Medium-level management dissatisfied

A survey among 1400 employees in medium-level management in Europe, North America and Asia seems to prove that the mood at this management level is marked by demotivation and dissatisfation worldwide. The “Middle Manager’s Outlook” survey by Accenture comes to the conclusion that 39% of those questioned are dissatisfied with their professional situation and 23% of middle managers are even actively looking for a new job. +++

Salaries of managers in SMEs increasing particularly fast

A study called “Germany Salary Increase Survey 2006 – 2007″ conducted by Hewitt Associates has revealed that manager salaries increased by 3.3% in the year 2006 which represents a much bigger rise than that experienced by other groups of employees which on average earned 2.6% more. As was already the case in 2005, the salaries of top managers and of medium-level management in small companies with less than 100 employees increased most by 3.6% and 4.2% respectively. +++

Sympathie und Leistung bestimmen Erfolg

Redline Wirtschaft KundenverblüffungDer Autor Daniel Zanetti geht davon aus, dass die persönliche Lebenseinstellung die Schaltstelle zwischen Glück und Unglück ist. Dies gelte vor allem auch bei Kundenbeziehungen. Kunden zu verblüffen sei die Leidenschaft des Autors geworden, der in seinem Buch nur Geschichten erzählt, die er entweder selbst erlebt hat oder von anderen Menschen erzählt bekommen hat. +++

Figures and facts on Germany available in English and German

Everyone wishing to be informed about the economic, social and ecologic situation of Germany as compared with its European neighbours may download a brochure called „ Im Blickpunkt – Deutschland in der Europäischen Union 2006” from the website of the Federal Statistical Office. On more than 90 pages there is a lot of information collected by the brochure´s authors. The country comparisons in this brochure are based on the latest harmonised data made available by the European Statistical Office (Eurostat). +++

595.850 Urlauber

… aus den Niederlanden besuchten von Januar bis Oktober 2006 Bayern. Mit einem Anteil von 11,9 Prozent bildetet sie die stärkste Gruppe, gefolgt von den Italienern mit 8,7 Prozent.

Quelle: Bayern Tourismus

Surveys among own staff strategically more and more important

About two thirds of companies are regularly conducting surveys among their employees which represents an unprecedented figure. This was the finding of a joint study “Staff surveys – trends of 2007″ by the Kienbaum and Hewitt Associates consultancy firms. However, the character of these surveys is increasingly changing: these surveys are always less a mood barometer, but always more important with regard to the strategic decisions concerning staff issues. +++

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