2011 January
Managers Often “Don’t Get It”
January 28, 2011 0 Comments
Employee Motivation It should come as no surprise that employee job satisfaction can affect the bottom line. One study by a management consulting firm found the stock prices of companies with high morale grew 19.4 percent, compared with 10 percent for medium or low morale Read More
Job Satisfaction is (Just) a State of Mind
January 27, 2011 1 Comment
Employee Motivation If we think we are dissatisfied in our job then we are! When faced with a dissatisfying job, employees usually think in terms of solutions such as asking for more pay, changing schedules, minimizing contact with a toxic co-worker, or even changing jobs. Read More
Understanding Attitudes to Work – Europe vs. USA
January 25, 2011 1 Comment
Culture Change Europeans pride themselves on their quality of life—but is the quality of life in Europe any better than in the USA? The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Quality-of-Life Index claims that it is.
Helping Employees Balance Work-Life Conflicts
January 24, 2011 1 Comment
Employee Engagement The typical employee in the 1960s or 1970s showed up at a specified workplace Monday through Friday and worked for clearly defined 8 or 9-hour chunks of time. That’s no longer true for a large segment of today’s workforce. Employees are increasingly complaining Read More
Toronto reviewing green roof law
January 24, 2011 0 Comments
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Toronto, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – With a new mayor in office, Toronto is reviewing the city’s green roof law, which mandated new industrial buildings to have vegetation-covered roofs by April 30, 2012. The law was passed during the term of Read More
U.S. Navy stops purchase of computer servers
January 24, 2011 0 Comments
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News D.C., Washington, United States (AHN) – The U.S. Navy ordered a halt in the purchase of computer servers or adding new data centers. The policy seeks to align with Washington’s plan to announce agency-specific targets that would cut information technology Read More
Facebook raises $1.5bn
January 24, 2011 0 Comments
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Palo Alto, CA, United States (AHN) – Social networking giant Facebook has announced it raised $1.5 billion at a valuation of approximately $50 billion. The news confirms rumblings which have been surrounding the site and financial world for Read More
Washington gives Tehran Freedom to harvest peaceful nuclear energy
January 24, 2011 0 Comments
Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The United States on Friday has accepted Iran’s right to civilian nuclear energy but outlined a path Tehran should follow to answer questions raised by Washington and reach an amicable conclusion at the Read More
Wikipedia owns some WikiLeaks domains, but Assange won’t take them over
January 24, 2011 0 Comments
Linda Young – AHN News Writer New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Wikipedia owner Jimmy Wales says that WikiLeaks has not completed the paperwork on some Wikia-owned domains it transferred and that Wikia will let the domain names expire. Although some people confuse the Read More
Twitter sued over it’s alleged celebrity-connecting patent infringement
January 24, 2011 0 Comments
Matthew Borghese – AHN News Contributor New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Twitter, one of the world’s most popular social networking tools, is now the target of a patent infringement lawsuit. According to VS Technology, Twitter is violating a patent obtained in 2002 for Read More
