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      <title>Report examines 'Quality of Working Life'</title>
      <description>The report, published by the Chartered Management Institute and Simply health, assessed the impact of differing managerial styles on motivation, health and productivity.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Manufacturing managers should use Internet more</title>
      <description>In-depth study reports that easy opportunities to build skills are being missed, as senior manufacturing executives fail to use blogs, social networking sites or online resources.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Management pressures damage strategic plans</title>
      <description>Survey revealed that conflicting and ever increasing demands on manufacturing managers detract from strategic planning and slows long-term company growth.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Manufacturing firms fail to prepare</title>
      <description>Despite recording a dramatic increase in the level of upheaval caused by extreme weather conditions, manufacturing organisations admit failing to prepare for disruption.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Success is the difference for companies, employees</title>
      <description>Managers within the manufacturing sector believe there is a discrepancy between how individuals and their organisations judge success.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Chartered Management Institute</category>
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      <title>Optmism outweighs fear of rising business costs</title>
      <description>Manufacturing managers believe 2007 will be a successful year and optimism exists, in spite of an increase in the proportion of business leaders predicting rising business costs.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Chartered Management Institute</category>
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      <title>'Lack of recognition' stifles career progress</title>
      <description>Engineering managers are highly motivated, but believe their impact on business performance goes un-noticed, data shows that they blame this lfor stalling career progression.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Chartered Management Institute</category>
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      <title>Women in UK's manufacturing sector walk out</title>
      <description>While women have received higher salary increases than men and are more likely to be given a bonus, these benefits are failing to stem the tide of female resignations in the manufacturing sector.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Chartered Management Institute</category>
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      <title>UK manufacturing lose staff - dissatisfaction?</title>
      <description>Survey reports that resignation rates are higher in the UK manufacturing sector than the national average, for the year to January 2006, as organisations fail to meet the needs of their staff.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>UK executives - 'no time for holidays'</title>
      <description>Some 64% of executives in the UK's manufacturing sector are rejecting holidays in favour of spending more time in the workplace - and seek ways to 'sell' un-used holiday back to their employers.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Chartered Management Institute</category>
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      <title>Report looks at quality of working life</title>
      <description>Increased anger and loss of humour amongst people in the workplace are just two of the knock-on effects that manufacturing businesses now have to deal with due to poor workplace health.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Chartered Management Institute</category>
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      <title>Sickness levels cut UK manufacturing performance</title>
      <description>In a recent report, growing levels of sickness are being blamed for under-performance in manufacturing businesses throughout the UK and two out of thre managers do not report illness.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Chartered Management Institute</category>
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      <title>Self-inflicted barriers impede manufacturing</title>
      <description>UK research published this week shows that a culture of secrecy and suspicion is having a negative impact on decision-making within UK manufacturing organisations.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Chartered Management Institute</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/ced/ced119.html</link>
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      <title>Managers fail to capitalise on volunteer benefits</title>
      <description>Manufacturing managers fail to see how voluntary work boosts career opportunities and skills, despite high numbers giving up their time at home and abroad.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Chartered Management Institute</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/ced/ced118.html</link>
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      <title>Manufacturing managers frustrated by barriers</title>
      <description>Top concerns revealed in 'Motivation Matters' survey - what manufacturing managers really want from their work is recognition and better prospects for promotion and more career guidance.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Chartered Management Institute</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/ced/ced117.html</link>
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      <title>Maintaining good will among employees</title>
      <description>UK survey shows large organisations are the least generous in the UK 05 - though traditional values are returning to the workplace.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2005 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Chartered Management Institute</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/ced/ced116.html</link>
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