AMA in the News—2004

December 19, 2004: Newsday—“Out of the fast food lane”—Workplace nutrition programs bring health gains and weight loss to employees. Article cites AMA’s Corporate Health & Wellness Programs Survey.

December 19, 2004: Boston Sunday Globe—“After 125 years of electronic relations, workplaces face a growing disconnect”—AMA’s Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey is cited.

December 13, 2004: Crain’s New York Business—“Watercooler talk heats up with the language of love”—About 30% of managers and executives said they had courted a co-worker, an AMA survey shows.

December 2004: Security Management—“Did you know that?”—In a survey of midsize to large companies, fewer have emergency action plans in 2004 than in 2003, according to AMA research.

November 11, 2004: Washington Business Journal—“Climbing the ladder (gracefully)”—Article on managing work relationships highlights AMA’s Making the Transition to Management seminar.

November 1, 2004: Employee Benefits News—“Surveys show fewer vacation days taken, offered”—Manny Avramidis, AMA’s senior vice president for Global Human Resources, discusses the latest findings from AMA’s Summer Vacation Plans Survey.

November 1, 2004: Human Resource Executive—“Facts & Figures”—58% of employees surveyed use instant messaging for personal chats, as well as for sending and receiving attachments, jokes, or confidential company, coworker or client information, AMA research shows.

November 2004: Sales & Marketing Management—“The Real World”—Cast-offs from The Apprentice discuss lessons learned from the reality show at an AMA forum.

October 26, 2004: Star Tribune—“Love among the cubicles”—AMA’s Workplace Dating Survey is mentioned in this business feature article.

October 18, 2004: Newsday—“How to talk about politics and religion”—AMA survey on Political Discussions in the Workplace is featured.

October 11, 2004: San Francisco Chronicle—“Keeping track of cyberslackers”—Web and e-mail monitoring by bosses is becoming common in the workplace, AMA research shows.

October 6, 2004: Inside Training—“New pharma and biotech industry training programs available”—AMA and the Bruckner Group launch new training programs that address marketing, pharmacoeconomic and sales challenges facing pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturers.

October 2004: PM Network—“Synchronicity”—Feature article on the use of technology for project managers references AMA’s seminars.

September 30, 2004: Chicago Tribune—“What’s your major? It’s valuable”—Syndicated workplace column highlights AMA’s Preparing for Leadership: What It Takes to Take the Lead seminar.

September 23, 2004: Jacksonville Business Journal—“Training at home: AMA brings its management programs to FCCJ”—Front-page feature highlights new partnership between AMA and Florida Community College at Jacksonville.

September 2004: Training Magazine—“Instant lawsuit?”—AMA’s Workplace E-mail and Instant Messaging Survey is cited.

September 2004: Performance Improvement—“The weakest link: Strategic management of human capital”—More than half of companies surveyed rely on ad hoc and informal approaches to develop future leaders with little regard to succession planning, AMA research shows.

August 25, 2004: Financial Times—“How to tap opportunities for outsourcing”—25% of companies surveyed were unhappy with the results of outsourcing and 51% had recalled outsourcing activities in-house, AMA research shows.

August 19, 2004: Chronicle of Philanthropy—“Checks and balances”—Cover story cites AMA survey on how publicly traded companies, privately held firms and nonprofit organizations have responded to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

August 15, 2004: The Washington Post—“Checks and balances”—58% of managers plan to stay in touch with their workplaces while on vacation this year, AMA’s Summer Vacation Plans Survey shows.

August 1, 2004: American Way—“Offshoring 101”—AMA’s Leading Virtual Teams seminar provides best practices for managing a remote workforce.

July 12, 2004: Investor’s Business Daily—“Take your data on a summer vacation”—40% of workers plan on doing business during their summer vacation this year, a new AMA survey shows.

July 11, 2004: Orange County Register—“Coupling colleagues”—AMA’s Workplace Dating Survey shows that more time spent at work and with coworkers may lead to an increase in office romances.

July 5, 2004: Trend Letter—“Leadership training: The next big thing”—The Course for Presidents & CEOs, AMA’s flagship leadership development seminar, is highlighted.

July 1, 2004: CFO Magazine—“Casting to type”—AMA’s Workplace Testing Survey is mentioned in an article that shows more companies are using personality tests to assess job candidates and develop new hires.

July 2004: Chief Learning Officer—“Survey: Few organizations are developing the leadership pipeline”—40% of senior talent hired from outside fail to see their second anniversary within the organization, AMA research shows.

July 2004: Fast Company—“The Privacy Arms Race”—Feature article on corporate spying cites AMA’s Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey.