Anniversary: 10th M´BlogDocument published! 6. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot In our tenth M´BlogDocument the word is again with ladies: Manuela Franzò writes about “The art of teamwork” and gives valuable advice on “How to deal with colleagues and superiors in companies”. From her point of view teamwork and dealing with different people is an art. She knows from her own experience that it is …
Regular customers and senior citizens particularly courted by companies 6. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot Most of all companies like to court their regular customers. 93 percent of companies consider them to be important or very important for their business success. Next in the hit list of most courted clients are high-income consumers (for 70 percent of companies) and senior citizens (55 percent). These are the findings of a survey …
Survey on new developments in a female secretary’s job 6. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot Whereas some decades ago typewriting was an important task of female secretaries, today office angels are saved a lot of work by modern communications technology. Which are other general conditions that have changed this profession? Answers to this question will be given by Mrs. Manuela Franzò, who is one of our M`BlogDocument writers. In order …
Statistics duties cost one hour of time each month 6. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot The average time spent by companies on preparing documents for official statistical reasons amounts to 64 minutes per month. At least this is the finding of the “How much a burden are official statistics requirements to the economy” study carried out by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). The study which was commissioned …
Recommendations for successful mergers & acquisitions 5. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot M&A business has once again grown in the year 2006. Clear trends in this business can also be identified. German companies pursue a global acquisition strategy and do not even stop at hostile takeovers any more. Another significant fact is successful acquisitions often being made after bidding fights without prior so-called due diligence examination, i.e. …
DIHK publishes stands on EU topics 5. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot Ranging from the Postal Guideline to the European Constitution, from the quality of air to antimonopoly laws: in their brochure “Political topics in Europe 2006” the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) have recently compiled their stands on 26 political subject matters of European relevance. The respective writers of the brochure give …
Information day on general anti-discrimination law 5. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot In the period from August 14th to September 25th the Amadeus Fire AG temporary work and personnel consulting agency in co-operation with other partners offer a series of free-of-charge informative events on the general anti-discrimination law (AGG). The new law took effect on August 1st 2006 and is to provide comprehensive protection against discrimination – …
EU publishes regulations on financial services 5. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot As was reported by the European Commission it has set up an Internet data base containing regulations on financial services which is accessible to the general public. This data base provides complete access to those laws by which the EU regulations on financial services are cast into national legislation. The data base does also include …
DIHK brochure helps to avoid mistakes with regard to new anti-discrimination law 5. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot Presumably in a few days the new anti-discrimination law (AGG) will take effect. In cases of violation of the law there might be serious sanctions – besides an injunction also the liability for compensation even for personal suffering. With their brochure “The general anti-discrimination law” the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) …
SMEs are cautiously optimistic 5. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot The Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) presented a new report on small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) last week. According to a recent survey by the DIHK which questioned more than 20.000 SMEs, 32 percent of all companies are currently thinking that their business position is “good”, 51 percent consider it to …