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IT staff given retirement wake-up call
News And to compound the problem for older workers, age discrimination continues to be widespread in the IT industry, according to research by the Chartered Management Institute and the Chartered Institute of
[October 24, 2005, 14:20]
Overworked IT managers miss out on holidays
News Even when they are on holiday, many staff will work and more than one-third fail to take their full holiday entitlement, according to the survey conducted by the Chartered Management Institute (CMA) It's long been accepted that the pressure to...
[July 14, 2005, 17:45]
The time is right to create a global IT profession
Comment BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has come an incredibly long way in the past 50 years, like the industry. The Chartered Institute for IT helps organisations develop IT professionalism — through a suite of products and advice.
[October 27, 2009, 14:12]
Government tackles Greenwash (does that include its own spin?)
Blog Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Chartered Institute of PR (CIPR) Institute for Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) Not a specifically IT-related missive but given the amount of greenwash sloshing around the tech sector, IT companies should...
[February 18, 2009, 11:03]
Fly me and hang the environment
Blog IT people don't care about the environment apparently, at least according to the annual survey by the Chartered Management Institute. Only 12 percent of managers in the sector intend to offset the carbon footprint created by long-haul flights...
[July 3, 2007, 15:44]
Are IT managers overly authoritarian and bureaucratic?
Talkback So the Chartered Management Institute has branded IT managers as bureaucratic and authoritarian and that they need to think about being more proactive. Is this fair?
[December 13, 2007, 10:13]
Library Institute Creates 21st-Century Web Site for New Generation of Industry Professionals
White Papers The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), the leading organisation in the United Kingdom for librarians and information specialists, wanted a Web site that would integrate with its back-end membership database.
[July 3, 2007, 1:00]
IT managers blamed for making staff ill
News According to the Chartered Management Institute's (CMI's) Quality of Working Life survey, the most widely experienced management styles in the IT sector are reactive (45 percent), bureaucratic (38 percent) and authoritarian (24 percent) — styles...
[December 13, 2007, 7:29]
IT confidence rises, but for how long?
News The latest report on business confidence from the UK's largest accountancy body, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, has indicated that there was an unexpected resurgence in overall confidence as we entered 2006.
[March 2, 2006, 12:30]
IT security industry 'to be professionalised'
News Richard Starnes, the president of the Information Systems Security Association, said that the IT security industry needs a professional body similar to the Chartered Institute of Accounting and the Bar Council, which represents barristers.
[January 16, 2006, 9:15]
BCS tailors certification to IT specialisms
News Also on Monday, the organisation showed off its new branding as 'BCS: The Chartered Institute for IT', and introduced a revamped website with integrated member-networking functionality. The British Computer Society is revamping the assessment...
[September 21, 2009, 17:10]
CIMA Reduces Student Administration Costs by US$430,000 [£250,000]
White Papers To improve the efficiency of its operations, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) was faced with the need for a wide-ranging redesign of its business processes as well as an IT upgrade.
[January 23, 2007, 0:00]
E-learning is over-hyped, say firms
News Half of UK firms surveyed feel that e-learning has been over-hyped, according to a report from the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD). Despite many concerns about overselling, all the organisations said e-learning had an...
[February 27, 2003, 12:20]
Teleworking: Don't believe the hype
News The number of workers who take advantage of remote working has been hyped, according to a report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). The study, released this week, claims previous investigations into the issue have...
[September 8, 2006, 13:55]
Employers target pensioners to fill skills gaps
News UK businesses are actively targeting older workers in order to address recruitment difficulties and fill skills gaps, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's (CIPD) annual recruitment survey.
[June 12, 2006, 15:30]
E-learning spurned by UK staff
News A survey of 998 managers by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and Centre for Applied Human Resource Research found only 54 percent have used e-learning tools in the last year and just 20 percent have participated in a structured e-learning...
[December 7, 2007, 8:20]
Long-hours culture saps tech productivity
News According to research by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), 83 percent of managers in the IT sector regularly work more than their contracted hours. Working long hours is having a negative impact on many UK tech workers as it hits morale and...
[February 19, 2008, 9:28]
UK tech industry faces recruitment crisis
News The 2007 National Management Salary Survey by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and Remuneration Economics shows an average salary increase of 5.3 percent across all industry sectors — down from 5.7 percent in 2006.
[June 27, 2007, 8:17]
Women pass men in IT pay scale
News Female IT managers are for the first time earning more than their male counterparts and women are also climbing the corporate ladder faster, according to the annual salary survey from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).
[September 19, 2005, 14:15]
Resignations rise among female IT workers
News Research from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and pay researcher Remuneration Economics shows 5.7 percent of women working in IT resigned from their roles in 2006, a rise of 2.1 percent on the previous year.
[September 5, 2007, 8:44]
