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Al Morale
Downloads Al Morale wants to be your virtual yes-man and lackey. The demo version is a sample of Al Morale's 100 lines of flattery and fun. This interactive cartoon sidekick gives you flattery and kudos on demand.
[August 13, 1999, 3:38]
IT industry morale hits new low
News The latest Meta Group research, the IT Staffing and Compensation Guide, has found 71 percent of IT managers citing burn out and low morale as serious problems. Maria Schafer, Meta's IT Human Capital Management Strategies programme director, said in...
[March 24, 2003, 8:47]
Boosting morale pays off for everyone
News Low morale among technology staff is likely epidemic today, thanks to years of layoffs, extended work schedules, declining profits, cancelled projects, and reduced perks due to tightened budgets. While a poor attitude can be evident--a lack of...
[February 4, 2002, 11:38]
Telepresence used to boost Afghan troops' morale
News Nato is using high-end videoconferencing technology in an attempt to boost morale among servicemen and women serving in Afghanistan. Nato's director lieutenant general, Ulrich HM Wolf, said in a statement: "Being able to give our front-line service...
[September 23, 2008, 10:28]
Al Morale's Game Show Presenter
Downloads Trainers and educators use this program to grab people's attention and boost participation by presenting quizzes in the form of a funny TV-style game show. All multimedia is built-in (music, animated host, sound effects, graphics, and...
[January 8, 2003, 4:46]
'Short-term view' hits financial IT sector morale
News Think of financial services companies as cutting-edge users of IT? Think again. Around two-thirds of IT managers in the sector say IT isn't viewed strategically where they work and almost three-quarters reckon cost-cutting has emerged as the...
[April 3, 2003, 8:51]
Long-hours culture saps tech productivity
News Working long hours is having a negative impact on many UK tech workers as it hits morale and cuts into valuable leisure time. Just over half of respondents (51 percent) said the long-hours culture in the UK affects productivity and 42 percent said...
[February 19, 2008, 9:28]
IT managers blamed for making staff ill
News Overly authoritarian and bureaucratic IT managers are bad for morale and productivity and are making their staff sick. According to the Chartered Management Institute's (CMI's) Quality of Working Life survey, the most widely experienced management...
[December 13, 2007, 7:29]
Offshoring 'not lowering IT wages'
News Research released yesterday by e-learning firm SkillSoft said UK IT staff's morale is falling, and that they were blaming pay cuts and jobs going overseas. There are morale problems but when haven't there been?
[July 21, 2005, 9:40]
Employers: Find out your workers' World Cup rights
News It could in fact be used as a chance to boost morale following what for may employers has been a difficult year. Employers can of course insist on all employees working normal hours, with disciplinary sanctions if they do not, but this may lead to...
[May 22, 2002, 14:53]
Ballmer: We must 'compete relentlessly'
News In the memo, Ballmer also addresses employee morale issues, competition with Linux and the long road to Longhorn, the next version of Windows. The Microsoft chief executive also used part of the message to address morale issues that had come up, in...
[July 7, 2004, 8:35]
Identify the root causes of problems before starting project rescue
News You may talk to a client manager, and he or she may tell you that the cause of the problems on the project is poor morale. However, after asking a series of why questions, you determine that the poor morale is caused by the team working too much...
[June 14, 2005, 16:15]
IT workers grow in optimism
News Another study earlier this year found low morale among IT workers to be widespread. Among more than 650 companies surveyed by research firm Meta Group, more than 72 percent indicated that low IT employee morale is currently a serious issue in their...
[August 16, 2004, 14:25]
How will NTL-Telewest affect your business?
News Staff morale may also be low, following news of expected £1.5m post-merger cost savings. That won't help morale. With the merger having been in the offing for years now, both companies have had sufficient time to align their strategies and consumer...
[October 4, 2005, 18:15]
Ten reasons businesses should buy e-readers
Comment Removing clutter around the office improves efficiency and morale. Higher morale There are times when a company needs a boost in morale. These benefits help boost morale, along with productivity. The biggest advocates of e-readers may still be avid...
[September 11, 2009, 14:46]
BlackBerrys may be voted into the Commons
News And that boredom leads to low morale and may even be discouraging some MPs from attending parliamentary debates, it said. The sight of bored MPs slouching in the House of Commons as a long speech drones on could soon be a thing of the past, as...
[June 21, 2007, 10:52]
Workplace gaming could benefit firms
News Rather than simply eating up time that would be better spent working, these games can boost productivity and morale, according to a study by Dutch scientists. Many companies take a dim view of members of staff who play computer games at their desk...
[November 7, 2003, 16:30]
NTL confirms 6,000 staff will go
Talkback Maybe they could employ these people in their outrageously poor Customer Services dept.to boost the morale of the 1 person they currently employ in that area. We as consumers then might renew our faith in this sales orientated company.
[May 10, 2006, 12:50]
Keep your team on track in face of churn
News The job insecurity that comes with corporate churn can lead to low morale, a high rate of turnover, reduced productivity, and a general sense of unease within your department. I'll offer some do's and don'ts that will help you keep your team...
[September 10, 2002, 8:50]
