Thomson Corp.

Recent Events

News & Analysis

business operations and thomson corp. - All News and Analysis

• HR Professionals Should Play a Prominent Enough Role in Managing Their EPL Insurance

  BNET - 2006-01-01

  This paper describes about the Employment Practices Liability EPL which is a hot topic these days. Discrimination, harassment and wrongful termination claims are attracting the attention of more displeased employees, plaintiffs' lawyers and juries than ever before. One in four privately held companies has been sued by a current or...

  Tags: Human Resources, Termination, Thomson Corp., Insurance, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance

• CEOs'/CFOs' Swearing by the Numbers: Does It Impact Share Price of the Firm?

  BNET - 2006-01-01

  This paper examines the impact on share prices of firms who's CEOs and CFOs certify their financial statements under oath, pursuant to the administrative order issued by the SEC on June 27, 2002. This paper hypothesize that the certification provides assurance to investors by making disclosure more credible and by...

  Tags: Certification, Thomson Corp., CEOs'/CFOs, Quality, Financial Statements, Training And Certification, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Finance

• Paradigm of Integrative Analytics in Modern Catalyst Design

  BNET - 2005-12-01

  The pharmaceuticals and chemical industries face an increasingly stringent and complex environment and are often searching for growth through mergers and acquisitions. The pressure on these industries for improved operational efficiency is a forceful driver for innovation and technology within the IT sector. Where it was once focused primarily on...

  Tags: Analytics, Business Operations, Cisco Catalyst, Management, Product Development, Research & Development, Strategy, Thomson Corp.

• A Service Approach to the Customer Experience

  BNET - 2005-11-01

  A service layer that oversees and bridges separate but related knowledge management systems is a cost-effective way to maximize the benefit of each component system. It also can vastly improve the experience of customers accessing information from either systems or agents. This paper outlines a business process management model that...

  Tags: Customer Experience, Thomson Corp., Knowledge Management, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Real Estate, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Management

• Health Insurance Costs Slow, But Still Top Inflation and Wage Increases

  BNET - 2005-10-01

  Health insurance costs climbed 9.2 percent between the spring of 2004 and the spring of 2005, their lowest rate of increase in five years but still far ahead of rises in inflation (3.5 percent) and workers' pay (2.7 percent), according to data compiled by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The foundation's...

  Tags: Health Insurance, Health Care, Thomson Corp., Inflation, Benefits, Healthcare, Insurance, Vertical Industries, Payroll Solutions, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance

• How to Avoid an Unfair Dismissal Claim

  BNET - 2005-08-01

  Even the best of staff relationships can break down over time and it may be necessary for an employer to bring an employment relationship to an end. The decision to dismiss an employee may be necessary for a variety of reasons. For instance, operational requirements of the business may have...

  Tags: Employee, Thomson Corp., Quality, Performance Management, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management

• Business Process Management: New Leadership in Process Execution

  BNET - 2005-06-21

  Differentiation and the ability to execute better than competitors are keys to building and maintaining a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Many firms are focusing their budgets on technology, giving their employees best-of-breed systems for managing and analyzing data to improve service or product offerings to their clients. This paper...

  Tags: Business Process, Leadership, BPM, Thomson Corp., Automation, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Strategy, Business Operations, It Operations, Management

• Giving Them What They Want: Returns Can Be Huge When Employees Treated Right

  BNET - 2005-06-01

  The co-author of "The Enthusiastic Employee: How Companies Profit by Giving Workers What They Want" Wharton School Publishing, believes far too many managers stifle employee enthusiasm across the board by using bureaucratic or punitive techniques that should be reserved for a troublesome few. Yet his book, written with Louis A....

  Tags: Thomson Corp., Corporate Governance, Productivity, Business Operations, Corporate Law

• Three Former Employees Hit LifeGift With Lawsuit Alleging Retaliation

  BNET - 2005-03-11

  This paper describes about the LifeGift Organ Donation Center, the organ procurement organization in Houston, which has been hit by a lawsuit from 3 former employees, alleging they were fired in retaliation for their involvement in an overtime wage dispute last year, the Houston Chronicle reported. In their lawsuit, the...

  Tags: Lawsuit, Procurement, Thomson Corp., Retaliation, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations

• LTC Insurance for Owners and Executives: A Valuable Perk for Key Employees

  BNET - 2005-03-01

  CPAs are generally familiar with the many nonqualified benefits available today for business owners and key corporate executives. Many companies offer programs designed to provide these individuals with financial security in the event of death, disability or retirement. But they just now are beginning to see long-term medical care insurance...

  Tags: Thomson Corp., Certified Public Accountant, Benefits, Insurance, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance