendance Records: Legal Considerations

The downturn in the economy has led many employers to reconsider their staffing requirements and to seek to introduce changes in the workplace to ensure maximum efficiency. Accordingly, issues such as employee attendance, conduct and performance are likely to be subject

Jan 19, 2010

Sustainable Procurement Functions in the Face of Recession

How do you find savings in an already squeezed business – then get non-financial functions on board to help you make them sustainable beyond recession?

Jan 19, 2010
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The KPMG Survival Guide to Managing Costs

If sales are tough, remember cost is one thing you can control so constantly striving to optimise your cost base is crucial. So what are the lessons for Irish business from KPMG's survival guide to managing costs?

Dec 22, 2009

How to Achieve More with Less!

This is essentially the message for 2010 how to achieve more in your company with less. We are all in the same boat and we have less, yet we have to achieve a lot more to survive. To achieve the leadership to change your organisation into achieving more with less you need to

Dec 22, 2009

Contracts of Employment

To the end of June 2009 NERA inspectors carried out a total of 10,445 calls, interviews and inspections and breaches were detected in 18% of cases. Unpaid wages totalling €1,131,224 were identified compared to almost €1 million in the same period of 2008.

Nov 23, 2009

The 8 Steps to Build Buy-in to KPIs

You're not truly implementing performance measurement - nor getting the gains it will deliver - if you don't have your staff, your colleagues and your managers engaged. Nor do you have to wait until they are engaged before you get started!

Nov 23, 2009

Guidance on Christmas Parties and Bullying

The Christmas party season is upon us again and each year numerous cases come before the Rights Commissioner and the Equality Tribunal concerning allegations of bullying, harassment and sexual harassment. In some cases these acts have been perpetrated at the Christmas party, or other work-related nights out.

Nov 23, 2009

€26m Seed & Early Stage Equity Fund Launched

Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment launches €26m Bank of Ireland Seed and Early Stage Equity Fund supported by Enterprise Ireland and the University of Limerick Foundation....

Nov 10, 2009

Irish Consumer Sentiment Better Than Expected in October

Nov 10, 2009

ECB signals reduced support for banking system but rate hikes still far away

Nov 10, 2009

41% of Employers Implemented Illegal Practices in Workplace

The latest figures from the Employment Law Sentiment Survey carried out by Graphite HRM indicate that 41% of employers stated that at some point in time, their organisation had implemented employment practices that were illegal.

Oct 27, 2009

Spy games – tackling malware

Oct 27, 2009

What Next? Ten Questions for CFOs

The credit crisis and its shocks to the real economy have put chief financial officers on the front lines, as they implement emergency measures to help companies survive the recession. Now, as an eventual recovery begins to seem more likely,

Oct 27, 2009

Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining

It might sound like pie in the sky, but many companies now regard cloud computing as a secure way to procure and run cost-efficient business applications...

Oct 13, 2009
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10 Biggest Mistakes in Managing Organisational Performance

Oct 13, 2009

Practical Tips for Preparing for the Employment Appeals Tribunal

Attending before the Employment Appeals Tribunal (“EAT”) can be quite daunting for everyone involved. This email provides some helpful advice and tips to assist employers in preparing their case and outlines what to expect when attending before the EAT.

Sep 29, 2009

Recession Accounting

Sep 15, 2009

Building a Budget for 2010

It’s Budget season and for many this means wading through huge spreadsheets, chasing down contributors and trying to avoid that nightmare that kept you in the office until midnight last time.

Sep 15, 2009

Working Capital - or is it?

The issue of whether working capital is still a major concern for CFO’s is well documented in the financial press, and indeed tops the list of most financial professionals as a ‘must have’ to manage the cash flow of the organisation. Accurate, robust and timely cash flow forecasts that focus on

Sep 15, 2009

Developing & Using Winning KPIs

“Show me a company who thinks they have KPIs, which are measured monthly and quarterly, and I will show you measures that do not create change, alignment and growth and have never been KPIs” - David Parmenter

Sep 1, 2009

Quarterly Economic Commentary - ESRI

All of the Quarterly Economic Commentaries between Spring 2007 and Spring 2009 contained downward revisions to our forecasts, first for 2008 and then for 2009...

Sep 1, 2009

Today’s decisions will define the success of tomorrow’s enterprises

International experts gather to discuss long term strategies for enterprise development in Ireland.

“The incorporation of long term thinking into today’s decision making.........

Aug 23, 2009

InterTradeIreland Invests €4m in Cross-Border Company R&D

Sixteen companies are to receive up to €300,000 each from cross-border business and development body InterTradeIreland to accelerate new product, process and service developments........

Aug 23, 2009

The top twenty blunders the corporate accountant has made

As a failed corporate accountant, by that I mean I had to organise my own 'leaving do', I feel particularly well qualified to write this article...

Aug 18, 2009

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