skills
Tech skills: UK Plc told to get its hands dirty and help students
News While the CBI report also notes the recession has "undoubtedly" reduced the number of IT jobs available, it adds: "There is a strong demand from the business community for graduates and postgraduates with Stem skills,... [21 Sep 2009]
Raymond James Financial to Provide CRM Solution, Distribute Best-Practices Workflow
White Paper To attract and keep well-to-do clients, these advisors must apply sophisticated relationship building skills. Raymond James Financial employs over 3,000 financial advisors, 75 percent of whom are independent contractors. [21 Sep 2009]
Cranfield University Embeds SAS in a Clinical Research MSc, Providing High Calibre Scientists for Industry
White Paper In 2003, Cranfield University began providing students with the sought-after skills. The challenge was to provide life sciences and pharmaceuticals with expert personnel who combine technical and computing... [19 Sep 2009]
Hospital Revenue Cycle Management: Coordinating Data for Clean Claims and Better Service
White Paper Together, Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and Business Process Management (BPM) remove the burden of tracking and organizing, inform workers when tasks require special attention, and let employees focus their skills... [19 Sep 2009]
Human-Centered Business Process Management
White Paper The paper presents a business process development method that considers human actions and skills up front and then fills in information technology functions to support them. This approach is suitable for business... [16 Sep 2009]
Making a World of Difference in Education: Dramatic Change, Transcendent Learning and Transformational Steps
White Paper While most of this paper focuses on the transcendent learning for students, there remains a need to focus on readiness learning from basic skills to focused industry learning. Its students need to be work-ready when they... [16 Sep 2009]
What Makes a Great Workforce Planner?: Findings From a Global Study of Practitioners
White Paper Every organization is heading towards a future influenced by current trends and practices, and by social trends such as skills shortages, globalization, the aging workforce and increasing demands for work/life balance. [12 Sep 2009]
Photos: Game over for boring business training
Photo The online version of the game posts the player's score on the web, allowing trainees to compare their business skills. Kevin Farrar, skills leader for IBM UK and Ireland - which funded the game - said:... [08 Sep 2009]
Are your software licences up to date - and does your CFO know?
News CFOs can also help their IT counterparts by making sure the IT department has sufficient human and financial resources so that the right skills and processes are in place to avoid software compliance issues arising in... [04 Sep 2009]
IT graduates failing to make the business grade, say UK tech chiefs
News Broadly speaking, the role of staff in our IT department is to work with the business to deliver the systems that the business requires… so when looking for IT graduates we are looking for technical skills, leadership... [02 Sep 2009]
IBM Cognos 8 Performance Management Solutions for SAP: Unlocking Hidden Value From Investments in SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse
White Paper The architecture, capabilities, and value of IBM Cognos 8 for SAP customers is centered on embracing existing skills, knowledge, work and investments, enhancing existing SAP investments while reducing IT backlogs, and,... [02 Sep 2009]
The Myth of One Version of the Truth
White Paper Today, a proliferation of vendors and consultancies exists to provide software, services, and skills to build data warehouses based on tools and techniques that help extract, transform, and load data, using Business... [02 Sep 2009]
The SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform: SAS Business Intelligence - Enabling BI Consolidation and Standardization Without Compromises
White Paper SAS provides tailored, role-based interfaces targeted at specific audiences, skills and needs. SAS Business Intelligence empowers users by giving them access to information in the format they need, when they need it. [02 Sep 2009]
IBM Cognos 8 Performance Management Solutions for SAP: Unlocking Hidden Value From Investments in the SAP Business Warehouse
White Paper The architecture, capabilities, and value of IBM Cognos 8 for SAP customers is centered on embracing existing skills, knowledge, work and investments, enhancing existing SAP investments while reducing IT backlogs, and,... [01 Sep 2009]
Tyson Foods Improves Collaboration and Business Insight, Creates Process Efficiencies
White Paper Using the software's Enterprise Search capability, employees can find the people and data they need quickly, and employees have created more than 700 personal sites to share skills and experience. Every day, the 15,000... [01 Sep 2009]