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line manager

Medspeak-UK
The immediate superior of a worker in the NHS, the person directly responsible for managing another in an organisation or enterprise in the UK.

Vox populi
The manager responsible for the most important activities of a large company, as in production line management.

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All that has to happen is for line managers to update their non-financial inputs and the results ripple through the model, right up to the profit and loss account and the cash flow forecast.

The search for prophet ability: accountants must start giving line managers the information they need to make decisions in real time, writes Richard Barrett. He outlines new approaches that can help them to achieve this. (Technology)

Any of these six articles may have attracted the attention of an academic or a staff person in a relevant agency, but we would be surprised if any of these articles interested a line manager, regardless of the agency.

Theory and the public administration student/practitioner. (The Reflective Practitioner)

However, there was little evidence of any previous line manager experience in these issues.

Transforming the HRM vision into reality: the role of line managers and supervisors in implementing change

On the other hand, Bond and Wise (2003) believe that HR responsibility of line mangers can result in devoting less time by line managers to HR issues than HR specialist would.

Line management responsibility in HRM: an empirical study

Figure 1 Views about the most effective ways to learn % On-the-job training 41 Formal training 21 The experience of work itself 15 Coaching/mentoring 10 Informal help from others 7 Other 4 e-learning 2 Self-study in own time 1 Figure 2 Expected changes in organisations' use of learning methods in the next few years % increase % decrease % stay the same Coaching by line managers 73 27 0 e-learning 67 32 1 Mentoring, buddying 60 39 1 Internal knowledge- 56 42 1 sharing events Job rotation, 53 46 1 secondment, shadowing On-the-job training 36 62 1 Action learning sets 36 62 2 Coaching by external 29 64 7 practitioners

Bill Lucas asks the unaskable: is coaching becoming unfashionable?

The toolkit will provide information that will empower line managers to effectively address employee absence and performance, said Kirsty Jagielko, head of product management at Cigna UKHB.

United Kingdom : CIGNA UK HEALTHCARE BENEFITS introduces Line Manager Toolkit

Nevertheless, in a memo sent to staff during the same month, it was announced that the line manager alleged to have assaulted Ms Bevan had been given a more high profile role representing the Assembly.

Assembly accused of discrimination

I was constantly told by my line manager that I did not meet her expectation and that I disappointed her in some way.

Esther charity worker 'bullied'

A lack of communication skills is a major weakness in a line manager, says the expert, but it can be resolved if companies are able to identify the problem and act.

MANAGING . . . ANY OLD HOW; Over-reliance on structured ways of communicating is leading to demotivated, cynical staff, says expert

Last month Mrs Richardson told a tribunal in North Shields that she had made a public interest disclosure to her line manager after IT issues "forced" her to let another member of staff use her login to complete a patient assessment.

Nurse loses bullying claim against boss; TRIBUNAL THROWS OUT ACCUSATION THAT WOMAN WAS SILENCED

M2 EQUITYBITES-September 9, 2016-Bridge Bank names new business line manager for renewable resource group